Serginho (footballer, born March 1995)

Serginho
Serginho celebrating with Kashima Antlers after winning the 2018 AFC Champions League Final
Personal information
Full name Sérgio Antônio Soler de Oliveira Júnior[1]
Date of birth (1995-03-15) 15 March 1995 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Monte Aprazível, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, Second-striker
Team information
Current team
Changchun Yatai
Number 10
Youth career
2001–2008 SESC
2008–2011 São Paulo
2011–2015 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Santos 29 (0)
2016Vitória (loan) 16 (1)
2017Santo André (loan) 0 (0)
2018América Mineiro (loan) 12 (4)
2018–2019 Kashima Antlers 43 (15)
2020– Changchun Yatai 72 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2023

Sérgio Antônio Soler de Oliveira Júnior (born 15 March 1995), commonly known as Serginho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or second-striker for and captains Chinese Super League club Changchun Yatai.

Club career[edit]

Born in Monte Aprazível, São Paulo, Serginho joined Santos FC's youth setup in 2011, aged 15, after being released by rivals São Paulo FC due to a recurrent back injury.[2] He soon earned plaudits for his performances with the under-20's, being a key midfield unit during the 2014 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior winning campaign.

On 9 March 2014 Serginho made his first-team debut, coming on as a late substitute in a 4–1 home success over Oeste for the Campeonato Paulista championship.[3] He made his Série A debut on 11 September, again from the bench in a 1–3 away loss against Sport Recife.[4]

On 15 January 2016, Serginho renewed his contract – which was due to expire at the end of the year – until 2018.[5] On 7 July, he was loaned to fellow top tier club Vitória until the end of the year.[6]

Serginho scored his first professional goal 17 November 2016, netting Vitória's second in a 2–3 away loss against former club Santos.[7] The following 17 February he moved to Santo André, on loan until the end of the 2017 Campeonato Paulista.[8]

Upon returning, Serginho did not play a single minute until July 2017, in a 1–0 away win against Atlético Mineiro. He started to feature more regularly in late September, mainly used as a substitute.[9]

On 23 January 2018, Serginho was loaned to fellow top tier club América Mineiro for one year.[10] On 15 April, he scored a brace in a 3–0 home defeat of Sport.

On 29 July 2018, he moved to J1 League club Kashima Antlers.[11] Serginho made an impressive appearance with Kashima in the 2018 AFC Champions League.[12][13]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 4 November 2023[14]
Club Season League State league National cup[a] League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Santos 2014 Série A 5 0 1 0 3 0 9 0
2015 10 0 0 0 3 0 13 0
2016 5 0 11 0 2 0 18 0
2017 9 0 9 0
Total 29 0 12 0 8 0 0 0 49 0
Vitória (loan) 2016 Série A 16 1 2 0 18 1
Santo André (loan) 2017 Paulista 13 0 13 0
América Mineiro (loan) 2018 Série A 12 4 10 1 2 2 24 7
Kashima Antlers 2018 J.League 10 3 3 0 4 2 6 5 23 10
2019 33 12 4 2 2 0 11 6 3[b] 1 53 21
Total 43 15 0 0 7 2 6 2 17 11 3 1 76 31
Changchun Yatai 2020 China League One 15 3 2 1 17 4
2021 Chinese Super League 15 3 0 0 15 3
2022 25 9 0 0 25 9
2023 17 4 1 2 18 6
Total 72 19 0 0 3 3 75 22
Career total 172 39 35 1 20 7 6 2 19 11 3 1 255 61

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Santos

Kashima Antlers

Changchun Yatai

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: List of Players: Kashima Antlers" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2018. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Dispensado por rival por 'lesão sem cura', Serginho brilha no Santos" [Released from rival due to 'incurable injury', Serginho shines in Santos] (in Portuguese). Diário Lance!. 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Pelo alto, Santos goleia outra vez na Vila Belmiro e complica o Oeste" [From above, Santos thrashes again in Vila Belmiro and complicates Oeste] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Com "hat-trick" de Patric, Sport vira, bate Santos e se aproxima do G-4" [With a hat-trick from Patric, Sport completes comeback, defeats Santos and goes closer to G-4] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Jovem meia Serginho renova contrato com o Santos até 2018" [Young midfielder Serginho renews contract with Santos until 2018] (in Portuguese). Terra. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Santos FC empresta meia Serginho ao Vitória (BA)" [Santos FC loan midfielder Serginho to Vitória (BA)] (in Portuguese). Santos FC. 7 July 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Santos bate Vitória e diminui distância para o Palmeiras, que empatou em BH" [Santos defeat Vitória and shorten distance to Palmeiras, which drew in BH] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Serginho é emprestado pelo Santos ao Santo André até o fim do Paulista" [Serginho is loaned from Santos to Santo André until the end of the Paulista] (in Portuguese). Terra. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Serginho reaparece no Santos e ganha nova função com Levir Culpi" [Serginho reappears at Santos and wins new role with Levir Culpi] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Santos empresta Serginho para o América-MG" [Santos loan Serginho to América-MG] (in Portuguese). Terra. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  11. ^ セルジーニョ選手が加入 (in Japanese). Kashima Antlers. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  12. ^ "TOYOTA PLAYER OF THE WEEK | AFC". www.the-afc.com.
  13. ^ "AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2018".
  14. ^ SERGINHO at soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-05-10
  15. ^ "观察: 亚泰重返中超--金元逝去 秩序回归". sports.sina.com.cn. 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2021-01-18.

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