Maurides

{{short description|Brazilian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Maurides

| image = Maurides Roque Junior 2018.jpg

| caption = Maurides in 2018 with CSKA Sofia

| fullname = Maurides Roque Junior

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|3|10}}

| birth_place = Colômbia, Brazil

| height = 1.89 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub = Debrecen (on loan from FC St. Pauli)

| clubnumber = 25

| youthyears1 = 2009 | youthclubs1 = América-SP

| youthyears2 = 2009–2014 | youthclubs2 = Internacional

| years1 = 2012–2017 | caps1 = 8 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Internacional

| years2 = 2015 | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = → Atlético GO (loan)

| years3 = 2015–2016 | caps3 = 32 | goals3 = 5 | clubs3 = → Arouca (loan)

| years4 = 2016 | caps4 = 6 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = → Figueirense (loan)

| years5 = 2017–2018 | caps5 = 45 | goals5 = 14 | clubs5 = Belenenses

| years6 = 2018–2019 | caps6 = 21 | goals6 = 9 | clubs6 = CSKA Sofia

| years7 = 2019 | caps7 = 13 | goals7 = 2 | clubs7 = Changchun Yatai

| years8 = 2020 | caps8 = 10 | goals8 = 3 | clubs8 = FC Anyang

| years9 = 2021–2022 | caps9 = 47 | goals9 = 9 | clubs9 = Radomiak Radom

| years10 = 2023– | caps10 = 15 | goals10 = 0 | clubs10 = FC St. Pauli

| years11 = 2025– | caps11 = 11 | goals11 = 4 | clubs11 = → Debrecen (loan)

| club-update = 19 April 2025

}}

Maurides Roque Junior (born 10 March 1994), commonly known as Maurides, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Nemzeti Bajnokság club Debrecen, on loan from FC St. Pauli.

He is the younger brother of two footballers, Muller and Maicon.{{cite web | url=https://ge.globo.com/sp/santos-e-regiao/futebol/times/santos/noticia/2022/03/08/noticias-santos-anuncia-maicon.ghtml | title=Santos anuncia contratação do zagueiro Maicon, ex-Cruzeiro }}

Career

In 2013, after being named to the first team of Sport Club Internacional, Maurides played against América Mineiro in the Copa do Brasil. In the 88th minute of the game, Maurides celebrated a goal trying a backflip and sustained an injury to his right knee that kept him sidelined for 13 months.[http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/internacional/noticia/2014/09/maurides-volta-marcar-gols-e-afasta-de-vez-longo-drama-apos-salto-mortal.html Maurides volta a marcar gols e afasta de vez longo drama após salto mortal] Globoesporte, 27 January 2015.

After several spells in Brazil and Portugal, on 12 July 2018, Maurides signed with Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia for an undisclosed fee.{{cite web | title = Привлякохме бразилски нападател | url = http://cska.bg/index.php?main_page=document_general_info&cPath=65&products_id=6848 | publisher = cska.bg | date = 12 July 2018 | language = Bulgarian}}

In February 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Changchun Yatai.{{cite web|url=http://cska.bg/index.php?main_page=document_general_info&cPath=65&products_id=7766|title=Мауридес премина в китайски клуб |publisher=PFC CSKA Sofia|date=27 February 2019|accessdate=15 March 2019}}

Maurides joined Korean second tier side FC Anyang as a free agent in February 2020, after China League One was postponed indefinitely.{{cite web | title = Maurides leaves Changchun Yatai for FC Anyang | url = https://wildeastfootball.net/2020/02/maurides-leaves-changchun-yatai/ | publisher = Wild East Football | date = 18 February 2020}}

In December 2022, it was announced Maurides would join 2. Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli for the second half of the 2022–23 season.{{cite web |title=Weltenbummler Maurides stürmt für den FC St. Pauli |url=https://www.kicker.de/weltenbummler-maurides-stuermt-fuer-st-pauli-929688/artikel |website=kicker |access-date=15 December 2022 |language=de |date=15 December 2022}}

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 22 February 2025}}{{cite web|website=Soccerway|title=Maurides|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/maurides-roque-junior/245915/|date=5 August 2018|access-date=5 August 2018|language=English}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Copa do Brasil, Taça de Portugal, Bulgarian Cup, Chinese FA Cup, Korean FA Cup, Polish Cup, DFB-Pokal}}

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="4"|Internacional

|2012

|Série A

|7

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—70
2013

|Série A

|0

011colspan="2"|—2{{efn|Appearances in Campeonato Gaúcho}}031
2014

|Série A

|1

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—10
colspan="2"|Total

!8

011colspan="2" |—20111
Atlético GO (loan)

|2015

|Série B

|0

010colspan="2"|—5{{efn|Appearances in Campeonato Goiano}}161
Arouca (loan)

|2015–16

|Primeira Liga

|32

531colspan="2"|—1{{efn|name=TCL|Appearance(s) in Taça da Liga}}0366
Figueirense (loan)

|2016

|Série A

|6

010000070
rowspan="3"|Belenenses

|2016–17

|Primeira Liga

|12

600colspan="2"|—00126
2017–18

|Primeira Liga

|33

800colspan="2"|—3{{efn|name=TCL}}0368
colspan="2"|Total

!45

140000304814
CSKA Sofia

|2018–19

|First League

|21

9204{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}4colspan="2"|—2713
Changchun Yatai

|2019

|China League One

|13

211colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—143
FC Anyang

|2020

|K League 2

|10

320colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—123
rowspan="3"|Radomiak Radom

|2021–22

|Ekstraklasa

|31

510colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—325
2022–23

|Ekstraklasa

|16

421colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—185
colspan="2"|Total

!47

931colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—5010
rowspan="4"|FC St. Pauli

|2022–23

|2. Bundesliga

|7

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—70
2023–24

|2. Bundesliga

|7

020colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—90
2024–25

|Bundesliga

|1

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—10
colspan="2"|Total

!15

020colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—170
Debrecen (loan)

|2024–25

|Nemzeti Bajnokság I

|4

4colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—44
colspan="3"|Career total

!201

461644411123255

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Honours

FC St. Pauli

References

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