Malcom (footballer)
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Malcom Filipe Silva de Oliveira (born 26 February 1997), or simply Malcom (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈmawkõ]),[7] is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal and the Brazil national team. He is mostly deployed as a right winger.
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Full name | Malcom Filipe Silva de Oliveira[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1997-02-26) 26 February 1997 (age 27)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward, winger[4][5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al Hilal | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2014 | Corinthians | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Corinthians | 62 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Bordeaux | 84 | (20) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Barcelona | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2023 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 84 | (38) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | Al Hilal | 31 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Brazil U20[6] | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2021 | Brazil U23 | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | Brazil | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:28, 23 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:04, 20 June 2023 (UTC) |
He began his career at Corinthians, making his professional debut in 2014 and winning the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. In January 2016, he transferred to Bordeaux, where he played 96 total games and scored 23 goals over the next two-and-a-half years. He signed for Barcelona for an initial fee of €41 million in 2018. A year later, he signed for Zenit Saint Petersburg for a fee of €40 million. Malcom helped Zenit win the Russian Premier League in each of the four seasons he was with them, netting 38 goals in 84 league games along the way.