Mauro Júnior
Brazilian footballer
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Mauro Jaqueson Júnior Ferreira dos Santos (born 6 May 1999), commonly known as Mauro Júnior, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or winger for Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven.
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Mauro Júnior with PSV in 2026 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mauro Jaqueson Júnior Ferreira dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 6 May 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Palmital, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | PSV | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2017 | Desportivo Brasil | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | Desportivo Brasil | 4 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Jong PSV | 30 | (7) |
| 2017– | PSV | 138 | (7) |
| 2019–2020 | → Heracles Almelo (loan) | 26 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Brazil U15 | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Brazil U17 | 12 | (3) |
| 2019–2020 | Brazil U23 | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2020 (UTC) | |||
Club career
On 23 June 2017, Mauro Júnior signed a five-year contract with PSV until 2022.[1]
He was sent out on a season-long loan to fellow Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo for the 2019–20 season.[2] On 20 September 2019, he scored a brace as Heracles defeated local rivals FC Twente by a score of 3–2.[3]
On 24 September 2020, Mauro Júnior scored his side's second goal in a 5–1 away win over NŠ Mura in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.[4]
On 2 July 2021, PSV extended Mauro Júnior's contract until the summer of 2025.
International career
Mauro Júnior represented Brazil at the 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship.[5] He came on as a substitute for Marco Túlio in the final, a 1–0 loss to Colombia.[6]
As of 2022, Mauro Juniór has been living in the Netherlands for more than five years. This makes him eligible for a Dutch passport. However, accepting Dutch nationality would mean abandoning his Brazilian nationality. He has stated his preference for the Dutch nationality on the basis that it would provide him an opportunity for playing for the Netherlands national football team.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 2 May 2026[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Desportivo Brasil | 2017 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 4[b] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Jong PSV | 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | ||
| Total | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7 | ||
| PSV | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7[e] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | |
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11[f] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | |
| 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7[c] | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
| Total | 138 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 199 | 10 | ||
| Heracles Almelo (loan) | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6 |
| Career total | 194 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 262 | 23 | ||
- Appearances in Campeonato Paulista
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
