Mauro Júnior

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Ferreira and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.

Mauro Júnior
Personal information
Full name Mauro Jaqueson Júnior Ferreira dos Santos
Date of birth (1999-05-06) 6 May 1999
Place of birth Palmital, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)
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 133 (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)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 February 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2020 (UTC)

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.

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 3 March 2026[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 21 0 2 0 7[c] 1 1[d] 0 31 1
Total 133 7 17 1 42 2 2 0 194 10
Heracles Almelo (loan) 2019–20 Eredivisie 26 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 29 6
Career total 189 20 20 1 42 2 6 0 257 23
  1. ^ Includes KNVB Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in Campeonato Paulista
  3. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ a b Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  5. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

PSV

References

  1. ^ "PSV trekt Braziliaan Mauro Júnior aan". PSV Eindhoven (in Dutch). 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  2. ^ "MAURO JUNIOR RETURNS TO GROUP TRAINING WITH PSV". PSV. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Twente 2:3 Heracles". Who Scored. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Mura 1–5 PSV". UEFA. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Brazil training squad announced for 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship". Samba Foot. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Brasil 0-1 Colombia". CONMEBOL (in Spanish). 29 March 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  7. ^ "PSV tweede thuis voor Braziliaan Mauro Júnior: 'Spelen in Oranje? Natuurlijk wil ik dat'". NOS (in Dutch). 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  8. ^ Mauro Júnior at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  9. ^ "PSV crowned Eredivisie champions for 26th time after historic Ajax collapse". Flashscore. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  10. ^ "PSV verrast Ajax met twee goals vlak na rust en wint KNVB-beker". NOS (in Dutch). 17 April 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Super Cup". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  12. ^ "PSV win 15th Johan Cruyff Shield after late comeback against Go Ahead Eagles". Flashscore. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.


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