Brazilian footballer
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Onitlasi Júnior de Moraes Rodrigues (born 3 October 1997), commonly known as Moraes, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as left back for Aparecidense, on loan from Atlético Goianiense.
Club career [ edit ]
Early career [ edit ]
Born in Goianira, Goiás, Moraes began his career at Goiás' youth setup in 2009.
He moved to Atlético Goianiense in 2014, but was loaned to local side Bom Jesus [pt] in 2015.
Known as Juninho at that time, he made his senior debut on 5 September 2015, starting in a 1–1 Campeonato Goiano Terceira Divisão home draw against Aparecida.
He scored his first goal on 27 September, netting his team's second in a 3–2 away success over Monte Cristo.[1]
Back at Atlético for the 2016 campaign, Moraes extended his contract until 2020 in February.
[2] He made his first team debut for the club on 3 February of that year, coming on as a second-half substitute for Jorginho in a 3–0 away win against Trinadade for the Goiano championship.
[3]Flamengo [ edit ]
In May 2016, Moraes moved to Flamengo and was initially assigned to the under-20 squad.
[4] He impressed for the under-20s in the 2017 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, and trained regularly with the first team during the campaign, but was only an unused substitute for a few matches.
São Bento (loan) [ edit ]
On 5 January 2018, Moraes was loaned to São Bento until the end of the season.
[5] He featured rarely for the club, appearing in four matches before suffering a knee injury in May.[6]
Atlético Goianiense [ edit ]
Moraes returned to Atlético Goianiense in August 2018, on loan until the end of the year.
[7] He signed a permanent contract with the club ahead of the 2019 campaign, as his contract with Mengão expired.[8]
A regular starter in the 2019 Goiano, Moraes lost his first-choice status to new signing Nicolas Vichiatto in the 2019 Série B and featured in only four matches.
Loans to Mirassol, Santos and Juventude [ edit ]
On 17 July 2020, Moraes was loaned to Série D side Mirassol until June 2021.
[9] He immediately became a starter at his new club, helping in their promotion to the Série C as champions.
On 27 May 2021, Moraes was loaned to Santos until the following April,[10] with a €1 million buyout clause.
[11] He featured sparingly for the club, mainly acting as a backup to Felipe Jonatan, and left the side on 14 January 2022 to join Juventude.
2023 season [ edit ]
After sharing the starting spot with William Matheus as Ju suffered relegation, Moraes returned to Atlético for the 2023 season.
A regular starter during the 2023 Campeonato Goiano, he reached an agreement with the Public Ministry of Goiás on 9 May 2023, after being included in the 2023 Brazilian football match-fixing scandal;[12] hours later, he was loaned out to Aparecidense.[13]
Personal life [ edit ]
Moraes' is named after his grandfather, Isaltino, with Onitlasi being his name backwards.
[14] On 1 June 2023, after being involved in match-fixing schemes, he was suspended from football for 760 days and charged a R$ 55,000 fine.[15]
Career statistics [ edit ]
As of 22 May 2023[16]Honours [ edit ]FlamengoAtlético Goianiense
Campeonato Goiano: 2019MirassolReferences [ edit ]