Endrick dos Santos Parafita (born 7 March 1995), known as Endrick, is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for V.League 1 club Ho Chi Minh City, on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim. Born in Brazil, he plays for the Malaysia national team.
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Full name | Endrick dos Santos Parafita | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 7 March 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Santana, Amapá, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, forward | |||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Ho Chi Minh City | |||||||||||||||||||
Number | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
2014 | Ypiranga | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2015 | Campinense | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2015 | Santa Rita de Cássia | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Apollon Limassol | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | → AEZ Zakakiou (loan) | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2017 | Botoșani | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2018 | Felcra | 19 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
2019 | Selangor | 14 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Penang | 42 | (13) | |||||||||||||||||
2023– | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 17 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
2024– | → Ho Chi Minh City (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | Malaysia | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Club career
editEarly career
editEndrick began his career as a footballer with the Brazilian club Ypiranga in 2014.
Campinense Clube
editIn 2015, Endrick moved to another club in Brazil, Campinense.
Santa Rita
editLater that same year in 2015, Endrick moved to the Angolan club Santa Rita de Cássia.
Apollon Limassol
editOn 8 August 2016, Endrick began his career in Europe by joining the Cypriot First Division club Apollon Limassol.
AEZ Zakakiou (loan)
editOn 9 August 2016 after the day he moved to Apollon Limassol, Endrick was loaned out to AEZ Zakakiou until the end of the 2016–18 season.
Botoșani
editOn 23 January 2017, Endrick later moved to the Romanian club Botoșani.
Felcra
editOn 9 January 2018, Endrick began his career in Asia with a move to the Malaysian football club Felcra, where he helped the club to become the runners-up in the 2018 Malaysia Premier League.
Selangor
editIn January 2019, Endrick joined Malaysia Super League club, Selangor.
Penang
editOn 5 March 2020, Endrick moved to Malaysia Premier League club, Penang. He helped them to win the 2020 Malaysia Premier League, thus securing their promotion to the 2021 Malaysian Super League.
Johor Darul Ta'zim
editOn 5 January 2023, Endrick signed for Johor Darul Ta'zim as part of their campaign in the upcoming 2023 Malaysia Super League and 2023-24 AFC Champions League campaign. As he had been playing in Malaysia for the last 5 years, he registered as a local player after acquiring Malaysian citizenship.
Ho Chi Minh City
editOn 11 August 2024, he is loaned from Johor Darul Ta'zim to V.League 1 side Ho Chi Minh City.[1]
International career
editAs Endrick was born in Brazil, he later acquired Malaysian citizenship, Endrick is eligible to play for Brazil and Malaysia. On 15 March 2023, he received his first national call up to the Malaysia national team for the centralised training camp beginning on 18 March ahead of the international friendlies against Turkmenistan and Hong Kong. He was also called up to play at the 2023 Merdeka Tournament.
Endrick was part of the squad that was chosen to represent at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar.
Honours
editClub
editFelcra
- Malaysia Premier League runner-up: 2018
Penang
Johor Darul Ta'zim
International
editMalaysia
edit- Merdeka Tournament runner-up: 2023
References
edit- ^ "JDT confirm release of Endrick to Ho Chi Minh City on loan".
- ^ "Endrick Dos Santos Ada Sasaran Peribadi Mahu Dipenuhi Sebelum Sertai JDT" (in Malay). La Bola Malaya. Archived from the original on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.