Maicon Pereira de Oliveira

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Maicon

Maicon in 2011
Personal information
Full name Maicon Pereira de Oliveira
Date of birth (1988-05-08)8 May 1988
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death 8 February 2014(2014-02-08) (aged 25)
Place of death Donetsk, Ukraine
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
2004–2006 Fluminense
2007–2008 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2009 Atlético Mogi 0 (0)
2009–2012 Volyn Lutsk 57 (29)
2011 → Steaua București (loan) 6 (3)
2012–2014 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 (1)
2012 → Zorya Luhansk (loan) 4 (0)
2013–2014 → Illichivets Mariupol (loan) 10 (3)
Total 83 (36)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 November 2013.

† Appearances (goals)

Maicon Pereira de Oliveira (8 May 1988 – 8 February 2014)[1] commonly known as Maicon, was a Brazilian footballer who played in the Ukrainian Premier League for most of his professional career. He operated as a striker.

Club career

Volyn Lutsk

Maicon was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2009, he moved to Ukrainian Premier League club Volyn Lutsk from Atlético Mogi.[2] In his first season with the club he scored 13 goals in 18 matches in the First League (Persha Liha), guiding Volyn to promotion to the Premier League after a second-place finish.[3] He made a further 3 cup appearances, however he failed to score a goal in them. In his second season he was unable to keep up his scoring rate from the previous season and, despite netting a hat trick in the cup,[4] he was loaned to Steaua Bucureşti for the second half of the season. He scored 5 goals in 16 appearances in his second season with the club, including just 2 goals from 15 league matches.

Loan to Steaua

On 21 February 2011, Maicon was loaned out for four months to the Romanian team Steaua Bucureşti with an option for purchase at the end of the 2010–11 Liga I season.[5]

On 13 April 2011, in his second match at Steaua, he scored his first goal and the only goal in Steaua's victory against Liga I leader Oţelul Galaţi. On 16 April 2011, coming on in the 72nd minute, he scored the equalizer goal in 80th minute and victory goal in 86th minute against Sportul Studenţesc. At the end of the season, he returned to his club in Ukraine.[6]

Return to Volyn

His second season in the Premier League proved much more successful. During the 2011–12 season, he scored 14 goals in the league and 5 in the cup and was the club's top goalscorer.[7] He finished the season with 19 goals from 28 matches and was top goalscorer in the Ukrainian Cup. He also tied Yevhen Seleznyov as top goalscorer in the league. Due to an impressive 2011–12 season, he attracted the interest of reigning Premier League champions Shakhtar Donetsk, joining them on a free transfer.

Shakhtar Donetsk

In the summer of 2012, Maicon joined Shakhtar Donetsk on a free transfer.[8] He signed a three-year contract.[9] On 4 September it was announced that Maicon would join Zorya on loan for six months before joining up with Shakhtar again during the winter break.[10]

Zorya Luhansk

Because he joined Shakhtar after the season had begun Mircea Lucescu, the Shakhtar manager, decided to loan him to Zorya for the first half of the season. But then he was registered by Ukrainian Premier League as a player, who belongs for Zorya, but not on loan.[11] He made his debut on 15 September 2012, coming on as a second-half substitute against club Shakhtar Donetsk. Zorya lost the match 3–0.[12]

Death

Location where the accident took place. The picture was taken on February 10, 2014.

In February 2014 Illichivets Mariupol were conducting its winter training in Turkey where on February 6 it played the last game of the training against the Polish side Górnik Zabrze. Maicon spent the first half on the field, yet the Ukrainian team lost 1-2.[13] This turned out to be Maicon's last game. On February 7 the team returned to Ukraine where it was given three days to rest.[14] The next morning, on February 8 around 4 o'clock while returning home on his Hyundai Elantra near the Kalinin Hospital in Donetsk on prospekt Illicha (Illich Avenue), Maicon entered the ongoing traffic side of the street when maneuvering to pass a vehicle that signalled for a turn to the nearest gas station. While passing on the ongoing traffic lane, the footballer's vehicle made a head-on collision with a Škoda Superb, after which it hit a pole.[15] With multiple injuries, the driver of the Škoda ended up in hospital in a critical condition, while Maicon died on the scene. A possible cause of death was injury to the skull as he hit a stand with his head. The automobile given to him had collided at a speed of 110 km/h (68 mph).[16] More likely, Maicon was returning from the night club "Litsa" where he was seen with Alex Teixeira, Fred, and Douglas.[17] The club confirmed the news in an official statement that morning.[18][19]

Shakhtar said that the Brazilian, 25, was a "wonderful person". "He was a talented footballer, open and friendly guy," the club added. "It is a terrible bereavement for each of us." Maicon was on loan to Ukrainian league club Illichivets Mariupol until the end of the season. He joined Shakhtar Donetsk on a free transfer in 2012 from fellow Ukrainian side Volyn Lutsk and made six appearances, scoring one goal. Shakhtar said that his contract will be paid in full to his family as he had a 7-year-old daughter and elderly parents.

References

  1. ↑ "Maicon". fcvolyn.com. fcvolyn. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Futebolistas da região em evidência". moginews.com.br. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Ukraine 2009/10". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Karpaty Yaremche vs Volyn". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Maicon a semnat cu Steaua (Romanian)". steauafc.com. steauafc. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  6. ↑ "Maincon s-a intors in Ukraina". Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  7. ↑ http://www.soccerway.com/players/maicon-pereira-de-oliveira/95453/ Maicon Oliveira 2011–12 season tally
  8. ↑ "Maicon a ajuns la Sahtior, dar Gigi Becali nu plange dupa el!". http://sptfm.ro/ (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 July 2012. External link in |work= (help)
  9. ↑ "Mircea Lucescu a transferat la Sahtior Donetk un jucator aruncat de Gigi Becali!". http://www.ziare.com/ (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 July 2012. External link in |work= (help)
  10. ↑ "Maicon will join Shakhtar in winter". shakhtar.com. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  11. ↑ "Squad List. Season 2012/2013". Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  12. ↑ "Zorya vs Shakhtar 0–3". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  13. ↑ Illichivets: training ended with a loss. Football. 6 February 2014
  14. ↑ Mykola Pavlov: Death of Maicon is a big tragedy. Sport-Express in Ukraine. 8 February 2014
  15. ↑ Maicon's vehicle entered the ongoing traffic lane. Sport-Express in Ukraine. 8 February 2014
  16. ↑ Death details of the Shakhtar Donetsk footballer. Sport-Express in Ukraine. 8 February 2014
  17. ↑ It became known how died Maicon. Vgorode. 8 February 2014
  18. ↑ "Shakhtar mourns". Shakhtar Donetsk Official Website. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  19. ↑ "Shakhtar Donetsk striker Maicon dies in car accident". The Guardian. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.

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