Cristian Baroni

Cristian Baroni
	Cristian playing for Fenerbahçe in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Cristian Mark Junior Nascimento Oliveira Baroni
Date of birth	25 June 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2005	Paulista
2005–2007	Atlético Paranaense
2007–2008	Flamengo
2009	Corinthians
2009–2014	Fenerbahçe
2015–2017	Corinthians
2017	→ Grêmio (loan)
2018–2019	São Caetano
2020	Juventus-SP
2021	Atibaia
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cristian Mark Junior Nascimento Oliveira Baroni (born 25 June 1983), known as Cristian Baroni or simply Cristian, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Early years

Cristian Baroni was champion of the Copa do Brasil in 2005 with Paulista de Jundiaí. In 2006, he was signed by Atlético Paranaense for a season. In 2007 went to Flamengo and had an important role participating in the rise of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A campaign that year, in which Flamengo came out of the relegation zone and qualified for the Libertadores.

Corinthians

In 2008 Cristian Baroni remained in Flamengo, but was a reserve during many matches. At the end of 2008, he went to Corinthians and played for the time in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, following their relegation in 2007. In 2009 Campeonato Paulista, Cristian Baroni scored the goal that gave the victory to the Corinthians in the first leg of the semi-final against São Paulo missing 23 seconds to finish the game on Pacaembu. Cristian Baroni made obscene gestures to fans of São Paulo after scoring the late goal. A few months later he won the 2009 Copa do Brasil.

Fenerbahçe

On 20 July 2009, Fenerbahçe announced the signing of the player for €5 million. Fenerbahçe also signed the left wing André Santos and the midfielder from Corinthians, details of the agreement were not disclosed.^[1] He was also under the spotlight when he celebrated goals and showed his six fingers to the other team's supporters. Baroni renewed his contract June 2012, extending his stay at the club till 2013–14, the new agreement saw the Brazilian midfielder make €1.8 million per season. Cristian Baroni has earned the love of a Fenerbahçe fans for his football. One of his most important matches was played in Germany against Borussia Mönchengladbach. In that game Cristian Baroni scored two goals and had one assist. He was famous in Süper Lig for the remote shots.^[2] On 28 August 2014, his contract with Fenerbahce was terminated with mutual agreement.^[3]

Return to Corinthians

On 3 January 2015, after several years of speculation, it was confirmed that Cristian Baroni had indeed returned to Corinthians. He had a verbal agreement since December 2014 and signed the contract after being a free agent.^[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 September 2016.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			State League		National cup^[a]		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Paulista	2005	Série A	0	0	0	0			11	4	0	0	–		11	4
Atlético Paranaense	2006	Série A	26	3	0	0			0	0	8	1	–		34	4
	2007	Série A	7	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	–		7	0
	Total		33	3	0	0			0	0	8	1	0	0	41	4
Flamengo	2007	Série A	25	1	0	0			0	0	0	0	–		25	1
	2008	Série A	18	1	0	0			0	0	6	0	–		24	1
	Total		43	2	0	0			0	0	6	0	0	0	49	2
Corinthians	2009	Série A	9	2	19	3			3	1	0	0	–		31	6
Fenerbahçe	2009–10^[5]	Süper Lig	24	3	–		4	0	–		9	0	1^[b]	0	38	3
	2010–11^[5]	Süper Lig	28	0	–		3	0	–		4	0	0	0	35	0
	2011–12^[5]	Süper Lig	38	8	–		5	2	–		–		0	0	43	10
	2012–13^[5]	Süper Lig	31	5	–		8	3	–		18	3	1^[b]	0	58	11
	2013–14^[5]	Süper Lig	17	4	–		1	0	–		3	1	1^[b]	0	22	5
	2014–15^[5]	Süper Lig	0	0	–		0	0	–		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		138	20	0	0	21	5	0	0	34	4	3	0	196	29
Corinthians	2015	Série A	13	1	11	1			1	0	1	0	–		26	2
	2016	Série A	10	0	2	0			1	0	1	0	–		14	0
	Total		23	1	13	1			2	0	2	0	0	0	40	2
Career total			246	28	32	4	21	5	16	5	50	5	3	0	368	47

^ Includes Turkish Cup.
^ ^a ^b ^c Appearance in Turkish Super Cup

Honours

Paulista

Copa do Brasil: 2005

Flamengo

Corinthians

Fenerbahçe

Grêmio

Copa Libertadores: 2017

References

^ "İki büyük transfer". Fenerbahçe. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
^ "Fenerbahçe extend Cristian Baroni & Gökhan Gönül's contract". Turkish Football. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
^ "Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü - Fenerbahçe SK".
^ "Cristian está de volta ao Corinthians (Brazilian Portuguese)". corinthians.com.br. 3 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Cristian Baroni's Statistics". Maçkolik. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

External links

Cristian Baroni at the Turkish Football Federation
Cristian Baroni at www.mackolik.com (also at arsiv.mackolik.com) (in Turkish)
Cristian Baroni at Fenerbahce.org at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 September 2012)
Cristian Baroni at Soccerway

[5] Includes Turkish Cup.

[tsc-7] Appearance in Turkish Super Cup

[1] "İki büyük transfer". Fenerbahçe. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

[2] "Fenerbahçe extend Cristian Baroni & Gökhan Gönül's contract". Turkish Football. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

[3] "Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü - Fenerbahçe SK".

[4] "Cristian está de volta ao Corinthians (Brazilian Portuguese)". corinthians.com.br. 3 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

[mackolik-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Cristian Baroni's Statistics". Maçkolik. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

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