Malcom is at Zenit!

Zenit and Barcelona have reached an agreement for the transfer of the Brazilian winger with the player signing a five-year contract. 

Malcom Filipe Silva de Oliveira was born on 26 February 1997 in Sao Paulo and began his footballing career at Corinthians, making his debut in April 2014. In total, he played 54 matches in Brazil, scored seven goals, made five assists and won the national championship.

In 2016, Malcom made the move to France and joined Bordeaux, there he played 96 matches, scored 23 goals and made 16 assists.

In July 2018 he was bought by Barcelona and while at the Catalan giants he played 24 matches, scored four goals and made two assists on the way to winning La Liga.

In 2015, he made his debut for the Brazilian youth team and took part in the U-20 South American Championships and the 2015 Youth World Cup.

Malcom plays mainly as a winger and is know for his abilities on the ball, his excellent dribbling, counterattacking, passing skills and finishing.

Everyone in St. Petersburg is delighted to welcome Malcom to Zenit we wish a very successful career with the blue-white-sky blues!