Murilo Cerqueira is a Brazilian centre-back who came through Cruzeiro and moved to Lokomotiv Moscow in 2019. He gained European experience in Russia before returning to Brazil with Palmeiras, where he became a regular defender and won major domestic and continental honours. Murilo is known for left-sided central defending, aerial strength and set-piece threat. His career has linked Cruzeiro’s academy, Russian top-flight football and one of Palmeiras’ successful modern squads.