Wallace (footballer, born October 1994)

Wallace Fortuna dos Santos (born 14 October 1994), known as simply Wallace, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.

Wallace
Wallace playing for Monaco in 2014
Personal information
Full name Wallace Fortuna dos Santos
Date of birth (1994-10-14) 14 October 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Tigres do Brasil
2010–2013 Cruzeiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Cruzeiro 3 (0)
2014–2016 Braga 0 (0)
2014–2016Monaco (loan) 40 (1)
2016–2020 Lazio 54 (1)
2019–2020Braga (loan) 8 (0)
2020–2022 Yeni Malatyaspor 46 (0)
2022–2023 Wuhan Three Towns 33 (1)
2023–2024 Ittihad Kalba 11 (0)
2024- Sydney FC 0 (0)
International career
2013–2014 Brazil U20 6 (1)
2014–2016 Brazil U23 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:09, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2014

Club career

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A youth product of Cruzeiro, Wallace caused great stir when football agent Jorge Mendes's Gestifute paid €9.5 million to sign him from Cruzeiro in early July 2014.[1] However, as his registration rights as a footballer must owned by a football club, Wallace was "signed" by S.C. Braga which owned 10% economic rights (for the future transfer fee),[2] with a release clause at €40 million.[3]

On 21 August 2014, without ever playing for Braga, he was loaned to AS Monaco, in a loan deal set by Jorge Mendes.[4]

On 29 July 2016, Serie A club Lazio announced that they had definitively purchased Wallace from Braga for €8 million.[5][6] He scored his first goal for the club on 20 November 2016 in a 3–1 home win over Genoa.[7]

On 30 September 2020, Wallace joined Turkish Süper Lig club Yeni Malatyaspor.[8] On 26 January 2022, his contract with Yeni Malatyaspor was terminated by mutual consent.[9]

On 15 February 2022, Wallace joined Chinese Super League club Wuhan Three Towns.[10] Throughout the season he would be part of the squad that won the 2022 Chinese Super League title.[11]

On 20 September 2023, Wallace joined UAE Pro League club Ittihad Kalba.[12]

International career

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Wallace represented the Brazil U-20 at the 2013 and 2014 editions of the Toulon Tournament.[13][14]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 20 September 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cruzeiro 2013 Série A 0 0 1 0 1 0
2014 3 0 0 0 4[b] 0 7 0
Total 3 0 1 0 4 0 8 0
Braga 2014–15 Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monaco (loan) 2014–15 Ligue 1 14 0 4 1 4 0 22 1
2015–16 26 1 3 0 5 0 34 1
Total 40 1 7 1 9 0 56 2
Lazio 2016–17 Serie A 25 1 5 0 30 1
2017–18 13 0 1 0 2 0 1[c] 0 17 0
2018–19 16 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 20 1
Total 54 1 7 0 5 1 1 0 67 2
Braga (loan) 2019–20 Primeira Liga 8 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 16 0
Yeni Malatyaspor 2020–21 Süper Lig 28 0 3 0 31 0
2021–22 18 0 0 0 18 0
Total 46 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 49 0
Wuhan Three Towns 2022 Chinese Super League 20 1 0 0 20 1
2023 13 0 1 0 0 0 1[d] 0 15 0
Total 33 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 35 1
Career total 184 3 22 1 17 1 8 0 231 5
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in the Campeonato Mineiro
  3. ^ Appearance in the Supercoppa Italiana
  4. ^ Appearance in the Chinese FA Super Cup

Honours

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Cruzeiro

Lazio

Wuhan Three Towns

Brazil U20

References

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  1. ^ "Sp. Braga: Cruzeiro explica venda de Wallace". Maisfutebol.com. 1 July 2014. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  2. ^ "2014–15 Relatório e Contas" [2014–15 Reports and Accounts] (PDF) (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga. 19 November 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Sp. Braga: Danilo e Wallace com cláusula de 40 milhões". MaisFutebol.com. 3 July 2014. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Sp. Braga empresta Wallace ao Mónaco". Maisfutebol.com. 21 August 2014. Archived from the original on 25 August 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Comunicato 29.07.2016" [Press release 29 July 2016] (in Italian). Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  6. ^ "RELAZIONE FINANZIARIA SEMESTRALE CONSOLIDATA AL 31 DICEMBRE 2016" (PDF) (in Italian). S.S. Lazio. 30 March 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Calendario e Risultati | Stagione 2016-17 | 13^ Giornata | Lega Serie A". Legaseriea.it. 20 November 2016. Archived from the original on 19 December 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Hoşgeldin Wallace" (in Turkish). Yeni Malatyaspor. 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Profesyonel futbolcumuz Wallace Fortuna ile karşılıklı anlaşarak yollarımızı ayırmış bulunmaktayız" (in Turkish). Yeni Malatyaspor. 26 January 2022. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  10. ^ "官宣 欢迎华莱士·佛图那加盟武汉三镇" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 15 February 2022. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  11. ^ a b "武汉三镇捧起中超冠军火神杯 3年3冠创造三镇奇迹". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 31 December 2022. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Ittihad Kalba Football Company announces the signing of the Brazilian defender Wallace dos Santos, coming from the Chinese club Wahan Three Towns, and who previously played for the Brazilian U-23 national team and for the Italian clubs Lazio, French Monaco" (in Arabic). 20 September 2023. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Elenco da Seleção Brasileira Sub 20 no Torneio de Toulon 2013". jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com. 29 July 2013. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  14. ^ "Seleção Brasileira Sub-21 divulga convocados para Torneio de Toulon". esportes.terra.com.br. 9 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  15. ^ Wallace at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
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