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 for Turkish club Yeni Malatyaspor.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Fortuna and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.
Wallace
Wallace playing for Monaco in 2014
Personal information
Full name Wallace Fortuna dos Santos
Date of birth (1994-10-14) 14 October 1994
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Yeni Malatyaspor
Number 13
Youth career
Tigres do Brasil
2010–2013 Cruzeiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Cruzeiro 3 (0)
2014–2016 Braga 0 (0)
2014–2016 → Monaco (loan) 40 (1)
2016–2020 Lazio 54 (1)
2019–2020 → Braga (loan) 8 (0)
2020– Yeni Malatyaspor 5 (0)
National team‡
2013–2014 Brazil U20 6 (1)
2014– Brazil U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2014

Club career

A youth product of Cruzeiro, Wallace caused great stir when football agent Jorge Mendes's Gestifute paid €9.5M 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 €40M.[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]

International career

Wallace represented the Brazil U-20 at the 2013 and 2014 editions of the Toulon Tournament.[9][10]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 26 May 2019.[11]
Club Season League Cup Continental1 Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cruzeiro 2013 Série A 0010——10
2014 3000—42070
Total 3010—4080
Braga2014–15 Primeira Liga0000——00
Monaco (loan)2014–15Ligue 1 1404140—221
2015–16 2613050—341
Total 4017190—562
Lazio2016–17 Serie A25150——301
2017–18 1301020130170
2018–19 160103100201
Total 541705110672
Braga (loan)2019–20 Primeira Liga000000—00
Career Total 972151141501314

    Honours

    Club
    Cruzeiro
    Lazio

    International
    Brazil U20

    References
    1. "Sp. Braga: Cruzeiro explica venda de Wallace". Maisfutebol.com. 1 July 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. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
    3. "Sp. Braga: Danilo e Wallace com cláusula de 40 milhões". MaisFutebol.com. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
    4. "Sp. Braga empresta Wallace ao Mónaco". Maisfutebol.com. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
    5. "Comunicato 29.07.2016" [Press release 29 July 2016] (in Italian). Retrieved 29 July 2016.
    6. "RELAZIONE FINANZIARIA SEMESTRALE CONSOLIDATA AL 31 DICEMBRE 2016" (PDF) (in Italian). S.S. Lazio. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
    7. "Calendario e Risultati | Stagione 2016-17 | 13^ Giornata | Lega Serie A". Legaseriea.it. 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
    8. "Hoşgeldin Wallace" (in Turkish). Yeni Malatyaspor. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
    9. "Elenco da Seleção Brasileira Sub 20 no Torneio de Toulon 2013". jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
    10. "Seleção Brasileira Sub-21 divulga convocados para Torneio de Toulon". esportes.terra.com.br. 9 July 2014.
    11. Wallace at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
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