![]() Wallace playing for Monaco in 2014 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wallace Fortuna dos Santos | ||
Date of birth | 14 October 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ittihad Kalba | ||
Number | 94 | ||
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) |
2020–2022 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 46 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Wuhan Three Towns | 33 | (1) |
2023– | Ittihad Kalba | 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 |
Wallace Fortuna dos Santos (born 14 October 1994), known as simply Wallace, is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays for UAE Pro League club Ittihad Kalba as a centre-back.
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]
Wallace represented the Brazil U-20 at the 2013 and 2014 editions of the Toulon Tournament. [13] [14]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental [a] | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 |
Cruzeiro
Lazio
Wuhan Three Towns
Brazil U20