Brazilian footballer
Maurício dos Santos Nascimento (born 20 September 1988), known simply as Maurício , is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back .
Club career
Born in São Paulo , Mauricio emerged through Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras 's youth system, and made his professional debuts while on loan at Clube de Regatas Brasil in 2007, in Série B . He returned to Verdão in 2008, appearing in Série A for the first time.
On 18 November 2009, Maurício had an altercation with Palmeiras teammate Obina during half-time of a match against Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense , with both being dismissed by the club a day later.[ 1] [ 2] He was subsequently loaned to Grêmio, Associação Portuguesa de Desportos ,[ 3] Esporte Clube Vitória and Joinville Esporte Clube ,[ 4] before being released in 2012.[ 5] On 5 January 2013, he joined Sport Club do Recife .[ 6]
On 4 July 2013, Maurício moved abroad for the first time, signing a five-year contract with Sporting Clube de Portugal .[ 7] [ 8] In his maiden appearance in Primeira Liga , on 18 August, he helped the hosts come from behind against F.C. Arouca to win it 5–1, his goal coming following a corner kick in the 30th minute.[ 9]
Late into the 2015 January transfer window , Maurício was loaned to Serie A side S.S. Lazio until June, with the club agreeing to buy his sporting rights at the end of the campaign for € 2.6 million.[ 10] [ 11] The following 29 August, already owned by the Italians, he moved on loan to Russian Premier League 's FC Spartak Moscow .[ 12] He was released by Lazio on 17 October 2018[ 13] and signed with Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. five days later.[ 14] He scored one goal against South Korea giant Suwon Samsung Bluewings at 2020 AFC Champions League with 2–1 win.[ 15]
Honours
Palmeiras
Sporting
Spartak
Legia Warsaw
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Individual
References
^ Demitidos, Maurício e Obina deixam Porto Alegre sem o Palmeiras (Dismissed, Maurício and Obina leave Porto Alegre without Palmeiras) ; Globo Esporte , 19 November 2009 (in Portuguese)
^ Palmeiras pair set for sack following fight ; FourFourTwo , 19 November 2009
^ Portuguesa acerta com Maurício, ex-zagueiro de Palmeiras e Grêmio (Portuguesa agree with Maurício, former Palmeiras and Grêmio stopper) ; ESPN Brasil , 12 April 2010 (in Portuguese)
^ Palmeiras negocia a contratação de quatro jogadores do Joinville (Palmeiras negotiate the signing of four Joinville players) ; O Estado de S. Paulo , 8 August 2012 (in Portuguese)
^ 'Sem valorização’, zagueiro Maurício se despede do Joinville ('Not being appreciated', stopper Maurício says goodbye to Joinville) ; Globo Esporte, 14 December 2012 (in Portuguese)
^ Sport confirma acerto com zagueiro Maurício, que estava no Joinville (Sport confirm deal with stopper Maurício, who was at Joinville) ; Globo Esporte, 5 January 2013 (in Portuguese)
^ Maurício reforça Sporting e chega hoje a Lisboa (Maurício strengthens Sporting and arrives today in Lisbon) ; Rádio e Televisão de Portugal , 4 July 2013 (in Portuguese)
^ Maurício, o "jogador guerreiro", apresentado pelo Sporting (Maurício, the "warrior player", presented by Sporting) ; Público , 5 July 2013 (in Portuguese)
^ Montero em grande na estreia dos leões (Montero the man in debut of lions) Archived 11 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine ; Maior TV, 18 August 2013 (in Portuguese)
^ Comunicado SAD (PLSC announcement) ; Sporting CP, 21 January 2015 (in Portuguese)
^ Esquecido no Palmeiras após briga, Maurício curte rápido sucesso no Lazio (Forgotten at Palmeiras after fight, Maurício enjoys quick success at Lazio) ; Globo Esporte, 22 March 2015 (in Portuguese)
^ МАУРИСИО ПЕРЕШЕЛ В «СПАРТАК» [Maurício moved to Spartak] (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016 .
^ Volcano, Carlos (19 October 2018). "Lazio seek to terminate Ravel Morrison contract" . Tribal Football. Retrieved 19 October 2018 .
^ "Welcome Mauricio dos Santos Nascimento" . Johor Darul Ta'zim. 22 October 2018. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018 .
^ "Fox Sports" .
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