Cláudio Maradona

Cláudio Maradona
Personal information
Full name Cláudio Oliveira de Souza
Date of birth (1994-07-15) July 15, 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Duque de Caxias-RJ, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2013–2014 Ferroviário
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Itabaiana 5 (0)
2014–2016 Alcanenense 45 (10)
2016–2023 São José 77 (12)
2017Macaé (loan) 15 (7)
2017–2018Sampaio Corrêa (loan) 2 (0)
2018Boavista (loan) 10 (1)
2018Americano (loan) 6 (2)
2019Madureira (loan) 9 (0)
2020Americano (loan) 13 (4)
2022Al-Dahab (loan) 13 (5)
2022–Newroz (loan) 22 (12)
2023–2024 Dibba Al-Hisn
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 April 2023

Cláudio Oliveira de Souza or simply Cláudio Maradona (born July 25, 1994), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[1]

Club career

Maradona started playing football in Ferroviário and Itabaiana, and also played for the Portuguese club Alcanenense, and in July 2016 he moved to São José, and he was with the Copa Metropolitana winning team in 2016, and part of the team when it won the 2018 Copa do Nordeste and was the third scorer. After that, he played on loan to several Brazilian clubs: Macaé,[2][3] Sampaio Corrêa, Boavista, Americano,[4][5] and Madureira. He then returned to play for his club in Série C.[6]

In August 2022, Maradona moved to play in the Iraqi Premier League, where he signed a one-year contract with Newroz.[7][8][9] After only fourteen league matches, Maradona scored eight goals and became the interim top scorer of the league.[10]

Honours

São José

Sampaio Corrêa

Americano

References

  1. ^ Cláudio Maradona at Zerozero
  2. ^ "Maradona indica saída do Macaé e projeta futuro: "Queria jogar no Real Madrid"". ge.globo.com.
  3. ^ "ESPORTE Cláudio Maradona pede "algo a mais" para o Macaé nos jogos decisivos". cliquediario.com.br.
  4. ^ "¿Diego? Claudio, el Maradona brasileño que sorprende a Río de Janeiro". lanacion.com.ar.
  5. ^ "Festejo gallina y campeonato para Maradona". ole.com.ar.
  6. ^ Maradona voltou para vencer outra vez (in Portuguese). saojosefutebol.com. April 1, 2019.
  7. ^ نوروز يضم البرازيلي مارادونا (in Arabic). kooora.com. August 17, 2022.
  8. ^ مارادونا يلعب في الدوري العراقي الممتاز الموسم المقبل (in Arabic). mawazin.net. August 17, 2022.
  9. ^ نوروز العراقي يتعاقد مع مارادونا (in Arabic). alkhaleej.ae. August 18, 2022.
  10. ^ مارادونا يحتل عرش هدافي الدوري العراقي (in Arabic). kooora.com. February 2, 2023.