Brazilian footballer
Walisson Moreira Farias Maia (born 21 August 1991), known as Walisson Maia, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Criciúma.
Club career
Born in Natividade, Tocantins, Walisson graduated with Coritiba's youth setup. On 5 June 2011 he made his first team – and Série A – debut, starting in a 5–1 home routing over Vasco da Gama.[1]
After being demoted to the reserves, Walisson was subsequently loaned to Ituano, Fortaleza,[2] ASA,[3] J. Malucelli, Boa Esporte and Atlético Sorocaba.[4] With the Alagoas club he scored his first professional goal, netting his side's first in a 2–3 away loss against Boa for the Série B championship on 7 September 2012.[5]
On 29 September 2014 Walisson was again promoted to the main squad, along with fellow youth graduate Rafhael Lucas.[6]
In January 2018, having renewed his Coritiba contract until the end of 2019, he joined Vitória for the 2018 season.[7]
Career statistics
- As of 12 June 2019
Honours
Criciúma
References
- ^ Na ‘preliminar’ dos reservas, Coritiba passeia em goleada sobre o Vasco (In the 'preliminary' of reserves, Coritiba routes in thrashing over Vasco); Globo Esporte, 5 June 2011 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Novo reforço do Fortaleza, zagueiro Walisson é avaliado no Pici (New addition of Fortaleza, stopper Walisson is evaluated at Pici); O Povo, 21 April 2012 (in Portuguese)
- ^ ASA contrata Zagueiro Wallisson que estava no Fortaleza (ASA signs stopper Wallisson who was at Fortaleza); Alagoas em Tempo, 5 August 2012 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Em parceria, Coritiba empresta cinco atletas ao Atlético Sorocaba (In a partnership, Coritiba loans five players to Atlético Sorocaba); Globo Esporte, 14 April 2014 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Boa Esporte 3x2 ASA; Globo Esporte, 7 September 2012 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Jovens Rafhael Lucas e Walisson são integrados ao elenco principal do Coxa (Youngsters Rafhael Lucas and Walisson are added to the main squad of Coxa); Globo Esporte, 29 September 2014 (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Wallison Maia é emprestado ao Vitória. Jogador já está em Salvador" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 30 January 2018.
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