Walisson Maia
Brazilian footballer
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Walisson Moreira Farias Maia (born 21 August 1991) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League club Arema.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walisson Moreira Farias Maia | ||
| Date of birth | 21 August 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Natividade, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arema | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Toledo | |||
| Pato Branco | |||
| Coritiba | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2019 | Coritiba | 46 | (1) |
| 2012 | → Ituano (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Fortaleza (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2012 | → ASA (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2013 | → J. Malucelli (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Boa Esporte (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Atlético Sorocaba (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Vitória (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2020 | Água Santa | 11 | (0) |
| 2020 | Botafogo-SP | 24 | (1) |
| 2021 | Vila Nova | 16 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Al-Fahaheel | 28 | (0) |
| 2022 | SHB Đà Nẵng | 13 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Criciúma | 60 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | Vila Nova | 30 | (0) |
| 2026– | Arema | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 February 2026 | |||
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
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Conmebol | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Coritiba | 2011 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | Série A | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | Série A | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 29 | 1 | |
| 2017 | Série A | 11 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2018 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | Série B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 46 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 82 | 2 | ||
| Ituano (loan) | 2012 | Paulista | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fortaleza (loan) | 2012 | Série C | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| ASA (loan) | 2012 | Série B | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | ||||
| J. Malucelli (loan) | 2013 | Paranaense | — | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Boa Esporte (loan) | 2013 | Série B | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Atlético Sorocaba (loan) | 2014 | Paulista | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Vitória (loan) | 2018 | Série A | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 62 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 122 | 3 | ||
- Appearance in 2016 Copa Sudamericana.
- Appearances in 2016 Primeira Liga.
- Appearances in 2018 Copa do Nordeste.
Honours
Criciúma
- Recopa Catarinense: 2024