Wallace (footballer, born October 1994)
Brazilian association football player
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Wallace Fortuna dos Santos (born 14 October 1994), known as simply Wallace, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Atlético Goianiense.
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Wallace playing for Monaco in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Atlético Goianiense | ||
| 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) |
| 2023–2024 | Ittihad Kalba | 11 | (0) |
| 202– | Atlético Goianiense | 9 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Brazil U20 | 6 | (1) |
| 2014–2016 | Brazil U23 | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 November 2014 | |||
Club career
A youth product of Cruzeiro, Wallace caused a 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]
International career
Wallace represented the Brazil U-20 at the 2013 and 2014 editions of the Toulon Tournament.[13][14]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 26 October 2025[15]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Continental[a] | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | 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 | ||||
| Monaco (loan) | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |||
| Total | 40 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 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 | — | 20 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 54 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 2 | |||
| Braga (loan) | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 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 | — | — | — | 49 | 0 | |||||
| Wuhan Three Towns | 2022 | Chinese Super League | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2023 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1[d] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||||
| Ittihad Kalba | 2023–24 | UAE Pro League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Atlético Goianiense | 2025 | Série B | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 204 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 256 | 5 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in the Campeonato Mineiro
- Appearance in the Supercoppa Italiana
- Appearance in the Chinese FA Super Cup
Honours
Cruzeiro
Lazio
Wuhan Three Towns
Brazil U20
