Wallace (footballer, born October 1994)
{{short description|Brazilian association football player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Portuguese name|Fortuna|dos Santos}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Wallace
| image = Monaco-Zenit (8).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Wallace playing for Monaco in 2014
| fullname = Wallace Fortuna dos Santos
| height = 1.91 m
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|10|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Tigres do Brasil
| youthyears2 = 2010–2013
| youthclubs2 = Cruzeiro
| years1 = 2013–2014
| clubs1 = Cruzeiro
| caps1 = 3
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2014–2016
| clubs2 = Braga
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2014–2016
| clubs3 = → Monaco (loan)
| caps3 = 40
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2016–2020
| clubs4 = Lazio
| caps4 = 54
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2019–2020
| clubs5 = → Braga (loan)
| caps5 = 8
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2020–2022
| clubs6 = Yeni Malatyaspor
| caps6 = 46
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2022–2023
| clubs7 = Wuhan Three Towns
| caps7 = 33
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2023–2024
| clubs8 = Ittihad Kalba
| caps8 = 11
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2024-
| clubs9 = Sydney FC
| caps9 = 0
| goals9 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2013–2014
| nationalteam1 = Brazil U20
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2014–2016
| nationalteam2 = Brazil U23
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 18:09, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 15 November 2014
}}
Wallace Fortuna dos Santos (born 14 October 1994), known as simply Wallace, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.
Club career
A youth product of Cruzeiro, Wallace caused great stir when football agent Jorge Mendes's Gestifute paid €9.5 million to sign him from Cruzeiro in early July 2014.{{cite news|title=Sp. Braga: Cruzeiro explica venda de Wallace|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/sp-braga-liga-transferencias-wallace-cruzeiro-gestifute/53b3236a0cf26735dc728b4f.html|access-date=15 September 2014|work=Maisfutebol.com|date=1 July 2014|archive-date=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101073448/http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/sp-braga-liga-transferencias-wallace-cruzeiro-gestifute/53b3236a0cf26735dc728b4f.html|url-status=dead}} 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),{{cite web|url=http://scbraga.pt/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/relatoriocontas20142015.pdf|title=2014–15 Relatório e Contas|trans-title=2014–15 Reports and Accounts|date=19 November 2015|access-date=3 April 2017|publisher=S.C. Braga|language=pt|archive-date=4 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404043134/http://scbraga.pt/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/relatoriocontas20142015.pdf|url-status=live}} with a release clause at €40 million.{{cite news|title=Sp. Braga: Danilo e Wallace com cláusula de 40 milhões|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/liga-sp-braga-transferencias-mercado-antonio-salvador-wallace-danilo/53b52f010cf2feb176281933.html|access-date=15 September 2014|work=MaisFutebol.com|date=3 July 2014|archive-date=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101073440/http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/liga-sp-braga-transferencias-mercado-antonio-salvador-wallace-danilo/53b52f010cf2feb176281933.html|url-status=dead}}
On 21 August 2014, without ever playing for Braga, he was loaned to AS Monaco, in a loan deal set by Jorge Mendes.{{cite news|title=Sp. Braga empresta Wallace ao Mónaco|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/liga-transferencias-internacional-franca-wallace-wallace-sp-braga-wallace-monaco-sp-braga/53f623610cf200bdfee6134c.html|access-date=15 September 2014|work=Maisfutebol.com|date=21 August 2014|archive-date=25 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825045710/http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/liga-transferencias-internacional-franca-wallace-wallace-sp-braga-wallace-monaco-sp-braga/53f623610cf200bdfee6134c.html|url-status=dead}}
On 29 July 2016, Serie A club Lazio announced that they had definitively purchased Wallace from Braga for €8 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.sslazio.it/it/news/press-release-2/32658-comunicato-29-07-2017|title=Comunicato 29.07.2016|trans-title=Press release 29 July 2016|language=it|access-date=29 July 2016|archive-date=21 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821173447/http://www.sslazio.it/it/news/press-release-2/32658-comunicato-29-07-2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sslazio.it/images/documents/investors/Relazione_S.S._Lazio_Sem._Cons._31.12.216.pdf|title=RELAZIONE FINANZIARIA SEMESTRALE CONSOLIDATA AL 31 DICEMBRE 2016|date=30 March 2017|access-date=2 April 2017|publisher=S.S. Lazio|language=it|archive-date=2 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402171143/http://www.sslazio.it/images/documents/investors/Relazione_S.S._Lazio_Sem._Cons._31.12.216.pdf|url-status=dead}} He scored his first goal for the club on 20 November 2016 in a 3–1 home win over Genoa.{{cite web |url=http://www.legaseriea.it/it/serie-a-tim/match-report/2016-17/UNICO/UNI/13/LAZGEN |title=Calendario e Risultati | Stagione 2016-17 | 13^ Giornata | Lega Serie A |website=Legaseriea.it |date=20 November 2016 |access-date=7 July 2017 |archive-date=19 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219040259/http://www.legaseriea.it/it/serie-a-tim/match-report/2016-17/UNICO/UNI/13/LAZGEN |url-status=dead }}
On 30 September 2020, Wallace joined Turkish Süper Lig club Yeni Malatyaspor.{{cite web|url=https://www.yenimalatyaspor.org.tr/h/4386/|title=Hoşgeldin Wallace|date=30 September 2020|access-date=30 September 2020|publisher=Yeni Malatyaspor|language=tr|archive-date=2 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402200425/https://www.yenimalatyaspor.org.tr/h/4386/|url-status=live}} On 26 January 2022, his contract with Yeni Malatyaspor was terminated by mutual consent.{{cite web|publisher=Yeni Malatyaspor|url=https://www.facebook.com/yenimalatyaspor/posts/1985551518298258|title=Profesyonel futbolcumuz Wallace Fortuna ile karşılıklı anlaşarak yollarımızı ayırmış bulunmaktayız.|date=26 January 2022|access-date=26 January 2022|language=tr|archive-date=28 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128024653/https://www.facebook.com/yenimalatyaspor/posts/1985551518298258|url-status=live}}
On 15 February 2022, Wallace joined Chinese Super League club Wuhan Three Towns.{{cite web|url=https://m.dongqiudi.com/article/2589306.html|title=官宣 欢迎华莱士·佛图那加盟武汉三镇|date=15 February 2022|access-date=15 February 2022|publisher=Dongqiudi|language=zh|archive-date=15 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215122052/https://m.dongqiudi.com/article/2589306.html|url-status=live}} Throughout the season he would be part of the squad that won the 2022 Chinese Super League title.{{cite web|url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2022-12-31/doc-imxyqmwc2504067.shtml|title=武汉三镇捧起中超冠军火神杯 3年3冠创造三镇奇迹|work=sports.sina.com.cn|date=2022-12-31|access-date=2022-12-31|language=zh|archive-date=12 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112011930/https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2022-12-31/doc-imxyqmwc2504067.shtml|url-status=live}}
On 20 September 2023, Wallace joined UAE Pro League club Ittihad Kalba.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ittihadkalbafce/status/1704576846853972097|title=Ittihad Kalba Football Company announces the signing of the Brazilian defender Wallace dos Santos, coming from the Chinese club Wahan Three Towns, and who previously played for the Brazilian U-23 national team and for the Italian clubs Lazio, French Monaco|date=20 September 2023|access-date=20 September 2023|language=ar|archive-date=28 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128024534/https://twitter.com/ittihadkalbafce/status/1704576846853972097|url-status=live}}
International career
Wallace represented the Brazil U-20 at the 2013 and 2014 editions of the Toulon Tournament.{{cite news|title=Elenco da Seleção Brasileira Sub 20 no Torneio de Toulon 2013|url=http://jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/elenco-da-selecao-brasileira-sub-20-no-torneio-de-toulon-2013/|access-date=15 September 2014|work=jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com|date=29 July 2013|archive-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315201046/https://jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/elenco-da-selecao-brasileira-sub-20-no-torneio-de-toulon-2013/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Seleção Brasileira Sub-21 divulga convocados para Torneio de Toulon|url=http://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/selecao-brasileira-sub-21-divulga-convocados-para-torneio-de-toulon,5bc0fb85262e5410VgnCLD200000b0bf46d0RCRD.html|work=esportes.terra.com.br|date=9 July 2014|access-date=15 September 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064058/http://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/selecao-brasileira-sub-21-divulga-convocados-para-torneio-de-toulon,5bc0fb85262e5410VgnCLD200000b0bf46d0RCRD.html|url-status=live}}
Career statistics
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Cruzeiro
|2013 |rowspan="2"|Série A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4{{efn|Appearances in the Campeonato Mineiro}} | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Braga | Primeira Liga
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Monaco (loan) | 2014–15
|rowspan="2"|Ligue 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 1 |
| 2015–16 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!40 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 56 | 2 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Lazio
|rowspan="3"|Serie A |25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in the Supercoppa Italiana}} | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!54 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 2 | |
| Braga (loan) | Primeira Liga
|8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| rowspan="3"|Yeni Malatyaspor
|rowspan="2"|Süper Lig |28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22
|18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!46 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Wuhan Three Towns
|2022 |rowspan="2"|Chinese Super League |20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2023
|13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in the Chinese FA Super Cup}} | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!184 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 231 | 5 |
{{notelist}}
Honours
Cruzeiro
Lazio
Wuhan Three Towns
Brazil U20
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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Category:Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Category:Men's association football central defenders
Category:Brazilian men's footballers
Category:Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
Category:Yeni Malatyaspor footballers
Category:Wuhan Three Towns F.C. players
Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Category:Primeira Liga players
Category:Chinese Super League players
Category:UAE Pro League players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in China
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates
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