Wallace (footballer, born October 1994)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Fortunaand the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.

Wallace

Wallace playing for Monaco in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Wallace Fortuna dos Santos
Date of birth	(1994-10-14) 14 October 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Ittihad Kalba
Number	94
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–	Ittihad Kalba	0	(0)
International career‡
2013–2014	Brazil U20	6	(1)
2014–2016	Brazil U23	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:09, 11 January 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2014

Wallace Fortuna dos Santos (born 14 October 1994), known as simply Wallace, is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays for UAE Pro League club Ittihad Kalba 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. ^[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 20 September 2023 ^[15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental [lower-alpha 1]		Other		Total
		Division	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 [lower-alpha 2]	0	7	0
	Total		3	0	1	0	—		4	0	8	0
Braga	2014–15	Primeira Liga	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Monaco (loan)	2014–15	Ligue 1	14	0	4	1	4	0	—		22	1
	2015–16		26	1	3	0	5	0	—		34	1
	Total		40	1	7	1	9	0	—		56	2
Lazio	2016–17	Serie A	25	1	5	0	—		—		30	1
	2017–18		13	0	1	0	2	0	1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	17	0
	2018–19		16	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	20	1
	Total		54	1	7	0	5	1	1	0	67	2
Braga (loan)	2019–20	Primeira Liga	8	0	3	0	3	0	2	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	0	0	0	0	49	0
Wuhan Three Towns	2022	Chinese Super League	20	1	0	0	—		—		20	1
	2023		13	0	1	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	15	0
	Total		33	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	35	1
Career total			184	3	22	1	17	1	8	0	231	5

1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
2. Appearances in the Campeonato Mineiro
3. Appearance in the Supercoppa Italiana
4. Appearance in the Chinese FA Super Cup

Honours

Cruzeiro

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2013
• Campeonato Mineiro: 2014

Lazio

• Coppa Italia: 2018–19
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2017

Wuhan Three Towns

• Chinese Super League: 2022 ^[11]
• Chinese FA Super Cup: 2023

Brazil U20

• Toulon Tournament: 2013, 2014

References

1. "Sp. Braga: Cruzeiro explica venda de Wallace". Maisfutebol.com. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
2. "2014–15 Relatório e Contas" [2014–15 Reports and Accounts](PDF) (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
3. "Sp. Braga: Danilo e Wallace com cláusula de 40 milhões". MaisFutebol.com. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
4. "Sp. Braga empresta Wallace ao Mónaco". Maisfutebol.com. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
5. "Comunicato 29.07.2016" [Press release 29 July 2016] (in Italian). Retrieved 29 July 2016.
6. "RELAZIONE FINANZIARIA SEMESTRALE CONSOLIDATA AL 31 DICEMBRE 2016" (PDF) (in Italian). S.S. Lazio. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
7. "Calendario e Risultati | Stagione 2016-17 | 13^ Giornata | Lega Serie A". Legaseriea.it. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
8. "Hoşgeldin Wallace" (in Turkish). Yeni Malatyaspor. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
9. "Profesyonel futbolcumuz Wallace Fortuna ile karşılıklı anlaşarak yollarımızı ayırmış bulunmaktayız" (in Turkish). Yeni Malatyaspor. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
10. "官宣 欢迎华莱士·佛图那加盟武汉三镇" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
11. "武汉三镇捧起中超冠军火神杯 3年3冠创造三镇奇迹". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
12. "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" (in Arabic). 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
13. "Elenco da Seleção Brasileira Sub 20 no Torneio de Toulon 2013". jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
14. "Seleção Brasileira Sub-21 divulga convocados para Torneio de Toulon". esportes.terra.com.br. 9 July 2014.
15. Wallace at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

External links

• Wallace at ForaDeJogo (archived)