Wallace (footballer, born October 1994)


Wallace Fortuna dos Santos, known as simply Wallace, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays on loan for Primeira Liga club S.C. Braga as a defender.

Club career

A youth product of Cruzeiro, Wallace caused great stir when football agent Jorge Mendes's Gestifute paid €9.5M to sign him from Cruzeiro in early July 2014. 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, with a release clause at €40M.
On 21 August 2014, without ever playing for Braga, he was loaned to AS Monaco, in a loan deal set by Jorge Mendes.
On 29 July 2016, Serie A club Lazio announced that they had definitively purchased Wallace from Braga for €8 million. He scored his first goal for the club on 20 November 2016 in a 3–1 home win over Genoa.

International career

Wallace represented the Brazil U-20 at the 2013 and 2014 editions of the Toulon Tournament.

Career statistics

Club

Club

;Cruzeiro
;Lazio
;Brazil U20