Wallace Fortuna dos Santos

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.

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. 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), with a release clause at €40 million.

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.

On 30 September 2020, Wallace joined Turkish Süper Lig club Yeni Malatyaspor. On 26 January 2022, his contract with Yeni Malatyaspor was terminated by mutual consent.

On 15 February 2022, Wallace joined Chinese Super League club Wuhan Three Towns. Throughout the season he would be part of the squad that won the 2022 Chinese Super League title.

On 20 September 2023, Wallace joined UAE Pro League club Ittihad Kalba.

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

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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 Chinese FA Super Cup: 2023

Brazil U20 Toulon Tournament: 2013, 2014