Wallace (footballer, born October 1994)
Wallace Fortuna dos Santos (born October 14, 1994), known as simply Wallace, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Lazio as a defender. ContentsClub 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 (for the future transfer fee), 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 careerWallace represented the Brazil U-20 at the 2013 and 2014 edition's of the Toulon Tournament. ClubAs of 20 November 2016HonoursReferencesWallace (footballer, born October 1994) WikipediaSimilar Topics Joel Santana Marcelo Oliveira Vanderlei Luxemburgo | |||||||||
