Maurício dos Santos Nascimento (born 20 September 1988), known simply as Maurício, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Chapecoense.

Club career

Born in São Paulo, Mauricio emerged through Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras's youth system, and made his professional debuts while on loan at Clube de Regatas Brasil in 2007, in Série B. He returned to Verdão in 2008, appearing in Série A for the first time.

Maurício (footballer, born September 1988)

On 18 November 2009, Maurício had an altercation with Palmeiras teammate Obina during half-time of a match against Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, with both being dismissed by the club a day later. He was subsequently loaned to Grêmio, Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, Esporte Clube Vitória and Joinville Esporte Clube, before being released in 2012. On 5 January 2013, he joined Sport Club do Recife.

Maurício (footballer, born September 1988)

On 4 July 2013, Maurício moved abroad for the first time, signing a five-year contract with Sporting Clube de Portugal. In his maiden appearance in Primeira Liga, on 18 August, he helped the hosts come from behind against F.C. Arouca to win it 5–1, his goal coming following a corner kick in the 30th minute.

Maurício (footballer, born September 1988)

Late into the 2015 January transfer window, Maurício was loaned to Serie A side S.S. Lazio until June, with the club agreeing to buy his sporting rights at the end of the campaign for €2.6 million. The following 29 August, already owned by the Italians, he moved on loan to Russian Premier League's FC Spartak Moscow. He was released by Lazio on 17 October 2018 and signed with Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. five days latter. He scored one goal against South Korea giant Suwon Samsung Bluewings at 2020 AFC Champions League with 2–1 win.

Honours

Palmeiras

Campeonato Paulista: 2008

Sporting

Taça de Portugal: 2014–15

Spartak

Russian Premier League: 2016–17

Legia Warsaw

Ekstraklasa: 2017–18

Polish Cup: 2017–18

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Malaysia Cup(1): 2019

Malaysia Super League(2): 2019, 2020,2021

Malaysia Charity Shield(3): 2019, 2020, 2021

Individual

2020 Man Of The Match Malaysia Charity Shield: 2020

References

External links

1988 births

Footballers from São Paulo

Living people

Brazilian men's footballers

Men's association football defenders

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players

Clube de Regatas Brasil players

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players

Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players

Esporte Clube Vitória players

Joinville Esporte Clube players

Sport Club do Recife players

Sporting CP footballers

SS Lazio players

FC Spartak Moscow players

Legia Warsaw players

Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players

Clube Náutico Capibaribe players

Associação Chapecoense de Futebol players

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players

Campeonato Catarinense players

Campeonato Pernambucano players

Primeira Liga players

Serie A players

Russian Premier League players

Ekstraklasa players

Malaysia Super League players

Brazilian expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal

Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal

Expatriate men's footballers in Italy

Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy

Expatriate men's footballers in Russia

Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia

Expatriate men's footballers in Poland

Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Poland

Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia

Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia