Madson Formagini Caridade, or simply Madson (born May 21, 1986 in

Volta Redonda Volta Redonda () is the name of a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil with an area of 182.81 km2, located from 350m to 707m above the sea level (22°31'23" S, 44°06'15" W) an ...

), is a Brazilian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as an

attacking midfielder A midfielder is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As #Cent ...

. He is known for his small stature and his set pieces.

Career

Natural

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, Madson began his career in football still in the youth ranks of local club. In 2005, the team drew the attention of

Estádio São Januário Estádio Vasco da Gama, also known as Estádio São Januário, owing to its location on a street of the same name, is the home ground of Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama. Its facade is listed by the National Historical and Artistic Heritage. It is ...

, having been hired that year to join the junior division Cruzmaltina, under the command of experienced coach Toninho Barroso. In

, he played, lived and studied. At the time, an

extremely skilled and fast, just promoted to professionals in 2006 by then-coach

Renato Gaúcho Renato Portaluppi (born 9 September 1962), known as Renato Gaúcho, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who is currently in charge of Grêmio. Formerly a right winger, Renato is known for his wins at the Intercontinen ...

. Despite having become a real sweetheart of

Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (; ; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India by way of Cape of Good Hope (1497–1499) was the first to link E ...

, failed to provide them a regularity that they hold. Ended up losing even more space on the team with the departure of

and the arrival of

Celso Roth Celso Juarez Roth (born 30 November 1957 in Caxias do Sul) is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a central defender. He is the current head coach of Juventude. Coaching career On 4 May 2009 the former Grêmio coach ...

to the command of

in 2007. In January 2009, his contract with Vasco expired and he signed a contract with Santos. After a good year in the club, Madson was involved in a scandal alongside Zé Eduardo and Felipe, and after this he was loaned to

Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (commonly known as Athletico and formerly known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The team ...

. However, later in the year, his contract with Atlético was terminated, and he returned to Santos because he "violated the rules of Football Training Department and internal rules of the club". After his loan in Atlético, Madson returned to Santos. However, he was not in the club's plans, and was loaned to

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...

i club

Al-Khor Al Khor ( ar, الخور; also spelled ''Al Khawr''), officially Al Khor and Al Thakhira, is a municipality in coastal northeastern Qatar. Al Khor City, the municipal seat, is located in the northeast coast of Qatar, around from the capital, ...

, in a five-month deal. On 26 December 2018, Madson returned to Brazil and joined

Fortaleza Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese for ''Fortress'') is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortaleza. It is Brazil's 5th largest city and the t ...

, newly promoted to the Série A.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Madson 1986 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Santos FC players CR Vasco da Gama players Duque de Caxias Futebol Clube players América Futebol Clube (RN) players Club Athletico Paranaense players Al-Khor SC players Fortaleza Esporte Clube players Centro Sportivo Alagoano players Associação Desportiva São Caetano players Expatriate footballers in Qatar Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Qatar Stars League players Association football midfielders People from Volta Redonda Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (state)