Welliton de Moraes Coimbra, known as Tozin or Tozim (born 10 November 1984), is a Brazilian professional

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who plays for Interporto. He has played abroad in China, Japan and Saudi Arabia.

Career

Tozin spent his early career on loan from

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to various clubs competing in Brazilian state football. In July 2007 he signed a 1-year deal with Legião. The team finished as the runner-up of Campeonato Brasiliense Second Division. In May 2008 he was signed by Corinthians Alagoano on a three-year contract and left for fellow

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club CRB on loan. His loan was ended early on 29 October, a few weeks before the end of 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. In February 2009 he moved on loan to

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club

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. Tozin returned to

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in January 2010. Corinthians Alagoano finished as the losing semi-finalists of 2010

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. In May he left on loan again to

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and made a few appearances in

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. In September he had a further loan spell with Metropolitano in 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. Tozin's contract with Corinthians Alagoano was extended to in January 2011 for a further two years, and he moved to

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side Nanchang Hengyuan on a one-year loan deal. However, he returned to Corinthians Alagoano in March without playing a match in China. He was immediately loaned again to

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. In January 2012, Tozin joined

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side

on a one-year loan deal. Tozin was loaned to Luverdense for 2013, but was released for disciplinary reasons by the club in October, despite being top scorer in 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C at the time. Later in the year it was announced that he would join CRB on loan for the 2014 season. After two appearances in

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he moved to Metropolitano for a second loan spell, competing in Série D. Tozin spent 2015 on loan with Aparecidense and Luverdense, where he scored 13 goals in 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. He was announced as a signing for Aparecidense for the 2016 season, but instead moved to Saudi Arabia, joining Najran SC. He returned to Brazil, for a third spellwith Luverdense, in June 2016. Tozin joined Aparecidense again in 2017, featuring firstly in the

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, where he notably scored a volley from a corner kick in the first game of the competition, a feat he was invited by Globo Esporte to reproduce in front of the cameras. He went on to feature in all eight of the clubs

2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D The 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 68 clubs. The competition started on 21 May and ended on 10 September 2017. Atlético Acreano, Globo, Juazeirense and Operário Ferroviário ...

matches. At the end of the campaign he joined Parauapebas for the remainder of the

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Second Division season, but was released before the final took place. Tozin signed for Treze for the 2018 Campeonato Paraibano season. He left midway through the championship, joining

to play in the

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where he was top scorer with 13 goals. At the end of that competition he signed for CRAC in the second division of

, where he made just two appearances. By late September he had moved on again, to Sport Club Guaraí who were engaged in the second division of the Campeonato Tocantinense. Tozin started 2019 with Palmas for the 2019 Campeonato Tocantinense and 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. in June, with Palmas knocked out of Série D he signed for a fourth spell with Luverdense, playing in 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C. In November he joined Capital Futebol Clube in the second division of Campeonato Tocantinense, where he helped the team to win the title. On 20 January 2020, Tozin signed for Interporto Futebol Clube for the 2020 Campeonato Tocantinense.

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