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

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. 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 The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, namely the second level of Brazilian football league system, was contested by 20 teams in 2008. Giants Corinthians played Série B for the first time after its poor season in Série A in 2007. Also, former Séri ...

. In February 2009 he moved on loan to

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club

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. Tozin returned to

Maceió Maceió (), formerly sometimes Anglicised as Maceio, is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state of Alagoas, Brazil. The name "Maceió" is an Indigenous term for a spring. Most maceiós flow to the sea, but some get trapped and form la ...

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

2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B In 2010, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 20 clubs from May 7 to November 27, 2010. The top four teams in the table, former Brazilian Série A champions Coritiba and Bahia alongside Fig ...

. In September he had a further loan spell with

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2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D In 2010, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth division of the Brazilian League, will be contested for the second time in history. The competition has 40 clubs, four of which will eventually qualify to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C t ...

. 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

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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 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C he moved to

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 The Serie B of the Brazilian Championship 2015 is a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division. It is contested by 20 clubs, between May 9 and November 28. The top four teams will have access to Série A in 2016 and ...

. He was announced as a signing for Aparecidense for the 2016 season, but instead moved to Saudi Arabia, joining

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. He returned to Brazil, for a third spellwith Luverdense, in June 2016. Tozin joined Aparecidense again in 2017, featuring firstly in the

Campeonato Goiano The Campeonato Goiano is the football league of the state of Goiás, Brazil. Format First Division First stage *Teams are divided in two groups of six teams. *Double round-robin, in which all teams home-and-away games against the team fro ...

, 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 qu ...

matches. At the end of the campaign he joined

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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

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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 The 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the fourth division. The competition started on 4 May and ended on 18 August 2019. Sixty-eight teams competed in the tournament. Sixty-four teams qua ...

. in June, with Palmas knocked out of Série D he signed for a fourth spell with Luverdense, playing in

2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. The competition started on 14 April and ended on 22 September 2018. Twenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning fr ...

. 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 Interporto Futebol Clube, or Interporto, as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Porto Nacional in Tocantins, founded on 13 July 1990. Interporto is currently ranked third among Tocantins teams in CBF's national club ran ...

for the 2020 Campeonato Tocantinense.

Career statistics

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at ZeroZero {{DEFAULTSORT:Tozin 1984 births Living people Brazilian footballers Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano players Centro Sportivo Alagoano players Clube de Regatas Brasil players Sagan Tosu players Guaratinguetá Futebol players Clube Atlético Metropolitano players Shanghai Shenxin F.C. players Cuiabá Esporte Clube players Luverdense Esporte Clube players América Futebol Clube (SP) players Guarani FC players Legião Futebol Clube players Treze Futebol Clube players Gurupi Esporte Clube players Clube Recreativo e Atlético Catalano players Palmas Futebol e Regatas players Interporto Futebol Clube players Sport Club Guaraí players Parauapebas Futebol Clube players Associação Atlética Aparecidense players J1 League players J2 League players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Japan Expatriate footballers in China Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China Association football forwards Tocantinópolis Esporte Clube players Najran SC players Saudi Professional League players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Sportspeople from Tocantins