Wallace Fernando Pereira (born 29 October 1986 in Cerquilho) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a

left back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

Career

Fredrikstad

After three seasons played at FC

Sheriff Tiraspol Fotbal Club Sheriff (russian: ФК Шериф Тирасполь), commonly known as Sheriff Tiraspol or simply Sheriff, is a Moldovan professional football club based in Tiraspol, a city located in the unrecognised breakaway state of Transnist ...

, Wallace signed for

Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad. The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 15 ...

on 19 February 2008. He quickly adapted to his new surroundings, and his trademark free kick goals made him a crowd favourite.

Gent

On 31 August 2010, Wallace signed a 3-year deal with Belgian club

Gent Gent is a shortened form of the word gentleman. It may also refer to: * Ghent (Dutch: Gent), a Belgian city ** K.A.A. Gent, a football club from Ghent ** K.R.C. Gent, a football club from Ghent ** Gent RFC, a rugby club in Ghent ** .gent, a ...

. On 1 December 2010, he netted the only goal in a 1:0 win against

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...

in a

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...

game and helped preserve his team's chances of progression to the next stage of the competition.

Hoverla

On 5 March 2014, Wallace signed with

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...

side

Hoverla Mount Hoverla (Ukrainian and rue, Говерла, Hoverla), at , is the highest mountain in Ukraine and part of the Carpathian Mountains (Ukrainian Carpathians). The mountain is located in the Eastern Beskids, in the Chornohora region. The slope ...

Xanthi FC

Ον 29 July 2014, Wallace joined Superleague club

Xanthi Xanthi ( el, Ξάνθη, ''Xánthi'', ) is a city in the region of Western Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi (regional unit), Xanthi regional unit of the modern regions of Greece, region of East Macedonia and Thrace. A ...

on a three-year contract. On 31 May 2017,

officially announced that his contract wouldn't be renewed.

AEL

On 31 May 2017, Wallace stayed in the Superleague, after signing with AEL a two-year contract on a free transfer.Στην Λάρισα ο Γουάλας
31 May 2017

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at Guardian Stats Centre * 1986 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Moldova Expatriate footballers in Norway Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Greece Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Greece São Carlos Futebol Clube players FC Sheriff Tiraspol players Fredrikstad FK players K.A.A. Gent players FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players Xanthi F.C. players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Esporte Clube Pelotas players Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba) players Eliteserien players Belgian First Division A players Ukrainian Premier League players Super League Greece players Association football defenders {{Brazil-footy-defender-1980s-stub