Wallace Oliveira dos Santos, or simply Wallace (born 1 May 1994), is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Sampaio Corrêa-RJ.

Club career

Fluminense

Wallace started his career with Brazilian club

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, an attacking right-back, Wallace made his senior debut at the age of 17. He has since gone on to appear many times for the first team, helping them to the Brazilian league championship, the Rio State League and the Guanabara Cup.

Chelsea

On 4 December 2012,

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confirmed they had signed Wallace. As part of the deal, the 19-year-old central defender who can also play right, left and midfield would remain with Fluminense until the end of the season. He made his first appearance in a Chelsea jersey on 17 July 2013 in a pre-season friendly match versus Singha All Stars in which he earned a penalty for his side which

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converted.

Loan to Internazionale

Due to a lack of work permit, Wallace was required to be loaned out. On 14 August 2013, Wallace was loaned to

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on a season long deal. He made his debut for the club on 1 September 2013 in a 0–3 away win at

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, coming on as an 83rd-minute substitute for

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. Wallace made his second appearance for Inter in a 0–7 thumping at

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on 22 September 2013, again coming on as a second-half substitute. He played just four matches for Inter, three of them as a substitute.

Loan to Vitesse

On 30 June 2014, Wallace was loaned for the upcoming season to the Dutch

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club

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, with whom Chelsea have a partnership. On 10 August 2014, Wallace made his debut for Vitesse against

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, playing the full 90 minutes; the game ended in a 4–1 loss for Vitesse. On 27 September 2014, Wallace scored his first goal for Vitesse against

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, assisted by fellow Chelsea loanee,

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; the ended in a 6–2 win for Vitesse. Wallace continued to be the first-choice right back for Vitesse until he broke his hand on 25 October 2014, during the game against

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. On 22 November 2014, Wallace returned to the starting line-up against

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; the match ended in a 1–0 loss for Vitesse. On 10 April 2015, Wallace was arrested for suspicion of sexual offense, but was released later without any charges. Following this incident, Wallace returned to the first team on 24 April on the bench, and coming on for the last 11 minutes replacing

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in the match against

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Loan to Carpi

On 22 July 2015, Wallace joined newly promoted Italian side

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on a season-long loan with an option to purchase the player at the end of the spell. He made his debut for the club on 23 August 2015, in a 5–2 defeat against

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, coming off the bench to play 20 minutes.

Loan to Grêmio

On 4 January 2016, Wallace was loaned to Grêmio by Chelsea for an 18-month period to replace

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in the

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On 31 January 2016, Wallace made his Grêmio debut in a 3–1 victory over

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, playing the full 90 minutes.

International career

Wallace helped Brazil win the South American Under-17 Championship in 2011 before contributing to their fourth-placed finish at the Under-17 World Cup in Mexico three months later."Chelsea agree deal for Brazil teen Wallace from Fluminense"
''BBC''. Retrieved 4 December 2012. On 30 May 2014 Wallace scored the first of seven goals for Brazil U20 vs Qatar U20 in the Toulon tournament.

Career statistics

Honours

Fluminense *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...

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Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Port., Rio de Janeiro State Championship), was started in 1906 and is the annual football championship in the state of Rio de Janeiro, B ...

Taça Guanabara The Taça Guanabara, or Guanabara Cup, is a football tournament organized annually since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. In its first four editions (1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968), the Taça Guanabara was a tournament in its o ...

Grêmio *

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References

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