Moisés Lima Magalhães (born 17 March 1988), simply known as Moisés, is a Brazilian former professional

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who played as a

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Career

América Mineiro

Born in

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, Moisés began his career with his hometown's

América Mineiro The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.''Webster's New World College Dictionary'', 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. When viewed as a sing ...

, and was loaned to a host of clubs before being given his chance to impress at his parent club in the 2009 league season when he made his debut in a state league game on 25 January 2009 against

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in a 0-0 draw. Within the season he went on to establish himself as vital player that helped win the

2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C In 2009, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 20 clubs from May 24 to September 19, 2009. In an attempt to increase profits and interest on the competition, CBF decided to reduce the number ...

title and promotion into the second tier. The following seasons he would be loaned to second tier clubs

Sport Recife Sport Club do Recife (), commonly known as Sport Recife or simply Sport, is a Brazilian sports club, located in Recife, Pernambuco. Founded in 1905, the club currently competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of football i ...

and then Boa Esporte, where he had a personally productive period immediately establishing himself within the team and narrowly missing out on promotion with them.

Portuguesa

In May 2012, he signed a contract with top tier club Portuguesa. On 6 June 2012, he made his Série A debut, against

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in a 2-0 defeat. Four days later, Moisés scored his first top flight goal, against Atlético-GO in a 2-0 victory. Throughout the season he would be an integral member of the team that helped them avoid relegation, however the following season would see the club relegated despite actually improving upon the previous campaigns results after they were deducted four points for selecting a suspended player.

Rijeka

On 11 January 2014 Moisés signed with

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side

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, initially on a loan, but the club decided to activate the clause to buy that summer, and he was signed for the following two seasons. Moisés made his first official appearance for Rijeka in a league game on 16 February 2014 against

NK Zadar Nogometni klub Zadar (), commonly referred to as NK Zadar or simply Zadar, was a Croatian football club based in Zadar, a city on the Adriatic coast, best known for playing in the top flight of Croatian football for almost twenty years. Histor ...

away from home in a 1-0 defeat. On 7 March 2014 he would score his first goal for the club in a league game against NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac in a 1-0 away victory. He would go on win the

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against

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (), commonly referred to as simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Cr ...

and

2014 Croatian Football Super Cup The 2014 Croatian Football Super Cup was the eleventh edition of Croatian Football Super Cup, a football match contested by the winners of the Croatian First League and Croatian Football Cup competitions. The match was played on 11 July 2014 a ...

Palmeiras

In December 2015 signed a contract with top tier club

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, for four seasons. He would make his debut in a state league game on 13 February 2016 against Linense that ended in a 2-1 defeat. He would go on to make his first league appearance on 14 May 2016 against Paranaense in a 4-0 victory. He would go on to establish himself as a vital member within their team and helped win them the

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title. The following season on 19 February 2017 in a state league game against Linense that was won 4-0 saw Moisés miss six months of the season after he sustained a serious injury to his left knee within the game. On his return he would gradually once more establish himself within the team and in the following season he would once again be a vital member of the team that won the

2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The 2018 (officially the Brasileirão Assaí 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was the 62nd season of the , the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 15th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The season beg ...

title.

Shandong Taishan

In July 2019, Moisés signed with top tier Chinese club

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(later renamed to Shandong Taishan). He made his debut for the club on 3 August 2019 in a league game against

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that ended in a 3-0 defeat. After the game he would go on to establish himself as a regular within the team and was part of the squad that won the

2020 Chinese FA Cup The 2020 Chinese Football Association Cup, officially known as the Yanjing Beer 2020 Chinese FA Cup () for sponsorship reasons, was the 22nd edition of the Chinese FA Cup. It was postponed following the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China. On 2 Sep ...

against Jiangsu Suning F.C. in a 2-0 victory. The following season he would gain his first league title with the club when he was part of the team that won the

2021 Chinese Super League The 2021 Chinese Super League, officially known as the 2021 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League () for sponsorship reasons, was the 18th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor is Ping An I ...

title. The next season he would go on to win another

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with the

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Return to América Mineiro

On 15 December 2023, Moisés returned to América Mineiro.

Personal life

Moisés' younger brother,

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, is also a footballer. A

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, he too started his career at América Mineiro, but spent most of his career at Portugal's

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Career statistics

Honours

América Mineiro *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, commonly known as the Série C or the Brazilian Série C to distinguish it from the Italian Serie C, is the third tier of the Brazilian football league system. Unlike the first and second divisions, the Sér ...

: 2009 Portuguesa *

Campeonato Paulista Série A2 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 is the second tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF). Clubs 2025 Série A2 List of champions There a ...

: 2013 Rijeka *

Croatian Football Cup The Croatian Football Cup (), is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian football after the HNL championship. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation (HNS ...

: 2013–14 *

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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

Palmeiras *

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Shandong Taishan *

Best player:

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Super League (), commonly known as the Chinese Super League or the CSL (), also known as the China Resources Beverage Chinese Football Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Ch ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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Individual * Bola de Prata: 2016 * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year:

* Best Attacking Midfielder in Brazil:

, 2017

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moises 1988 births Living people Footballers from Belo Horizonte Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players América Futebol Clube (MG) players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Sport Club do Recife players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players SE Palmeiras players Croatian Football League players HNK Rijeka players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Chinese Super League players Shandong Taishan F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in China Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen