Maílson Alves Barreiro Veriato (born 5 February 1988) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender.

Mailson Alves
Personal information
Full name Maílson Alves Barreiro Veriato
Date of birth (1988-02-05) 5 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Brazil
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Portimonense 2 (0)
2011–2012 Porto Alegre 11 (0)
2012–2014 Tombense 11 (0)
2013Vila Nova (loan) 2 (0)
2015 Chennaiyin 12 (0)
2015 Tupi 14 (1)
2016 Volta Redonda 0 (0)
2016 NorthEast United 9 (0)
2017 Volta Redonda 24 (1)
2017–2019 Chennaiyin FC 43 (8)
2019–2020 Dhaka Abahani 6 (0)
2020 Caxias do Sul 4 (0)
2021 Uberlândia Esporte Clube 1 (0)
2021–2022 Floresta Esporte Clube 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career edit

Brazil edit

Alves started his career in Portugal with Portimonense in the Segunda Liga. He made his debut for the club on 28 October 2009 in a Taça de Portugal against Beira-Mar. He started the match but got sent off in the 85th minute as the match ended in a 0–0 draw.[1] He soon went back to Brazil where he joined Porto Alegre and played for them in the Campeonato Gaúcho. He made his debut for them on 16 January 2011 against Novo Hamburgo. He started the match and played 68 minutes as Porto Alegre lost 1–0.[2] After two years with Porto Alegre, Mailson signed for Tombense but was loaned to Vila Nova of the Série D for the 2013 season. He made his debut for Nova on 28 July 2013 against Marcílio Dias. He started the match as Vila Nova drew it 0–0.[3] He eventually returned to Tombense and made his debut for them on 1 February 2014 against América.[4] Mailson moved clubs again in 2015 when he signed for Tupi. Mailson played for the club in both the Série C and Campeonato Mineiro.[5][6]

Chennaiyin edit

After finishing his contract with Tupi, Mailson decided to go abroad again and signed for Indian Super League side, Chennaiyin.[7]

On 17 March 2018, Alves scored two goals to help Chennaiyin defeat Bengaluru 2–3 in the 2017–18 Indian Super League finals, he was also named the man of the match.[8] Under his captaincy Chennaiyin FC stood runner-ups of 2019 Indian Super Cup and Chennaiyin FC, for the first time reached the 2019 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs and finally the group stage of 2019 AFC Cup. He also scored a goal Manang Marshyangdi Club of Nepal on April 4 in the 53rd minute.

Abahani Limited Dhaka edit

Mailson joined Bangladesh Premier League side Dhaka Abahani in October 2019.[9] He made his debut against Bangladesh Police FC in a Federation Cup match. On February 5, 2020, he scored first goal for the club against maldivian side Maziya in an AFC Cup qualifying play-off match & helped his team to get a 2–2 draw.[10]

Career statistics edit

As of 14 August 2015[11]
Club Season League League Cup Domestic Cup International Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Portimonense 2009–10 Segunda Liga 2 0 2 0 4 0
Porto Alegre 2011 Campeonato Gaúcho 11 0 0 0 11 0
Tombense 2013 Campeonato Mineiro 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014 Campeonato Mineiro 11 0 2 0 13 0
Vila Nova (loan) 2013 Série D 2 0 0 0 2 0
Tupi 2015 Série C 5 0 9 1 2 0 16 1
Chennaiyin 2014 Indian Super League 12 0 0 0
Volta Redonda 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D 0 0 0 0
NorthEast United 2016 Indian Super League 9 0 0 0
Career total 32 0 9 1 6 0 0 0 46 1

Honours edit

Club edit

Chennaiyin FC

References edit

  1. ^ "Beira-Mar 0–0 Portimonense". Soccerway.
  2. ^ "Porto Alegre 0–1 Novo Hamburgo". Soccerway.
  3. ^ "Marcilio Dias 0–0 Vila Nova". Soccerway.
  4. ^ "Tombense 0–0 America". Soccerway.
  5. ^ "Atletico Minero 2–0 Tupi". Soccerway.
  6. ^ "Tombense 0–1 Tupi". Soccerway.
  7. ^ "Chennaiyin FC sign Brazilian duo Raphael Augusto and Mailson Alves". FirstPost. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Chennaiyin FC defeat Bengaluru FC by 3–2 to win ISL 2018". 17 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Abahani sign Brazilian Mailson". Dhaka Tribune. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Maziya hold Abahani". Daily Sun. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  11. ^ Maílson Alves at Soccerway