Mailson Lima Duarte Lopes (born 29 May 1994) is a professional

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who plays as a winger for Aksu. Born in the Netherlands, he has made one appearance for the Cape Verde national team.

Club career

Mailson made his

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

debut for

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on 28 April 2017 in a game against

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...

. In January 2018, after a brief spell with

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...

where he played 16 league matches and scored five goals, Mailson signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with the option of another two years with Romanian team Viitorul Constanța. On 26 February 2019, Lima signed with

FC Ararat-Armenia FC Ararat-Armenia ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ-Արմենիա), is an Armenian football club based in Yerevan, founded in 2017. History It was founded in 2017 as FC Avan Academy by Ruben Hayrapetyan, on the basis of t ...

. After leaving Ararat-Armenia for Dibba Al-Hisn in January 2021, Lima returned to Ararat-Armenia on 6 July 2021. On 23 June 2023, Ararat-Armenia confirmed Lima's departure from the club. On 12 August 2023, Lima signed for

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club Aksu.

International career

Lima made his professional debut for the Cape Verde national football team in a friendly 3-2 win over

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on 1 June 2018.

Personal life

He is the older brother of Ronaldo Lima Duarte Lopes.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Viitorul Constanța *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

: 2018–19 Ararat-Armenia *

Armenian Premier League The Armenian Premier League ( hy, VBET Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա, known as the VBET Armenian Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the compet ...

: 2018–19, 2019–20 *

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: 2019

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* * * 1994 births Living people Footballers from The Hague Cape Verdean men's footballers Cape Verde men's international footballers Dutch men's footballers Dutch sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent Men's association football wingers ADO Den Haag players Eerste Divisie players Fortuna Sittard players FC Dordrecht players Liga I players FC Viitorul Constanța players Armenian Premier League players FC Ararat-Armenia players Dibba Al-Hisn Sports Club players UAE First Division League players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Cape Verdean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Romania Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Dutch expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates {{CapeVerde-footy-bio-stub