Victor Ferraz Macedo (born 14 January 1988) is a Brazilian

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who plays as

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for Serra Branca.

Club career

Early career

Born in

João Pessoa, Paraíba João Pessoa () is a port city in northeastern Brazil. It is the largest city in, and capital of, the state of Paraíba with an estimated population of 833,932 (as of 2022). It is located on the right bank of the Paraíba do Norte river. The ...

, Ferraz made his senior debuts with Iraty in 2008. In the following year he moved to São José-RS, and played for Águia de Marabá in 2010.

Atlético Goianiense / Vila Nova

In May 2010 Ferraz joined

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side

Atlético Goianiense Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

. He made his division debut on 8 August, starting in a 0–0 away draw against

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. Ferraz scored his first Série A goal on 22 August, in a 1–1 away draw against Internacional. He was released by Atlético in July 2011, and subsequently joined Vila Nova.

Bragantino / Coritiba

On 5 January 2012, Ferraz joined

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. In August he moved to

Coritiba Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as heCoxa, is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909 by German immigrants, it is the olde ...

; initially as a backup to Ayrton, he appeared regularly during the remainder of the campaign, and was also an ever-present figure in the following year.

Santos

On 24 June 2014, Ferraz signed a one-and-a-half-year deal with Santos. He made his debut for the club on 17 July, starting in a 2–0 home win over

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. In 2015, Ferraz was one of the most used players by ''Peixe'', and after the departure of

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, was assigned the 4 shirt. On 18 August he scored his first goal for the club, netting the game's only through a

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in a 1–0 home success over Vasco. On 3 August 2016, Ferraz completed his 100th game for the club, starting in a 0–0 home draw against

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...

. He made his

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debut on 9 March of the following year, starting in a 1–1 away draw against

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. On 9 March 2018, Ferraz extended his contract until 2020. For the 2019 campaign, he became

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after the departure of

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and the retirement of

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Grêmio

On 14 December 2019, Ferraz moved to fellow top tier side Grêmio on a two-year deal, with Madson moving in the opposite direction.

Personal life

Victor Ferraz is a devout

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, being the child of missionary parents of the

Assembleias de Deus The Assembleias de Deus () are a Pentecostalism, Pentecostal church in Brazil founded by Daniel Berg (evangelist), Daniel Berg and Gunnar Vingren, who came to Brazil as missionaries from the Swedish Pentecostal Movement, Swedish Pentecostal mov ...

church. In November 2017, he started a social project to help in the formation of young footballers in his home region, being later registered as a football club named in 2018.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;Atlético Goianiense *

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: 2011 ;Coritiba *

Campeonato Paranaense The Campeonato Paranaense is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is run by the Paraná Football Federation (FPF). List of champions Notes * In 1924 Internacional and América merged in ...

: 2013 ;Santos *

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF), ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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 ...

;Grêmio *

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho (English: Gaúcho Championship), officially named as Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Série A and commonly known as the Gauchão or the Gauchão Ipiranga (company), Ipiranga for sponsorship reasons, is the top-flight profess ...

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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 ...

*Recopa Gaúcha:

Individual

Team of the Year:

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References

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