Maurício Garcez

Maurício Garcez
Garcez with CSKA Sofia in 2022
Personal information
Full name Maurício Garcez de Jesus
Date of birth (1997-03-16) 16 March 1997
Place of birth Chapadinha, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
Chapecoense
Number 31
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Chapadinha 7 (1)
2018–2019 → Maranhão (loan) 4 (0)
2019 → Ferroviário (loan) 0 (0)
2019 → Juventude Samas (loan) 0 (0)
2020 → Doce Mel (loan) 8 (5)
2020–2023 Brusque 48 (11)
2022–2023 → CSKA Sofia (loan) 41 (11)
2023 → Coritiba (loan) 14 (1)
2024–2026 Avaí 58 (10)
2025 → Juventude (loan) 3 (0)
2025 → Paysandu (loan) 22 (7)
2026– Chapecoense 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 April 2026

Maurício Garcez de Jesus (born 16 March 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Chapecoense.[1][2][3]

Career

Early career

Born in Chapadinha, Maranhão,[4] Garcez began his career with hometown side Chapadinha FC in the 2018 Campeonato Maranhense Second Division. He moved to Maranhão on loan shortly after, and helped the side to win the Copa Federação Maranhense de Futebol.

After playing in the 2019 Campeonato Maranhense for MAC, Garcez moved to Ferroviário also on loan, where he failed to make an appearance. He later joined Juventude Samas also in a temporary deal, winning another Copa FMF title.

Garcez played the 2020 Campeonato Baiano while on loan at Doce Mel, scoring five goals in just eight matches.

Brusque

On 18 August 2020, Garcez joined Série C side Brusque.[5] On 6 October, he renewed his contract with the club until 2024,[6] and finished the year as a starter as the club achieved promotion to the Série B.

Loan to CSKA Sofia

On 13 January 2022, Garcez joined Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia on loan.[7] He made his debut on 13 February in a 1–1 away draw against Lokomotiv Sofia on the opening day of the spring half-season 2021–22 season.[8][9]

Loan to Coritiba

On 11 July 2023, Garcez moved to Série A side Coritiba on loan until the end of the year.[10] He made his top tier debut nineteen days later, coming on as a second-half substitute for Robson in a 4–1 away loss to Botafogo, and scored his first goal in the category on 29 October, netting the opener in a 4–3 win at Internacional.

Avaí

On 21 December 2023, Garcez signed a four-year deal with Avaí.[11]

Loan to Juventude

On 14 March 2025, Garcez moved to Juventude in the top tier, on loan until December.[12]

Career statistics

As of 21 March 2025.[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State league National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chapadinha 2018 Maranhense 2ª Divisão —71———71
Maranhão (loan) 2018 Maranhense ————4[a]343
2019 Série D 0040———40
Total 0040——4383
Ferroviário (loan) 2019 Série C 00————00
Juventude Samas (loan) 2019 Maranhense 2ª Divisão ————8[a]686
Doce Mel (loan) 2020 Baiano —85———85
Brusque 2020 Série C 195—20——215
2021 Série B 296122———418
Total 481112220——6213
CSKA Sofia (loan) 2021–22 First League 101—30——131
2022–23 3110—316[b]1—4012
Total 4111—6161—5313
Coritiba (loan) 2023 Série A 141————141
Avaí 2024 Série B 335154———489
2025 0040———40
Total 335194———529
Juventude (loan) 2025 Série A 00————00
Career total 136285012816112921251

Honours

Maranhão

Juventude Samas

References

  1. ↑ "Маурисио Гарсес – латино терминатор на Българска".
  2. ↑ "Маурисио Гарсес върви по стъпките на част от успелите чужденци в ЦСКА". topsport.bg.
  3. ↑ "Маурисио Гарсес и Брадли де Нойер: В ЦСКА вярваме, че ще спечелим шампионската титла". bntnews.bg.
  4. ↑ "Вижте как новият бразилец в ЦСКА опъва мрежите". blitz.bg.
  5. ↑ "Brusque contrata Mauricio Garcez, terceiro reforço no ataque para a Série C do Brasileiro" [Brusque sign Mauricio Garcez, third addition in the attack for the Brasileiro Série C] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Brusque prorroga contrato com atacante Maurício Garcez até 2024" [Brusque extend contract with forward Maurício Garcez until 2024] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "CSKA Sofia signed with brazilian Maurício Garcez". cska.bg. 13 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "CSKA Sofia and Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 ended in a draw". cska.bg. 13 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 vs. CSKA Sofia". soccerway.com. 13 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Maurício Garcez é novo jogador do Coritiba" [Maurício Garcez is the new player of Coritiba] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Coritiba FBC. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  11. ↑ "Atacante Maurício Garcez é o novo reforço do Avaí" [Forward Maurício Garcez is the new addition of Avaí] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  12. ↑ "Atacante Maurício Garcez é o primeiro reforço do Verdão para a Série A" [Forward Maurício Garcez is the first adittion of the Verdão for the Série A] (in Brazilian Portuguese). EC Juventude. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  13. ↑ Maurício Garcez at Soccerway