| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Max Walef Araújo da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 23 October 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Teresina, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Najma | ||
| Number | 93 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2013 | Fortaleza | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2022 | Fortaleza | 41 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Dnipro-1 | 27 | (0) |
| 2024 | Inter de Limeira | 11 | (0) |
| 2024– | Al-Najma | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 February 2024 | |||
Max Walef Araújo da Silva (born 23 October 1993) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi club Al-Najma.
Walef has spent most of his professional career as the third, and sometimes fourth goalkeeper of Fortaleza having joined them in 2009. Walef made his professional debut with Fortaleza in a 2-1 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B win over São Bento on 25 September 2018.
On 19 July 2024, Walef joined Saudi First Division club Al-Najma.
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fortaleza | 2014 | Série C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | Série B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
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