Cláudio Maradona

Cláudio Oliveira de Souza or simply Cláudio Maradona (born July 25, 1994), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.^[1]

Cláudio Maradona

Personal information
Full name	Cláudio Oliveira de Souza
Date of birth	(1994-07-15) July 15, 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth	Duque de Caxias-RJ, Brazil
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
2013–2014	Ferroviário
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014	Itabaiana	5	(0)
2014–2016	Alcanenense	45	(10)
2016–2023	São José	77	(12)
2017	→ Macaé (loan)	15	(7)
2017–2018	→ Sampaio Corrêa (loan)	2	(0)
2018	→ Boavista (loan)	10	(1)
2018	→ Americano (loan)	6	(2)
2019	→ Madureira (loan)	9	(0)
2020	→ Americano (loan)	13	(4)
2022	→ Al-Dahab (loan)	13	(5)
2022–	→ Newroz (loan)	22	(12)
2023–2024	Dibba Al-Hisn	1	(1)
2024-	Newroz	25	(5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 July 2025 @ 3:43(AST)

Club career

Maradona started playing football in Ferroviário and Itabaiana, and also played for the Portuguese club Alcanenense, and in July 2016 he moved to São José, and he was with the Copa Metropolitana winning team in 2016, and part of the team when it won the 2018 Copa do Nordeste and was the third scorer. After that, he played on loan to several Brazilian clubs: Macaé,^[2][3] Sampaio Corrêa, Boavista, Americano,^[4][5] and Madureira. He then returned to play for his club in Série C.^[6]

In August 2022, Maradona moved to play in the Iraqi Premier League, where he signed a one-year contract with Newroz.^[7][8][9] After only fourteen league matches, Maradona scored eight goals and became the interim top scorer of the league.^[10]

Honours

São José

• Copa Metropolitana: 2016
• Copa FGF: 2017

Sampaio Corrêa

• Copa do Nordeste: 2018

Americano

• Copa Rio: 2018