Brazilian footballer

Cláudio Oliveira de Souza or simply Cláudio Maradona (born July 25, 1994), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Iraqi Premier League club Newroz.

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, Sampaio Corrêa, Boavista, Americano, and Madureira. He then returned to play for his club in Série C.

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

Honours

São José

Sampaio Corrêa

Americano