Chapecoense eye full-back’s return to bolster squad for the Brasileirão | OneFootball

Maílton was announced in August as a new addition to São Paulo, primarily due to his performance at Chapecoense, the club where he was and performed greatly.

Well, the idolization that the 27-year-old right-back had at the Santa Catarina club seems to have not been surpassed.

This is because, according to information gathered by AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR, Chape has made an official offer to the Morumbi club to have the player back.

An initial contact was made by representatives from Santa Catarina to have Maílton on loan in 2026, the year they will be back in the top tier of the Brazilian Championship after securing promotion in Serie B.

The Tricolor has not officially responded yet, but the tendency is that they will end up releasing the player. For the position, the club has two other options: Cédric Soares and Maik, with the latter, a revelation from the youth categories, ending the year as an undisputed starter.

For Chapecoense in 2025, Maílton played 30 matches, scoring seven goals and providing nine assists.

At the time he left the southern team to transfer to São Paulo, Maílton was the right-back with the most goals (6), most assists (3), most direct goal involvements (9), most shots on goal (average of 2.4 per game), most successful dribbles (average of 2.1 per game), and most interceptions (average of 1.5 per game) in the second division.

Maílton was also the second in creating the most goal chances per game (average of 5 per game) and the third with the most decisive passes (average of 1.6 per game).

The right-back belonged to Metalist, from Ukraine, and São Paulo signed him permanently until December 2027, using the debt of about US$ 800,000 (approximately R$ 4.3 million) from the purchase of Paulinho Bóia as a bargaining chip.

In just over six months at Morumbi, Maílton played ten matches, seven of them coming off the bench. He was listed for another eight matches but evidently lost space with coach Hernán Crespo.

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