Pablo Maia has facial surgery, São Paulo set recovery timeline | OneFootball

Defensive midfielder Pablo Maia underwent surgery this Friday (10), at the Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital, to repair fractures to his nose and face, and is doing well after the procedure, as the club reported.

Now, the player will remain at rest until early next week, when the midfielder is expected to resume his recovery process at Reffis Plus at CT da Barra Funda. The expectation is that in about 20 to 30 days, Pablo will return to training with Tricolor, initially wearing a mask over the operated area.

The player suffered the fractures during training this past Thursday (9), at the training center, after an accidental collision with young forward Gustavo Santana. Later, imaging tests indicated the need for surgery.

This was the fourth surgery Maia has undergone with Tricolor. The defensive midfielder ‘went under the knife’ in May 2024 due to injuries to his left thigh and missed practically the entire second half of that year after arthroscopy on his left knee. In 2025, he returned to the operating room, this time with a ligament injury in his right ankle, in February. Developed at Cotia, Pablo Maia has been part of the senior squad since 2022, with 196 appearances in this period, 15 of them in the current season.

As a result, Pablo Maia will be unavailable to Roger Machado for the team’s upcoming matches. São Paulo wrapped up its preparation on the morning of this Friday (10) for the clash against Vitória, in the Brasileirão, in Salvador (BA), on the afternoon of this Saturday (11).

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