Defender David Luiz is leaving Fortaleza. The player would have negotiated his contract termination with the Brazilian club. The information is from “ESPN Brazil”.
The destination of the player is European football. The 38 -year -old would be hit with Pafos from Cyprus. The team is classified for the third previous phase of Champions League, where he faces Kiev’s Dynamo.
Also according to the publication, David Luiz is expected in Cyprus on Sunday (03/03) to sign with the new club.
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He will be the fifth Brazilian of the Pafos cast. In addition to him, the team of defender Pedrão, right -back Bruno and strikers Jajá and Anderson Silva
David Luiz, who arrived in Fortaleza in 2025 after four years passed through Flamengo, had a contract with the Northeast team until December 2026.
With the Tricolor do Pici shirt, the player played 16 of the team’s 41 matches in the year, 13 of them as a starter. Its retrospective was not good either. In the field by Fortaleza, David Luiz added two wins, six draws and eight losses.
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The athlete’s last game for Laion was on June 12, in defeat to Santos 3-2.
David Luiz numbers in the career
| Times | Games | Goals | Assists |
| Chelsea | 248 | 18 | 11 |
| Flemish | 132 | 4 | 2 |
| Benfica | 131 | 6 | 9 |
| PSG | 89 | 8 | 4 |
| Arsenal | 73 | 4 | 1 |
| Brazilian | 53 | 3 | 2 |
| Fortaleza | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Victory | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 746 | 43 | 29 |
Fortaleza Results
- 07/29 – Grêmio 2 x 1 Fortaleza – Brazilian Championship
- 07/26 – Fortaleza 3 x 1 Bragantino – Brazilian Championship
- 19/07 – Fortaleza 1 x 1 Bahia – Brazilian Championship
- 07/13 – Fortaleza 0 x 1 Ceará – Brazilian Championship
- 07/09 – Bahia 2 x 1 Fortaleza – Northeast Cup
Next Fortaleza Games
- Corinthians x Fortaleza – 03/08 – 16h – Brazilian Championship
- Fortaleza x Botafogo – 08/09 – 20:30 – Brazilian Championship
- Fortaleza X Vélez Sarsfield – 12/12 – 19h – Libertadores
- Fluminense x Fortaleza – 16/08 – 16h – Brazilian Championship
- Vélez Sarsfield X strength – 08/19 – 19h – Libertadores
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Fortaleza Classifications
- Brazilian Championship: 18th place
- Northeast Cup: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Brazil Cup: eliminated in the third phase
- Libertadores: classified for the round of 16
