Ligger
Personal information
Full name Ligger Moreira Malaquias
Date of birth (1988-05-18) 18 May 1988
Place of birth Santo Amaro, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Remo
Youth career
2004–2005 Ipitanga
2006–2008 Icasa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Icasa 1 (0)
2010 Guarani de Juazeiro 15 (2)
2011–2012 Cianorte 49 (4)
2012–2017 Oeste 139 (6)
2014–2015 → Sheriff Tiraspol (loan) 8 (0)
2016–2017 → Joinville (loan) 25 (0)
2017–2018 Fortaleza 72 (2)
2019 Red Bull Brasil 14 (1)
2019–2021 Bragantino 76 (0)
2021–2022 Bahia 3 (0)
2022 São Bernardo 9 (0)
2022–2023 Novorizontino 52 (1)
2024– Remo 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2023

Ligger Moreira Malaquias (born 18 May 1988), simply known as Ligger, is a Brazilian football player who plays as a central defender for Remo.

Club career

Ligger started his career with Guarani de Juazeiro before representing Cianorte in 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D and 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. He signed for Oeste after the 2012 Série D campaign, and played the last ten game of the title-winning 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C season.[1] He signed a five-year extension with Oeste in May 2013.[2]

On 24 June 2014, Ligger was loaned to Moldovan side Sheriff Tiraspol on a six-month deal with the option of making the move permanent.[3] He returned to Oeste for the 2015 season, and was loaned to Joinville for the 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B season, where he was a regular starter, and one of the main players or the team.[1]

In December 2016 Ligger signed for Fortaleza for the 2017 season.[1] He was a regular starter as the team finished runner-up in 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C and gained promotion, and a regular player the following season as the team were champions of 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[4]

Ligger signed for Red Bull Brasil in January 2019, and transitioned to the new Red Bull Bragantino when the merger with Clube Atlético Bragantino took place.[4]

Career statistics

As of 24 October 2021.[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Icasa 2008 Série C 001020——30
2009 000030——30
Total 001050——60
Guarani de Juazeiro 2010 Cearense —152——3[lower-alpha 1]0182
Cianorte 2011 Série D 40110———150
2012 11[lower-alpha 2]0234———344
Total 150344———494
Oeste 2012 Série C 100————100
2013 Série B 320192———512
2014 71141———212
2015 331181———512
2016 1050———60
Total 832564———1396
Sheriff (loan) 2014–15 Moldovan National Division 80—104[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 4]0140
Joinville (loan) 2016 Série B 250————250
Fortaleza 2017 Série C 2109010—5[lower-alpha 5]0360
2018 Série B 302120———422
Total 51221010—50782
Red Bull Brasil 2019 Paulista —141———141
Bragantino 2019 Série B 300————300
2020 Série A 29011020——420
2021 1050002[lower-alpha 6]0—80
Total 6001602020—800
Bahia 2021 Série A 30—00——30
Career Total 24541571190609042615
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Fares Lopes
  2. ↑ Note: Soccerway shows only one appearance in the summary table, but clicking through shows 11.
  3. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in Moldovan Super Cup
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste
  6. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Oeste

Sheriff

Fortaleza

Red Bull Bragantino

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cearense: Fortaleza contrata zagueiro rebaixado com o Joinville na Série B" (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 1 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ponte tenta contratar dupla do Oeste, mas negócio naufraga" (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 17 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Состав Шерифа пополнил бразильский защитник". www.fc-sheriff.com/ (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 "RB Brasil anuncia Xandão, ex-Guarani e São Paulo, e mais dois zagueiros para jogar o Paulista" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 8 January 2019.
  5. ↑ Ligger at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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