Taison
Taison with PAOK in 2023
Personal information
Full name Taison Barcellos Freda[1]
Date of birth (1988-01-13) 13 January 1988 (age 36)[2]
Place of birth Pelotas, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position(s) Left winger
Wide midfielder
Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 PAOK
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Internacional 102 (28)
2010–2013 Metalist Kharkiv 57 (13)
2013–2021 Shakhtar Donetsk 182 (57)
2021–2023 Internacional 41 (10)
2023– PAOK 29 (2)
International career‡
2016–2018 Brazil 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 May 2019

Taison Barcellos Freda (born 13 January 1988), simply known as Taison, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Greek Super League club PAOK.

Club career

Internacional

Taison started his career with Brazilian club Internacional and quickly rose to prominence within their youth set up, becoming one of the brightest prospects at the club. After making his first team debut in 2008, he went on to become an instrumental part of the team, subsequently winning the Copa Sudamericana. His great form continued into the next season, where he won the Campeonato Gaúcho, the Suruga Bank Championship, and finished as runner-up in the Copa do Brasil. Taison's first stint at the club reached its conclusion in great fashion with the 2010 Copa Libertadores title.[4]

Metalist Kharkiv

After being linked with a host of clubs across Europe, including Wolfsburg and Napoli Taison eventually signed for Ukrainian club Metalist Kharkiv for an approximate fee of 6 million euros. He started brightly in Ukraine and even pipped Willian to the "best new signing" accolade. The Brazilian scored an incredible Marco van Basten style volley against Rosenborg BK on 8 November 2012 in the Europa League. In the same game he also provided the assist for the second in a 3–1 win.[5]

Shakhtar Donetsk

Taison in 2017

Taison signed with Shakhtar Donetsk on 1 January 2013 for a fee of around £12.4 million.[2] He made his debut for Shakhtar in the Champions League against Borussia Dortmund in a 2–2 draw on 13 February 2013. He scored his first goal for Shakhtar and was named Man of the Match[6] in a 3–3 draw with Metalurh Zaporizhya on 19 May 2013, scoring an equalising goal in the 92nd minute.[7] Taison scored in a 3–0 victory over Chornomorets Odesa in the 2012–13 Ukrainian Cup final.[8] On 10 July 2013 Taison scored in a 3–1 victory over Chornomorets in the Ukrainian Super Cup.[9] In November 2019 he was sent-off after reacting to alleged racist abuse,[10][11] and was also given a one-match ban.[12]

Return to Internacional

On 16 April 2021, Internacional announced that Taison would be returning to his boyhood club after 11 years, signing a contract until 2023.[13] The athlete took a significant paycut in order to make the deal happen, refusing more lucrative offers from various other clubs in order to return to Inter.[14]

PAOK

On 14 January 2023, Taison joined Greek club PAOK for 1.5 years.[15]

International career

In an interview with the coach of the Ukraine national team, Mykhaylo Fomenko spoke of him as a possible naturalized. Taison indicated that he would be likely to accept a call-up for Ukraine if asked.[16][17][18][19] But on 22 August 2016, newly appointed manager Tite has called him up for the Brazil national team. On 13 June 2017, Taison scored his first international goal in a match against Australia, that ended 4–0. He scored the 3rd goal of the match.

In May 2018, he was named in Tite’s final 23 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 January 2024[21]
Club Season League State league[a] National cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Internacional 2008 Série A 30 2 — — 6[c] 0 — 36 2
2009 28 4 19 15 12 7 2[c] 0 2[d] 0 63 26
2010 11 3 14 4 — 11[e] 0 — 36 7
Total 69 9 33 19 12 7 19 0 2 0 135 35
Metalist Kharkiv 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League 21 8 — 0 0 6[f] 1 — 27 9
2011–12 23 2 — 0 0 13[f] 5 — 36 7
2012–13 13 3 — 1 0 6[f] 1 — 20 4
Total 57 13 — 1 0 25 7 — 83 20
Shakhtar Donetsk 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League 11 2 — 3 1 2[g] 0 — 16 3
2013–14 19 1 — 4 1 8[h] 1 1[i] 1 32 4
2014–15 21 4 — 6 0 8[g] 0 1[i] 0 36 4
2015–16 18 6 — 6 1 17[j] 1 1[i] 0 42 8
2016–17 24 5 — 3 1 12[k] 4 1[i] 0 40 10
2017–18 24 4 — 3 2 8[g] 1 1[i] 0 36 7
2018–19 25 3 — 3 0 7[l] 3 0 0 35 6
2019–20 25 10 — 1 0 11[m] 1 1[i] 0 38 11
2020–21 15 2 — 1 0 7[n] 0 1[i] 0 24 2
Total 182 37 — 30 6 80 11 7 1 299 55
Internacional 2021 Série A 22 4 — 2 0 5[e] 0 — 29 4
2022 1 0 9 3 0 0 1[c] 0 — 11 3
Total 23 4 9 3 2 0 6 0 — 40 7
PAOK 2022–23 Super League Greece 14 1 — 5 1 — — 19 2
2023–24 15 1 — 3 0 12[o] 3 — 30 4
Total 29 2 — 8 1 12 3 — 49 6
Career total 360 65 42 22 53 14 142 21 9 1 606 123
  1. ^ Includes Campeonato Gaúcho
  2. ^ Includes Copa do Brasil, Ukrainian Cup, Greek Football Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ^ Appearances in Recopa Sudamericana
  5. ^ a b Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  6. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  8. ^ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  9. ^ a b c d e f g Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
  10. ^ Nine appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  11. ^ Ten appearances and four goals in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  12. ^ Five appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  13. ^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  14. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  15. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of 2 June 2019
Brazil
Year Apps Goals
2016 2 0
2017 3 1
2018 3 0
Total 8 1
Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.[22]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 13 June 2017 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia  Australia
3–0
4–0
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Honours

Internacional

Shakhtar Donetsk

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Taison | First Team | FC Shakhtar Donetsk". Shakhtar.com. 1 January 1988. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Taison | First Team | FC OMONOIA". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Summary – Copa Libertadores – South America – Results, fixtures, tables and news – Soccerway". Uk.soccerway.com. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Why Chelsea are trying to sign this brilliant Brazilian striker who BETTERED Van Basten's volley". talkSPORT. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Taison named Man of the Match". Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Metalurh Zaporizhya vs Shakhtar Donetsk 3–3". Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Cup is ours!". Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Chornomorets vs Shakhtar: match report". Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Shakhtar Donetsk's Taison sent off after reacting to alleged racism". BBC Sport. 10 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Taison: Shakhtar's Brazil midfielder after sending-off following alleged racist abuse". BBC Sport. 11 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Shakhtar Donetsk's Taison given one-match ban after reacting to alleged racism". BBC Sport. 21 November 2019.
  13. ^ "O Taison voltou! (Taison is back!)". 16 November 2021 – via internacional.com.br.
  14. ^ "Inter anuncia a contratação de Taison, e atacante está de volta ao Beira-Rio após 11 anos". 16 November 2021 – via globoesporte.globo.com.
  15. ^ "Taison joins PAOK". PAOK FC. 14 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Taison may soon be naturalized and play for Ukraine". Interfax-Ukraine.
  17. ^ "Fomenko supports naturalization of Taison". ukrinform.ua. Ukrinform. 16 September 2013. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014.
  18. ^ "Taison may go to FIFA World Cup in Brazil with Ukrainian team, media reports say". ukrinform.ua. Ukrinform. 12 September 2013. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014.
  19. ^ "Google Traduttore". translate.google.com. 30 August 2014.
  20. ^ "World Cup: Neymar named in Brazil's 23-man squad". bbc.co.uk. 14 May 2018.
  21. ^ Taison at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  22. ^ "Taison". National Football Teams. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  23. ^ "П'ять номінацій + «33 найкращих»". upl.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  24. ^ "Футбольные звезды Украины 2019. Текстовая трансляция" [Football stars of Ukraine 2019. Text broadcast]. sport.ua (in Russian). Sport UA. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  25. ^ Taison and Moraes are the most productive in the season (Тайсон і Мораес – найрезультативніші в сезоні). Ukrainian Premier League. 21 July 2020
  26. ^ "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

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