This is not to say that Maxwell is a football player of outstanding gaming qualities. He has a fairly average level, but he will be saved by his incredible ability to be at the right time in the right place and always be able to be useful to the club, regardless of the fact that his level is much lower than the level of the club. Maxwell is a footballer who deserves attention.
Carier start
The Brazilian left back started his career in his homeland, where he graduated from the football academy of the famous Cruzeiro club. Maxwell is a footballer who, like everyone else, was offered a professional contract at the age of 18, which he gladly signed, because in Brazil it is a great honor to play for Cruzeiro. For a year and a half, the young defender played 27 matches, so we can say that he fit in well with the team, together with her he even took the Brazil Cup in 2000, but this was his first and only Brazilian trophy. No matter how honorable the top club from Brazil, any club from Europe for the Brazilian will be more attractive. Therefore, at the age of 20, the player moved to the Dutch Ajax, known for its ability to grow world stars from young talents. Maxwell is a football player who cannot be called a football genius, but he showed great promise in his youth.
First experience in Europe
Ajax paid three and a half million euros for Maxwell and definitely did not regret it, at least in the first four years, for which Maxwell, a football player whose biography was just starting to unfold, played in 147 matches and helped his team win the Championship twice Holland, once - the Holland Cup and twice - the Dutch Super Cup. However, in 2005, a 24-year-old player received a very serious injury, which knocked him out of action for a whole year. Naturally, Ajax managed to replace him, and when Maxwell began to recover, his contract was reduced. The fact is that Ajax no longer counted on him, but the Italian Inter was literally burning with the desire to sign it.
Transition to Inter
Maxwell is a football player whose photographs had by then begun to appear in all European football magazines, and Inter did not want to miss such a great opportunity to get a rising star. In January 2006, Maxwell became an Inter player, but there was one difficulty. Italy has strict limits on the number of non-EU players, and Maxwell could not be involved by Inter. Therefore, the club agreed to rent it at Empoli before the end of the season.
Unfortunately, the defender was not needed there, and the club agreed solely for financial gain, so these six months fell out of Maxwell's football life. But since 2006, the 25-year-old defender began playing for his new club, and in the three years he spent there, he played 92 matches, and helped his club become the champion of Italy three times in a row - an incredible achievement. Also with him, the club won two Italian Super Cups, after which the Spanish “Barcelona” expressed a desire to sign the Brazilian for four and a half million euros.
Sunset career
If in “Inter” Maxwell was a key player, then in “Barcelona” he needed only the first two seasons, in the third he played only 12 matches compared to 77 in the first two seasons. The defender twice became the champion of Spain, won the Spanish Super Cup three times , won the Champions League, won the UEFA Super Cup twice and the Club World Cup twice. An incredible indicator for a player far from the highest level.
Performances for PSG
In 2012, the 31-year-old defender, for three and a half million, moved to the French PSG, as he obviously did not need Barcelona anymore. And again he was in the right place at the right time - the Paris club was just beginning to dominate in France. It is striking that even taking into account the impressive age, Maxwell continues to play on a regular basis: for four and a half years he played in 174 matches and won four league titles in Paris with PSG, one French Cup, three League Cups, as well as three French Super Cups. As you can see, Maxwell is a football player whose achievements will make you wonder. Now his contract with PSG expires, and it is not yet known whether he will be extended or the 34-year-old defender will have to look for a new club.