Official: Lazio’s Brazilian Center-Half Maurício dos Santos Nascimento (known simply as Maurício), has been loaned to Polish League Champions Legia Warsaw until the end of the season.

The Biancoceleste defender Mauricio salutes Lazio after being left out of Coach Inzaghi’s the squad for most of the season. For the defender however, it is a new opportunity to revive his career, showing his capabilities to Lazio in a new league. This is the official statement from the Roman club: “S.S. Lazio announces that it has temporarily sold the player Mauricio Dos Santos Nascimento to Legia Warszawa until 30th June, 2018”.

With this season in the Ekstraklasa (Polish League) looking to be the tightest and most challenging in a while , he has been loaned to help them preserve their 5th league title in 6 years, and 3rd straight league title (Champions in 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2015/2016, 2016/2017).

The 29-year-old Brazilian joined Lazio from Sporting CP back in January of 2015, but was sent out on loan to Spartak Moscow in the 2016-17. He returned Lazio over the summer, but failed to make a big enough impact to make it back into the squad, playing just 4 minutes of Serie A football this season.