Maizena (footballer)
Brazilian association football player
Geraldo Carlos Burile (born 22 October 1967), better known as Maizena, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Career
Maizena began his career at Cascavel EC in 1988, and in 1989 he was part of the state champion squad in São Paulo for São Paulo FC and in Santa Catarina for Criciúma. At Internacional, he played from 1990 to 1992 and won the 1991 Campeonato Gaúcho and Copa Governador do Estado titles.
He played for several teams in the state of São Paulo in the 1990s, until in 1999 he was traded to Toluca, where he was a reserve in the 1999 title. He was also champion of the Copa Centro-Oeste with Cruzeiro, and then, he arrived at Fortaleza, a club with greatest identification in his career, where he was state champion twice in 2000 and 2001. Also played for Sport Recife where he was Pernambuco champion in 2003, and ended his career at CRB in 2006.
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