Former Fortaleza, Tinga is announced as Coritiba’s third reinforcement for 2026

Coritiba announced the right-back Tinga32 years old, as the third signing for the 2026 season. The deal was underway and was confirmed by the club this Tuesday (23).

The former Fortaleza player will perform again on December 27th, at CT da Graciosa and joins Pedro Rocha and William Oliveira, as new Coxa players. In 2025, Tinga played in 24 matches, scored one goal and one assist. The last time he played a match was in November, in Fortaleza’s draw with Santos.

With the departure of Alex Silva and Zeca, who did not have their contracts renewed for 2026, Coxa now has Tinga as an option for the sector. Currently, the club only has Felipe Guimarães and Lucas Taverna in its squad in this position, both who came from the youth teams.

Revealed by Grêmio, Tinga played for Boa Esporte, Bahia, Juventude and, since 2018, he was defending the Fortaleza shirt. In Leão, in total, there were 401 games, 24 goals and 35 assists, with a Series B title in 2018, six Ceará Championships (2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) and three Northeast Cups (2019, 2022 and 2024).

Coritiba continues to reformulate its squad

Coritiba returns for the 2026 season in less than ten days. The debut is scheduled for January 7th, against Foz do Iguaçu, for Paranaense’s debut.

In addition to the signings of Tinga, Pedro Rocha and William Oliveira, Coxa also renewed goalkeeper Gabriel Leite, midfielder Wallisson and midfielder Josué. The club is now negotiating the renewal of defender Maicon. In contrast to the arrivals, Coxa has already confirmed the following confirmed departures for the next season:

• Matías Fracchia – Defender
• Alex Silva – Lateral-direiro
• Zeca – left-back
• Geovane – Steering wheel
• Filipe Machado – Steering wheel
• Carlos de Pena – Midfielder
• Nicolas Careca – Striker
• Everaldo – Striker
• Dellatorre – Striker
• Gustavo Coutinho – Striker