Mayke

Über Mayke

Mayke Rocha de Oliveira (born 10 November 1992), simply known as Mayke, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a right-back for Santos. Career Cruzeiro Born in Carangola but raised in Pedra Dourada, both in the state of Minas Gerais, Mayke joined the youth categories of Cruzeiro in 2010, after impressing in the year's Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores for Siderúrgica; at that time, he was deployed as an attacking midfielder. He was promoted to the main squad in September 2012 by head coach Celso Roth, but did not appear in that season. Mayke made his first team debut on 17 March 2013, coming on as a half-time substitute for Ceará in a 4–1 Campeonato Mineiro away routing of Boa Esporte. He became a backup of Ceará during the year, and scored his first professional goal on 17 August, netting his team's second in a 5–1 home win over Vitória. On 5 December 2013, after sharing the starting spot with Ceará over the year as the club won the Série A, Mayke renewed his contract until 2016. He became a regular starter in the following campaign as Cruzeiro won their second consecutive league title, but lost his starting spot in 2015 to new signing Fabiano after poor performances. Mayke struggled severely with injuries in 2016, but was unable to establish himself as a first-choice after another set of poor performances.