In January 2007 he left for Swiss lower division club Locarno along with Jhonny Herrera but still under MSI control.

Moura left for French Ligue 1 side FC Lorient on a 1-year loan from Fluminense (actually MSI) in August 2007.

[5] On 1 July 2008, Moura returned to Brazil for Atlético Paranaense, signed a 2-year loan contract.

[7] After an on-pitch brawl on 21 July 2010, the match that Goiás 2–2 draw with his former club Vitória,[8] Moura was provisionally banned from football for a month.

In 2016, not long after joining Atlético Mineiro, Moura completed a loan move to Figueirense.