Lelê returned to Profute for the latter stages of the 2020 Campeonato Carioca Série B2, but rejoined Maricá for the 2021 season.[2] On 20 December of that year, after helping Maricá to reach the Copa Rio finals and achieve a first-ever qualification to the Copa do Brasil, he joined Volta Redonda.[3]
Lelê was regularly used for Voltaço during the 2022 campaign, winning both the Campeonato Carioca Série A2 and the Copa Rio. On 11 January 2023, his loan with Profute was renewed for a further year;[4] Profute, however, confirm the extension of the loan until April.[5]
^"Volta Redonda renova com o atacante Lelê" [Volta Redonda renew with forward Lelê] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Volta Redonda FC. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.