Wellington (footballer, born 1985)

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Wellington
Personal information
Full name Wellington Santos da Silva
Date of birth (1985-08-17) August 17, 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth Guarulhos, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
2003–2005 União São João
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005 América-SP (loan)
2005 Ituano (loan)
2006–2007 Grêmio 23 (0)
2007 Corinthians (loan) 6 (1)
2007–2008 Mainz 05 (loan) 6 (0)
2008–2009 C.D. Nacional 5 (0)
2010 FK Liepājas Metalurgs 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wellington Santos da Silva or simply Wellington (born August 17, 1985) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

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Career

Early career

Wellington was born in Guarulhos, Brazil. He began his career in his home country with União São João in São Paulo. Following attention from various São Paulo (state) clubs, he then loaned for América-SP and Ituano.

Grêmio and loan

At the close of the 2005 season (May 2, 2006) he moved to Grêmio, and there he won Rio Grande do Sul State League in 2006 (including a good participation in the Brazilian League).

In 2007, he signed to Sport Club Corinthians Paulista on loan until 31 December 2007, to play 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

On August 31, 2007, he moved to 2. Bundesliga club Mainz 05 on loan. The loan fee was reported as €200,000. [1]

Nacional

In 2008, he signed for Nacional from Portugal. He then played in the UEFA Europa League.

Liepājas Metalurgs

On March 30, 2010 he was signed by the Latvian champions FK Liepājas Metalurgs. He signed a contract until June 1, 2010. On 1 May 2010 in a league match against Daugava Daugavpils Wellington suffered a serious knee injury and was taken to hospital right away. The medical tests showed that the injury was too serious to play and Wellington is expected not to play at least for a half year. On May 13 Liepājas Metalurgs announced that Wellington had been released and had already gone back home to Brazil to treat his injury there.

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Martin, Uwe (18 September 2007). "Mainz 05: Kämpfer statt Ballstreichler" [Mainz 05: Fighter instead of ball stroker]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2025.
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