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![]() Wendel with Zenit in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcus Wendel Valle da Silva | ||
Date of birth | 28 August 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Duque de Caxias, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Zenit Saint Petersburg | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
Tigres do Brasil | |||
2016–2017 | Fluminense | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Fluminense | 42 | (6) |
2018–2020 | Sporting CP | 54 | (4) |
2020– | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 97 | (17) |
International career‡ | |||
2019–2020 | Brazil U23 | 12 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 July 2021 |
Marcus Wendel Valle da Silva (born 28 September 1997), commonly known as Wendel, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg. He plays as a central midfielder, an attacking midfielder or a left midfielder.
He started his career at Tigres do Brasil's youth team, and then in 2015, he moved to Fluminense. He made his debut in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A on May 14, 2017, in a match against Santos. He scored his first goal in the league on June 18, 2017, in a match against Flamengo. In the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A season, Wendel played 33 matches and scored 5 goals.
He signed a contract with Sporting Clube de Portugal in January 2018, valid until 2023, with a termination clause, with Fluminense receiving 10% of the money.[ citation needed ] Wendel initially had difficulty adapting to the tempo and tactics of European football which led to low playing time during the early campaign. However, after the appointment of Marcel Keizer as manager of the club, Wendel became a usual starter. In the beginning of December, Wendel suffered a left knee sprain which sidelined him for 2 months.[ citation needed ]
On 6 October 2020, Wendel joined Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg on a five-year contract. [2] On 21 July 2022, Wendel extended his contract with Zenit until 2027. [3] On 11 September 2022, Wendel scored the first hat-trick of his career in a 8–0 victory against FC Orenburg. [4]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Fluminense | 2017 | Série A | 33 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | 9 [lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 55 | 7 | |
Sporting | 2017–18 | Primeira Liga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
2018–19 | Primeira Liga | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 33 | 3 | ||
2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 39 | 3 | |
2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 54 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 6 | ||
Zenit | 2020–21 | Russian Premier League | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | 1 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 35 | 4 | ||
2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 24 | 8 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 31 | 9 | |||
2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 28 | 4 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 36 | 4 | |||
2024–25 | Russian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||
Total | 96 | 17 | 17 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 128 | 20 | |||
Career total | 183 | 26 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 262 | 33 |
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