Welinton Júnior Ferreira dos Santos (born 8 June 1993), simply known as Welinton Júnior, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward or right winger for K League club Gangwon FC.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Welinton Júnior Ferreira dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 8 June 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, right winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gangwon FC | ||
| Number | 93 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Grêmio | ||
| 2012 | Coritiba | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Goiás | 28 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | Joinville | 23 | (2) |
| 2015 | → Paysandu (loan) | 18 | (4) |
| 2016 | → CRB (loan) | 23 | (5) |
| 2017 | Mirassol | 13 | (1) |
| 2017 | → Paysandu (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2018 | Ferroviária | 11 | (0) |
| 2018 | Brasil de Pelotas | 22 | (5) |
| 2019 | Coritiba | 11 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Desportivo Aves | 23 | (7) |
| 2020–2023 | Portimonense | 46 | (11) |
| 2021 | → Shonan Bellmare (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2023– | Gangwon FC | 9 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2023 | |||
Career edit
Welinton Júnior played youth-level football for Grêmio and Coritiba before moving to Goiás, where he made his senior debut as a second-half substitute on 30 April 2013 in a Campeonato Goiano game against Aparecidense.[1] He made his national competition debut in the 2013 Copa do Brasil against Fluminense FC on 22 August 2013, deputising for Tartá, who was cup-tied.[2]
In March 2015 he signed a two-year contract with Joinville.[3] Despite playing the majority of games in the 2015 Campeonato Catarinense, he was dropped from the first team after six rounds of the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, and loaned to Paysandu until the end of the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B season.[4] He returned to Joinville having scored 4 goals in 18 games, with a willingness to fight for a place in the team.[5] In June 2016 he was loaned out again, this time to CRB, to play in 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[6]
In January 2017, he moved to play for Mirassol in the Campeonato Paulista.[7] At the end of the competition he signed for a second time for Paysandu, on a six-month contract until the end of 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[8][9]
For the 2018 season he signed for another Campeonato Paulista side for the first half of the year, Ferroviária.[10] For the national league season he moved to Brasil de Pelotas to compete in 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[11]
He signed for Coritiba in January 2019, on a one-year contract.[12]
Career statistics edit
- As of 25 November 2023[13]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | !Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Goiás | 2013 | Série A | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2014 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | — | 22 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 4 | ||||
| Joinville | 2015 | Série A | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||
| 2016 | Série B | — | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 25 | 2 | |||||
| Paysandu | 2015 | Série B | 18 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 4 | |||||
| CRB | 2016 | 23 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 5 | ||||||
| Mirassol | 2017 | Paulista | — | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||||
| Paysandu | 2017 | Série B | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 1 | |||||
| Ferroviária | 2018 | Série D | — | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Brasil de Pelotas | 2018 | Série B | 22 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Coritiba | 2019 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Desportivo Aves | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 23 | 7 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 10 | |||
| Portimonense | 2020–21 | 10 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 5 | ||||||
| 2022–23 | 24 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 6 | |||||
| Total | 46 | 11 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 47 | 11 | |||||
| Shonan Bellmare (loan) | 2021 | J1 League | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Gangwon FC | 2023 | K League 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 194 | 36 | 56 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 265 | 44 | ||
- ^ Appearance in 2014 Copa Sudamericana.
References edit
- ^ "Com muita água e pouco futebol, Goiás vence Aparecidense e lidera" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 30 January 2013.
- ^ "Surpresa no último jogo, Welinton Júnior ganha apoio no Goiás" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 23 August 2013.
- ^ "JEC anuncia contratação de atacante Welinton Júnior por duas temporadas" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 March 2015.
- ^ "Agente de Welinton Junior confirma acerto do atacante com o Paysandu" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Após empréstimo, Welinton Júnior volta ao JEC para buscar espaço" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 14 January 2016.
- ^ "Regularizado, Welinton Júnior ressalta calor de AL, mas se diz pronto no CRB" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 17 June 2016.
- ^ "Welinton Junior apresenta suas armas para brilhar no Paulistão pelo Mirassol" (in Portuguese). Diário Regional. 13 January 2017.
- ^ "Paysandu prorroga contrato de zagueiro e oficializa mais duas contratações" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 11 May 2017.
- ^ "Paysandu repatria atacante da Série B de 2015. Anúncio será em breve" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Ferroviária anuncia atacante que estava no Paysandu" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 19 December 2017.
- ^ "Titular do Brasil de Pelotas, Welinton Junior quer ajudar com sua experiência no futebol catarinense para superar o Avaí" (in Portuguese). Ploidoro Júnior. 20 April 2018.
- ^ "Coritiba confirma Felipe Mattioni, Fabiano e Welinton Júnior como os primeiros reforços" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 January 2019.
- ^ Welinton at Soccerway
External links edit
- Welinton Júnior at Soccerway
- Welinton Júnior at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
