Wellingsson de Souza

Wellingsson de Souza (Chinese: 蘇沙; born 7 September 1989) known as Wellingsson or Souza, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee.

Wellingsson
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-09-07) September 7, 1989
Place of birth Guarujá, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Wingback / Winger
Club information
Current team
 Kitchee
Number 11
Youth career
2005–2006 Ponte Preta
2006–2007 São Caetano
2007–2008 Corinthians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Sumare
2009 Brasilis
2009–2012 South China 8 (4)
2013–2015 Yuen Long 33 (14)
2015–2019 Southern 69 (25)
2019– Kitchee 8 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 March 2020

Football career

Early career

Wellingsson played for some Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football team youth squads before, such as Associação Atlética Ponte Preta, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista and Associação Desportiva São Caetano.

South China

When Souza was 20 years old, Hong Kong League champion South China signed him as a youth squad player, with the hope that he would be able to represent Hong Kong after 7 years.

Souza played in South China reserve team at the beginning. His debut match for the first team was against Sun Hei on 2 February 2010 when he substituted Kwok Kin Pong at the 86th minute.

On 7 March 2010, in the match against Fourway Rangers, Souza substituted Hinson Leung at 69' and scored at 88'. This was Wellingsson de Souza's first goal in Hong Kong First Division League, and helped South China to win the match 5-2.

During the summer of 2011, he had joined Partizan for a try-out[1] having played four friendly games with the main team,[2] but he returned to South China's training camp in South Korea.

On 10 Apr 2012, South China terminated their contract with Wellingsson after the player left Hong Kong without notifying the club in advance.[3]

Yuen Long

On 17 June 2013, Wellingsson joined newly promoted Hong Kong First Division club Yuen Long for free after being unattached for a year.[4] On 31 August 2013, he netted a brace on his debut for Yuen Long; the match finished 2-2.

Southern

Wellingsson signed with Southern in the summer of 2015 and went on to score 25 goals in 69 league appearances with the club.

On 31 May 2019, Southern announced that Wellingsson would leave the club.[5]

Kitchee

On 3 July 2019, Kitchee announced the signing of Wellingsson.[6]

Honours
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References
  1. Brazilac Velingson na probi u Partizanu at Blic, 23-6-2011, retrieved 8-11-2016 (in Serbian)
  2. All-time FK Partizan players at FK Partizan official website, retrieved 8-11-2016 (Wellingsson de Souza indicated as Velingson) (in Serbian)
  3. "蘇沙擅自解約返巴西". Wenweipo. Retrieved 11 April 2012. (in Chinese)
  4. "東尼 本地體壇 引入蘇沙元朗成軍". Metropolis Daily. 17 June 2013.
  5. "蘇沙、劉學銘等5將落「區」 夢想6名外援離隊". Sportsroad.hk. Retrieved 31 May 2019. (in Chinese)
  6. Yuen, Chi Ho. "傑志聘波斯尼亞新帥執教　3000萬班費望重奪聯賽冠軍". HK01. Retrieved 3 July 2019. (in Chinese)

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