Weldon (footballer)

Weldon Santos de Andrade (born 6 August 1980), known simply as Weldon, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Clube Atlético Juventus as a striker.

Weldon
Personal information
Full name Weldon Santos de Andrade
Date of birth (1980-08-06) 6 August 1980
Place of birth Santo André, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 CA Juventus
Youth career
1999 América-SP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Santos 11 (1)
2002 Brasiliense
2003 Sport 26 (7)
2004 Ponte Preta 26 (8)
2004–2005 Al Nassr 36 (9)
2005–2009 Cruzeiro 15 (3)
2006 → Sochaux (loan) 7 (1)
2006 → Troyes (loan) 3 (0)
2007 → Sport (loan) 19 (3)
2007–2008 → Belenenses (loan) 27 (13)
2009 → Sport (loan) 8 (4)
2009–2011 Benfica 16 (5)
2011–2013 CFR Cluj 24 (9)
2012 → Changchun Yatai (loan) 21 (6)
2013–2014 Criciúma 2 (0)
2014 Anápolis 8 (0)
2014–2015 Olhanense 22 (2)
2016 Brasiliense 1 (1)
2017 Independente Limeira 9 (4)
2017 Desportiva-ES 8 (0)
2017 Taboão da Serra 8 (0)
2018– CA Juventus 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 October 2017

Club career

Weldon was born in Santo André, São Paulo. In his early career, he represented four clubs in quick succession: Santos FC, Brasiliense Futebol Clube, Sport Club do Recife and Associação Atlética Ponte Preta, before moving abroad in 2004 with Al-Nassr FC of Saudi Arabia.

In the following year, Weldon signed for Cruzeiro Esporte Clube. He went on to be loaned several times for the duration of his contract, including twice in the French Ligue 1, with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and Troyes AC, where the player was rarely used – only ten games and one goal in two season halves combined.

After an aborted move to Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas,[1] Weldon agreed to a two-year deal at S.L. Benfica of Portugal (he had already played in the country the previous year, with C.F. Os Belenenses[2]) on 22 July 2009.[3] He made his official debut on 16 August, rescuing a point at home against C.S. Marítimo for the season's opener (1–1);[4] during the team's victorious campaign he served almost exclusively as backup to Óscar Cardozo and Javier Saviola, but made the most of his minutes,[5] for instance scoring twice in a 4–2 win at Associação Naval 1º de Maio on 5 April 2010[6] and adding another brace in another away triumph (3–2 against Académica de Coimbra).[7]

Weldon only appeared in eight official matches in 2010–11, four in the league, totalling less than 100 minutes overall. In the following years he played in Romania and China, returning to his homeland at the age of 33 and continuing his career mainly in the lower leagues and amateur football; this was interspersed with a spell in the Portuguese Segunda Liga, with S.C. Olhanense.[8]

Honours
Sport
Benfica
CFR Cluj
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References
  1. Acerto com Weldon se complica e Botafogo pode tentar Victor Simões (Deal with Weldon difficult, Botafogo can go for Victor Simões); Sidney Rezende, 7 January 2009 (Portuguese)
  2. Weldon assina por 4 anos (Weldon signs for 4 years); Record, 24 August 2007 (in Portuguese)
  3. Weldon já cá está (Here is Weldon); Record, 22 July 2009 (in Portuguese)
  4. Marítimo vai à Luz impôr empate (Marítimo go to Luz and take draw); Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, 16 August 2009 (in Portuguese)
  5. Weldon a titular com Saviola no banco (Weldon starts as Saviola takes the bench); SAPO, 24 April 2010 (in Portuguese)
  6. Naval-Benfica, 2–4 (crónica) (Naval-Benfica, 2–4 (match report)); Mais Futebol, 5 April 2010 (in Portuguese)
  7. Weldon, o herói improvável (Weldon, the unlikely hero); Público, 18 April 2010 (in Portuguese)
  8. Olhanense inicia época com plantel ainda incompleto (Olhanense start season with incomplete squad); SAPO, 7 July 2014 (in Portuguese)
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