Formiga (footballer, born 1976)

Wander dos Santos Machado, commonly known as Formiga, (born 25 April 1976) is a retired footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Brazil, Albania and Greece.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is dos Santos and the second or paternal family name is Machado.
Formiga
Personal information
Full name Wander dos Santos Machado
Date of birth (1976-04-25) 25 April 1976
Place of birth Goiânia, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 Goiás
1997 Jataiense
1997 Náutico 7 (7)
1999 Santa Cruz
2000 Náutico
2001 Caxias
2002 Goiânia
2002–2003 Shkumbini Peqin
2003–2004 Atromitos
2004–2005 Chalkidona 18 (0)
2005–2006 Partizani Tirana
2006–2007 Olympiakos Volos
2007–2008 Pierikos
2007–2008 Pelister
2008–2009 Korinthos
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Goiânia, Formiga began playing football with Goiás Esporte Clube. He would play for Santa Cruz Futebol Clube, Clube Náutico Capibaribe and Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul in the Copa do Brasil.

Formiga moved from Goiânia Esporte Clube to Albanian Superliga side KS Shkumbini Peqin in September 2002.

Formiga moved to Greece in July 2003, where he would play for Greek second division side Atromitos F.C. before moving to Greek first division side Chalkidona F.C.[1] Formiga would also play in the second division for Pierikos F.C. and the third division for Olympiakos Volos F.C. and Korinthos F.C. In the season 2007-08 he also played with FK Pelister in the First Macedonian Football League.[2]

References
  1. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (11 May 2005). "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF.
  2. Wander Machado at Worldfootball
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