Wendel (footballer, born 1997)

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.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Valle and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
Wendel
Wendel with Zenit in 2021
Personal information
Full name Marcus Wendel Valle da Silva
Date of birth (1997-08-28) 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 75 (17)
International career‡
2019–2020 Brazil U23 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 July 2021

Club career

Fluminense

Wendel started his professional career in Tigres do Brasil's youth team.

Sporting CP

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. 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.

Zenit Saint Petersburg

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]

Career statistics
As of match played 22 October 2023[5][6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fluminense 2017 Série A 33550—819[lower-alpha 3]1557
Sporting 2017–18 Primeira Liga 40000000—40
2018–19 Primeira Liga 211514130—333
2019–20 Primeira Liga 2830040601[lower-alpha 4]0393
2020–21 Primeira Liga 10000020—30
Total 544518111010796
Zenit 2020–21 Russian Premier League 15210—40—202
2021–22 Russian Premier League 25310—811[lower-alpha 5]0354
2022–23 Russian Premier League 24860——1[lower-alpha 5]1319
2023–24 Russian Premier League 11420——00134
Total 7517100—121219819
Career total 162262018131212123232
  1. Includes Copa do Brasil, Taça de Portugal, Russian Cup
  2. Includes Taça da Liga
  3. Appearances in Campeonato Carioca
  4. Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  5. Appearance in Russian Super Cup

Honours

Sporting

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Individual

References
  1. Wendel at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Wendel is a Zenit player!". FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. "Вендел: «Я всё время думал только о "Зените" и только в нем хотел играть»" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  4. "Zenit v Orenburg game report". Russian Premier League. 11 September 2022.
  5. Wendel at Soccerway
  6. Wendel's statistics
  7. Nogueira, Carlos (26 May 2019). "Leão rei dos penáltis leva para casa o segundo troféu da época" [Penalty-king lion takes home second trophy of the season]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Lisbon. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  8. "Penalties smile on Sporting again as Lions retain Taça da Liga crown". PortuGOAL.net. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  9. "Sensational Zenit storm to the title with utterly dominant thrashing". Russian Premier League. 2 May 2021.
  10. "«Зенит» – восьмикратный чемпион Тинькофф РПЛ!" [Zenit is the eight-times winner of Tinkoff RPL] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 30 April 2022.
  11. ""Зенит" обеспечил 5-е чемпионство подряд благодаря победе над "Спартаком"" [Zenit secured 5th title in a row thanks to a win over Spartak]. Russian Premier League. 7 May 2023.
  12. "Zenit canter to second consecutive Super Cup win over error-strewn Lokomotiv". Russian Premier League. 17 July 2021.
  13. "«Зенит» обыграл «Спартак» в Петербурге и завоевал третий OLIMPBET Суперкубок подряд" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 9 July 2022.
  14. "Все лауреаты первой ежегодной премии Winline Герои РПЛ" [All winners of the first Winline Heroes of the RPL award] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
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