Wanderson (footballer, born 1988)

Wanderson Cristaldo Farias (Bulgarian: Вандерсон Крищалдо Фариаш; born 2 January 1988), simply known as Wanderson, is a professional footballer who mostly plays as a winger, but can also play as an attacking midfielder, for Sport Recife. Born in Brazil, he plays for the Bulgaria national team.

Wanderson
Personal information
Full name Wanderson Cristaldo Farias
Date of birth (1988-01-02) 2 January 1988
Place of birth Coronel Sapucaia, Brazil
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Position(s) Winger / Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Sport Recife
Number 88
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 CENE
2010 Iraty
2010–2011 Sport Barueri 0 (0)
2011 CENE 8 (3)
2012–2013 Oeste 34 (4)
2013–2014 Portuguesa 16 (3)
2014–2022 Ludogorets Razgrad 177 (53)
2015–2022 Ludogorets Razgrad II 6 (4)
2022– Sport Recife 16 (1)
International career
2019 Bulgaria 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:33, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2019

Wanderson played for several clubs in Brazil, including Série A side Portuguesa, before joining Ludogorets Razgrad in 2014 where he won the Bulgarian League title in each of his eight seasons with the club.

Club career

Wanderson began his senior career with CENE, but later moved to Iraty. In 2010, he signed with Sport Club Barueri. He returned to CENE in 2011, and appeared with the club in Série D, scoring three goals.

In January 2012, Wanderson signed with Oeste, scoring his first goal on 3 February, in a 1–1 away draw against Santos. In the same year he was a part of the team which won the Série C, appearing 23 times and scoring four goals.

On 23 August 2013, Wanderson signed a contract with Portuguesa.[1] On 14 September he made his Série A debut, starting in a 1–2 away loss against Fluminense.[2] His first top flight goal came eight days later, in a 1–0 away win over Internacional.[3]

Ludogorets

On 27 August 2014, after coming on as a late substitute for Virgil Misidjan, Wanderson scored a last-minute goal for Ludogorets Razgrad in the 1–0 home win over Steaua București to send the Champions League qualifying match into extra time. His team won the penalty shootout to decide the match after field player Cosmin Moți saved two penalties and Ludogorets advanced to the group stages of the tournament for the first time in their history.[4]

On 2 August 2016, Wanderson scored Ludogorets' first European hat-trick in a 4-2 away win against Red Star Belgrade that propelled the Eagles into the play-offs of the Champions League.[5] On 6 December 2016, he scored his maiden goal in the groups of the tournament, giving a 2-1 lead, in the eventual 2-2 draw in the away match against Paris Saint-Germain.

In July 2020 Wanderson received a heavy injury in a pre-season game ruling him out for at least 6 months.[6] He returned in training in February 2021.[7] On 3 March he compleated his return in game in a cup match against Tsarsko Selo.[8] Week later he scored the winning goal against Arda Kardzhali in a league match.[9]

International career

Born and raised in Brazil, Wanderson received Bulgarian citizenship in 2017, and subsequently opted to play internationally for the Bulgarian national team. In August 2019 Wanderson received his first call up for Bulgaria for the UEFA Euro 2020 Qualification match against England and the friendly match against Ireland on 7 and 10 September,[10] making his debut in the 0:4 loss against the former.

Career statistics

Club Statistics

As of 7 May 2022[11]
Club Season League State league Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brazil Brasileirão State league Cup CONMEBOL1 Total
Sport Barueri 2011 500050
CENE 2011 83000083
Oeste 2012 234176004010
2013 11018300293
Total 42740900008216
Portuguesa 2013 1630000163
2014 0013300133
Total 1631330000296
Bulgaria First League Supercup Cup Europe Total
Ludogorets Razgrad 2014–15 288005071409
2015–16 2691010112910
2016–17 3114311454820
2017–18 27711201444412
2018–19 2961020132458
2019–20 2250020141386
2020–21 83004000123
2021–22 51101070141
Total 1765341201701427069
Career total 234635713201701438191

International career

As of match played 17 November 2019
Bulgaria national team
YearAppsGoals
201960
Total60

Honours

Oeste
Ludogorets

Personal life

Wanderson has one child from a former wife. He is a devout Christian.[12] In August 2019 Wanderson's reaction after a goal goes viral, since he ran to the tribute to kiss his girlfriend, without seeing the offside flag and that the goal was disallowed.[13]

References

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