Welinton Júnior

Welinton Júnior Ferreira dos Santos (born 8 June 1993), simply known as Welinton Júnior, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward or right winger for K League club Gangwon FC.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Ferreira and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.
Welinton Júnior
Personal information
Full name Welinton Júnior Ferreira dos Santos
Date of birth (1993-06-08) 8 June 1993
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward, right winger
Team information
Current team
 Gangwon FC
Youth career
2011–2012 Grêmio
2012 Coritiba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Goiás 28 (4)
2015–2016 Joinville 23 (2)
2015 → Paysandu (loan) 18 (4)
2016 → CRB (loan) 23 (5)
2017 Mirassol 13 (1)
2017 → Paysandu (loan) 20 (1)
2018 Ferroviária 11 (0)
2018 Brasil de Pelotas 22 (5)
2019 Coritiba 11 (1)
2019–2020 Desportivo Aves 23 (7)
2020–2023 Portimonense 46 (11)
2021 → Shonan Bellmare (loan) 3 (0)
2023– Gangwon FC 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 June 2023

Career

Welinton Júnior played youth-level football for Grêmio and Coritiba before moving to Goiás, where he made his senior debut as a second-half substitute on 30 April 2013 in a Campeonato Goiano game against Aparecidense.[1] He made his national competition debut in the 2013 Copa do Brasil against Fluminense FC on 22 August 2013, deputising for Tartá, who was cup-tied.[2]

In March 2015 he signed a two-year contract with Joinville.[3] Despite playing the majority of games in the 2015 Campeonato Catarinense, he was dropped from the first team after six rounds of the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, and loaned to Paysandu until the end of the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B season.[4] He returned to Joinville having scored 4 goals in 18 games, with a willingness to fight for a place in the team.[5] In June 2016 he was loaned out again, this time to CRB, to play in 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[6]

In January 2017, he moved to play for Mirassol in the Campeonato Paulista.[7] At the end of the competition he signed for a second time for Paysandu, on a six-month contract until the end of 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[8][9]

For the 2018 season he signed for another Campeonato Paulista side for the first half of the year, Ferroviária.[10] For the national league season he moved to Brasil de Pelotas to compete in 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[11]

He signed for Coritiba in January 2019, on a one-year contract.[12]

Career statistics
As of 8 June 2019[13]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goiás 2013 Série A 612040——121
2014 15251101[lower-alpha 1]0—223
Subtotal 213715010—344
Joinville 2015 Série A 3010120——151
2016 Série B —101———101
Subtotal 3020220——252
Paysandu 2015 Série B 184————184
CRB 2016 Série B 235————235
Mirassol 2017 Paulista —131———131
Paysandu 2017 Série B 201————201
Ferroviária 2018 Série D —110———100
Brasil de Pelotas 2018 Série B 225————100
Coritiba 2019 Série B 605100——111
Career total 1131856570100017723
  1. Appearance in 2014 Copa Sudamericana.

References
  1. "Com muita água e pouco futebol, Goiás vence Aparecidense e lidera" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 30 January 2013.
  2. "Surpresa no último jogo, Welinton Júnior ganha apoio no Goiás" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 23 August 2013.
  3. "JEC anuncia contratação de atacante Welinton Júnior por duas temporadas" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 March 2015.
  4. "Agente de Welinton Junior confirma acerto do atacante com o Paysandu" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 25 June 2015.
  5. "Após empréstimo, Welinton Júnior volta ao JEC para buscar espaço" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 14 January 2016.
  6. "Regularizado, Welinton Júnior ressalta calor de AL, mas se diz pronto no CRB" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 17 June 2016.
  7. "Welinton Junior apresenta suas armas para brilhar no Paulistão pelo Mirassol" (in Portuguese). Diário Regional. 13 January 2017.
  8. "Paysandu prorroga contrato de zagueiro e oficializa mais duas contratações" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 11 May 2017.
  9. "Paysandu repatria atacante da Série B de 2015. Anúncio será em breve" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 5 May 2017.
  10. "Ferroviária anuncia atacante que estava no Paysandu" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 19 December 2017.
  11. "Titular do Brasil de Pelotas, Welinton Junior quer ajudar com sua experiência no futebol catarinense para superar o Avaí" (in Portuguese). Ploidoro Júnior. 20 April 2018.
  12. "Coritiba confirma Felipe Mattioni, Fabiano e Welinton Júnior como os primeiros reforços" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 January 2019.
  13. Welinton at Soccerway
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