Wender (footballer)

Wenderson de Arruda Said (born 17 April 1975), commonly known as Wender, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a forward, currently a manager.

Wender
Personal information
Full name Wenderson de Arruda Said
Date of birth (1975-04-17) 17 April 1975
Place of birth Guiratinga, Brazil
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 Sport Recife 11 (0)
1995 Botafogo 0 (0)
1996 Sport Recife 0 (0)
1997 Ceará
1998–1999 Democrata-GV
1999–2002 Naval 93 (33)
2002–2005 Braga 92 (23)
2005 Sporting CP 9 (0)
2006–2009 Braga 67 (13)
2008–2009 → Belenenses (loan) 22 (5)
2009–2011 Ermis 59 (10)
2011–2012 Ethnikos Achna 27 (7)
2012–2013 Aris Limassol 21 (10)
Total 401 (101)
Managerial career
2016–2017 Palmeiras Braga (youth)
2017–2018 Braga (youth)
2018–2019 Braga B
2021 Covilhã
2022 Grêmio Anápolis
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He spent the vast majority of his professional career in Portugal, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 190 matches and 41 goals over seven seasons and representing in the competition Braga, Sporting CP and Belenenses.

Wender retired in 2013 at the age of 38, after spending four years in Cyprus with three clubs. He later worked as a coach, also in Portugal.

Playing career

Born in Guiratinga, Mato Grosso with a Lebanese grandfather,[1] Wender started playing professionally with Sport Club do Recife, then moved to Portugal with Associação Naval 1º de Maio after signing in 1999 from modest Esporte Clube Democrata. He spent three additional seasons at S.C. Braga, being a very important attacking player in the Minho team's Primeira Liga and UEFA Cup consolidation.[2]

Wender joined Sporting CP for the 2005–06 campaign.[3] Although he appeared scarcely for the Lisbon side, he scored in both legs of a UEFA Cup tie against Halmstads BK (2–1 away win, 2–3 home loss, subsequent elimination).[4][5]

In January 2006, Wender was involved in a two-way loan deal as right-back Abel moved to Sporting and he returned for a second Braga spell. The loan was made permanent in 2006–07,[6][7] and he went on to score eight league goals in an eventual fourth-place finish.[8]

In July 2008, Wender signed with C.F. Os Belenenses' Brazilian contingent on a season-long loan.[9] In the following year, after the capital-based team initially dropped down a tier – later reinstated[10]– Braga sold the 34-year-old to Ermis Aradippou FC in the Cypriot First Division, and he remained in that country several years.[1]

Coaching career

In 2016, Wender was appointed under-17 coach of Palmeiras Futebol Clube, Braga's farm team.[2] In summer 2017, he became the manager of the latter's under-17 squad,[11] being promoted to B-side duties the following 25 January.[12]

Wender left the Estádio Municipal de Braga by mutual consent on 18 February 2019.[13] On 8 June 2021, he signed a contract at Liga Portugal 2 club S.C. Covilhã.[14] He was dismissed on 19 October, with the team 11th in the league and having been eliminated from the Taça de Portugal by amateurs FC Serpa.[15]

References
  1. Almeida, Germano (10 March 2014). "Mundo Brasil: Wender feliz por voltar a casa" [Brazil World: Wender happy from returning home] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. Pombo, Diogo (17 December 2016). "Wender, a quem os jogadores do Sporting disseram: "Fogo, a nosso favor, está quieto, mas contra nós és um leão!"" [Wender, to whom Sporting players said: "Man, you won't be caught dead doing something for us, but against us you're a lion!"]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. "Final touches for cup contenders". UEFA. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
  4. "Halmstads – Sporting, 1–2 (Thorvaldsson g.p. 42; Wender 44, Deivid 47)" [Halmstads – Sporting, 1–2 (Thorvaldsson p.k. 42; Wender 44, Deivid 47)]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 September 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  5. "Sporting 2–3 Halmstad". UEFA. 29 September 2005. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  6. "Loan signings strengthen Sporting". UEFA. 30 December 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  7. Rodrigues, Berta (15 February 2019). "Sporting-Sp. Braga: ligações, negócios e pontes que vão definindo o duelo" [Sporting-Sp. Braga: links, deals and bridges that define clash] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  8. "Minhotos festejam quarto lugar" [Men from Minho celebrate fourth place]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 21 May 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  9. "Wender: "Em muitos períodos não conseguimos ser uma equipa"" [Wender: "We fail to be a team on many occasions"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  10. "Viana de Carvalho mantém confiança no treinador" [Viana de Carvalho still confident in coach] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 7 November 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  11. "Wender: "Este é um projeto de topo"" [Wender: "This is a top project"] (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  12. "Wender Said no comando do SC Braga B" [Wender Said at the helm of SC Braga B] (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  13. "Rui Santos é o novo treinador da equipa B" [Rui Santos is the new manager of the B team] (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  14. "II Liga: Wender é o novo treinador do Sp. Covilhã" [II League: Wender is the new manager of Sp. Covilhã] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  15. "OFICIAL: Wender deixa comando técnico do Sp. Covilhã" [OFFICIAL: Wender no longer at the helm of Sp. Covilhã] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
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