Wellington Rato
 Wellington Rato in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wellington Soares da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 28 June 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Japeri, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | São Paulo | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Audax | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Audax Rio | 22 | (2) |
| 2014 | → Guaratinguetá (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Dom Bosco | 12 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Red Bull Brasil | 20 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Caldense | 15 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | Sampaio Corrêa | 34 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Joinville | 13 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Ferroviário | 22 | (7) |
| 2020–2022 | Atlético Goianiense | 100 | (21) |
| 2021–2022 | → V-Varen Nagasaki (loan) | 23 | (7) |
| 2023– | São Paulo | 32 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:02, 28 September 2023 (UTC) | |||
Wellington Soares da Silva (born 18 June 1992), known as Wellington Rato, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for São Paulo.
Club career[edit]
Wellington Rato was born in Japeri, Rio de Janeiro, and finished his formation with Audax. He made his senior debut with affiliate side Audax Rio in the 2012 Copa Rio, scoring eight goals for his side.
After leaving the club in December 2014, Wellington Rato subsequently represented Dom Bosco, Red Bull Brasil and Caldense before joining Sampaio Corrêa in the Série C in July 2017.[1] He helped the side achieve promotion to the Série B in his first season, but subsequently started to feature sparingly.
On 18 December 2018, Wellington Rato was presented at Série D's Joinville,[2] Roughty one year later, he moved to Ferroviário in the third division,[3] where he became a regular starter.
On 27 September 2020, Wellington Rato agreed to a contract with Atlético Goianiense of the Série A.[4] He made his top tier debut on 8 October, coming on as a second-half substitute for Chico in a 0–3 away loss against São Paulo.
Career statistics[edit]
- As of 6 November 2020.[5]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Audax Rio | 2012[6] | Carioca Série B | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13[a] | 8 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 2013 | Carioca | — | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 2014 | — | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | — | 22 | 2 | — | — | 13 | 8 | 35 | 10 | |||||
| Guaratinguetá (loan) | 2014 | Série C | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Dom Bosco | 2015 | Mato-Grossense | — | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Red Bull Brasil | 2015 | Série D | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| 2016 | Paulista | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15[b] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||||
| Caldense | 2017 | Série D | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | 15 | 4 | |||
| Sampaio Corrêa | 2017 | Série C | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | Série B | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7[c] | 1 | 25 | 1 | ||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | 34 | 1 | |||
| Joinville | 2019 | Série D | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Ferroviário | 2020 | Série C | 7 | 4 | 15 | 3 | — | — | — | 22 | 7 | |||
| Atlético Goianiense | 2020 | Série A | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 49 | 7 | 74 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 162 | 24 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Rio
- ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
- ^ Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste
Honours[edit]
Sampaio Corrêa
Atlético Goianiense
São Paulo
References[edit]
- ^ "Wellington Rato será apresentado pelo Sampaio em treino no Castelão" [Wellington Rato will be presented by Sampaio in training at the Castelão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "JEC anuncia mais um reforço" [JEC announce another addition] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Joinville EC. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Meia-atacante Wellington Rato é o novo reforço do Ferroviário para 2020" [Attacking midfielder Wellington Rato is the new addition of Ferroviário for 2020] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Ferroviário AC. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Atlético-GO acerta contratação do meia Wellington Rato, do Ferroviário" [Atlético-GO sign midfielder Wellington Rato, from Ferroviário] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ Wellington Rato at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Audax Rio Esporte Clube – Copa Rio de Profissionais 2012" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ É campeão! Atlético-GO vira sobre Goiás na Serrinha e fatura Goianão, O Popular, 2 April 2022
External links[edit]
- Wellington Rato at Sambafoot (archived)
- Wellington Rato at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (state)
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
- J2 League players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players
- Audax Rio de Janeiro Esporte Clube players
- Guaratinguetá Futebol players
- Red Bull Bragantino II players
- Associação Atlética Caldense players
- Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube players
- Joinville Esporte Clube players
- Ferroviário Atlético Clube (CE) players
- Atlético Clube Goianiense players
- V-Varen Nagasaki players
- São Paulo FC players