Wendell (footballer)

Wendell
Wendell with Leverkusen in 2014.
Personal information
Full name Wendell Nascimento Borges
Date of birth (1993-07-20) 20 July 1993[1]
Place of birth Fortaleza, Brazil[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current team
 Bayer Leverkusen
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2011 Iraty
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Iraty 11 (0)
2012–2013 Londrina 40 (3)
2012 → Paraná Clube (loan) 15 (0)
2013 → Grêmio (loan) 9 (0)
2014 Grêmio 2 (0)
2014– Bayer Leverkusen 116 (6)
National team‡
2014 Brazil U20 4 (0)
2014– Brazil U23 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 October 2016

Wendell Nascimento Borges (born 20 July 1993),[1] commonly known as Wendell, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left back for German club Bayer Leverkusen.

Club career

On 27 February 2014, he signed for Bayer Leverkusen on a 5-year deal.[3]

He made his debut for the team on 15 August, replacing Sebastian Boenisch for the last 19 minutes of a 6–0 win away to sixth-tier SV Alemannia Waldalgesheim in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.[4] His Bundesliga debut came on 21 September, playing the entirety of a 1–4 defeat at VfL Wolfsburg.[5] On 13 March he scored his first goal for the club, opening a 4–0 home win over VfB Stuttgart.[6]

International career

Wendell got his first call up to the senior Brazil side for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia and Venezuela in October 2016.[7]

Honours

Brazil U20

Individual

Other honours

Londrina

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Wendell". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Wendell Nascimento Borges". SoccerPunter.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Bayer 04 sign Wendell on five-year deal". Bayer04. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Tor-Gala von Kießling - Mainz mit nächster Blamage" [Kießling's goal-fest - Mainz with next disgrace]. Goal.com (in German). 15 August 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Match report from Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen". Sky Sports News. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Bayer Levkn 4-0 VfB Stuttgart". BBC Sport. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Wendell & Rafael Carioca called up by Tite to Brazil squad". goal.com. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Marinho Saldanha (5 June 2013). "Grêmio contrata melhor lateral esquerdo do Paranaense, que chega na 5ª" [Grêmio sign Paranaense's best full-back, who arrives on the 5th] (in Portuguese). UOL. Retrieved 4 November 2013.


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