Weverton Pereira da Silva

Weverton Pereira da Silva, simply known as Weverton (born 13 December 1987), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Palmeiras as a goalkeeper.

Weverton
Weverton with Brazil during the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name Weverton Pereira da Silva
Date of birth (1987-12-13) 13 December 1987
Place of birth Rio Branco, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Palmeiras
Number 21
Youth career
Juventus-AC
2006–2007 Corinthians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Corinthians 0 (0)
2006–2007 → Remo (loan) 0 (0)
2009 → Oeste (loan) 15 (0)
2009 → América-RN (loan) 16 (0)
2010 Botafogo-SP 22 (0)
2010–2012 Portuguesa 68 (0)
2012–2017 Atlético Paranaense 206 (0)
2018– Palmeiras 51 (0)
National team‡
2016 Brazil Olympic 6 (0)
2017– Brazil 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:01, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:22, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Rio Branco, Acre, Weverton joined Corinthians' youth setup in 2006, aged 19, after impressing in a match for Juventus. He was promoted to the former's main squad in 2007, but was demoted to fourth-choice after Rafael Santos' promotion. Weverton was subsequently loaned to Remo, Oeste[1] and América (RN).[2] With the latter he appeared regularly in Série B, sharing minutes with the veteran Rodolpho.

Weverton was released by Timão in January 2010 and shortly after moved to Botafogo (SP). After impressing with the side, he signed for Portuguesa on 12 May.[3] Weverton was an undisputed starter at Lusa, appearing in all league matches in 2011, as his side were crowned champions.

On May 2012 he joined Atlético Paranaense, after his previous contract expired.[4] On 15 October 2014, after being named captain for the campaign, Wéverton renewed his contract until 2017.[5]

In December 2017, Weverton joined Palmeiras on a five-year deal.[6]

International career

On 31 July 2016, he was called by the Brazilian Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics by manager Rogério Micale to replace Fernando Prass who left the team due to injury.[7] In the gold medal match, Weverton made a key save against Germany's Nils Petersen on the fifth penalty shot, which helped Brazil win their first Olympic football gold.[8]

After winning gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Weverton was called up by coach Tite to qualification matches against Ecuador and Colombia.[9]

Career statistics
As of 26 November 2019
Club Season League Cup Continental State League Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
América-RN 2009 Série B 1600000—160
Total 160000000160
Portuguesa 2010 Série B 290——220510
2011 380——190570
2012 Série A 1040—140190
Total 68040005501270
Atlético Paranaense 2012 Série B 33000——330
2013 Série A 380130——510
2014 3502080—450
2015 360406050510
2016 30080—200580
2017 3404012090590
Total 20603102603402970
Palmeiras 2018 Série A 230406010340
2019 2803010070480
Total 5107016080820
Career total 31903803609704900

    Honours

    Club
    Portuguesa
    Atlético Paranaense
    Palmeiras

    International
    Brazil

    References
    1. Corinthians promove goleiro da base para emprestar Weverton (Corinthians promotes goalkeeper from the youth setup to loan Weverton); UOL Esporte, 27 December 2012 (in Portuguese)
    2. "Weverton já realizou atividades" [Wéverton already trained] (in Portuguese). América-RN's official website. 2009-04-18. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
    3. Portuguesa tira o goleiro Weverton do Botafogo (Portuguesa takes off Weverton from Botafogo); Estadão, 12 May 2010 (in Portuguese)
    4. Goleiro Weverton, ex-Lusa, é apresentado no Atlético-PR (Goalkeeper Weverton, former Lusa player, is presented at Atlético-PR); Diário Lance!, 30 May 2012 (in Portuguese)
    5. Líder no atual elenco atleticano, Weverton renova até 2017 (Leader in the current atleticano roster, Weverton renews until 2017); Redação Em Campo, 15 October 2014 (in Portuguese)
    6. Palmeiras anuncia a contratação do goleiro Weverton, ex-Atlético-PR (Palmeiras announces the signing of goalkeeper Weverton, former Atlético-PR side); Globoesporte.com, 15 December 2017 (in Portuguese)
    7. "Weverton é convocado para a Seleção Olímpica" [Weverton is called in for the Olympic Team] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
    8. Eisenhammer, Stephen. "Brazil soccer gold will be the memory Rio never forgets". Reuters. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
    9. Tite convoca seleção pela 1ª vez com 7 campeões olímpicos e 3 novidades
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