Kieza
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Welker Marçal Almeida | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 24 September 1986||
Place of birth | Vitória, Brazil[1] | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker[1] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Rio Branco | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2006 | Serra | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2008 | Serra | ||
2008–2009 | Desportiva | ||
2009 | Americano | 19 | (8) |
2009 | Fluminense | 21 | (7) |
2010–2011 | Cruzeiro | 5 | (2) |
2010 | → Ponte Preta (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2011 | → Náutico (loan) | 47 | (27) |
2012 | Al Shabab | 19 | (7) |
2012–2013 | Náutico | 23 | (16) |
2013–2015 | Shanghai Shenxin | 34 | (13) |
2014–2015 | → Bahia (loan) | 72 | (33) |
2016 | São Paulo | 2 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Vitória | 80 | (25) |
2018–2020 | Botafogo | 51 | (11) |
2019 | → Fortaleza (loan) | 24 | (1) |
2020–2022 | Náutico | 76 | (23) |
2023 | Brasiliense | 2 | (0) |
2023 | Floresta | 6 | (0) |
2024– | Rio Branco | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2023 (UTC) |
Welker Marçal de Almeida (born 24 September 1986), commonly known as Kieza, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Rio Branco as a striker.[2]
Career
[edit]Born in Vitória,[3] he was signed on February 20, 2010 by Cruzeiro Esporte Clube who ended his contract in January 2010 with Fluminense.[4]
In 2011, Kieza moved from Cruzeiro to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B side Náutico on a season-long loan deal. He helped Náutico being promoted to the Série A, scoring 21 goals in the season which allowed him to become Top goalscorer of this tournament.
Botafogo
[edit]In April 2019, he joined Fortaleza on loan.[5]
Honours
[edit]- Bahia
- Vitória
- Campeonato Baiano: 2016, 2017
- Botafogo
- Náutico
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Welker Marçal Almeida". sambafoot.com. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2009.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ 'Após novela, São Paulo contrata Kieza por R$ 4 milhões'
- ^ "Cruzeiro anuncia contratação de Kieza" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.com. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
- ^ "Clube contrata atacante Kieza, ex-Fluminense". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ^ "Kieza demonstra ansiedade por balançar as redes pelo Fortaleza em apresentação". lance.com.br. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Vitória, Espírito Santo
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players
- Associação Desportiva Ferroviária Vale do Rio Doce players
- Americano FC players
- Fluminense FC players
- Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
- Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players
- Clube Náutico Capibaribe players
- Esporte Clube Bahia players
- São Paulo FC players
- Esporte Clube Vitória players
- Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players
- Fortaleza Esporte Clube players
- UAE Pro League players
- Al Shabab Al Arabi Club (Dubai) players
- Chinese Super League players
- Shanghai Shenxin F.C. players
- Brasiliense FC players
- Floresta Esporte Clube players
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China
- Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Expatriate men's footballers in China
- Footballers from Espírito Santo
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen