Wellingsson de Souza

Wellingsson
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Personal information
Full name	Wellingsson de Souza
Date of birth	7 September 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Guarujá, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Left winger
Team information
Current team	Central & Western District
Youth career
2005–2006	Ponte Preta
2006–2007	São Caetano
2007–2008	Corinthians
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2009	Sumare
2009	Brasilis
2009–2012	South China
2013–2015	Yuen Long
2015–2019	Southern
2019–2022	Kitchee
2024	Sham Shui Po
2024–	Central & Western District
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024

Wellingsson de Souza (Chinese: 蘇沙; born 7 September 1989), commonly known as Wellingsson or Souza, is a former Brazilian-born Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a left winger.

Club career

Early career

Wellingsson played for some Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football team youth squads before, such as Associação Atlética Ponte Preta, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista and Associação Desportiva São Caetano.^{[citation needed]}

South China

When Wellingsson was 20 years old, Hong Kong First Division League champions South China signed him as a youth squad player, with the hope that he would be able to represent Hong Kong after residing in the country for 7 years.

Wellingsson played in South China's reserve team at the beginning. His debut match for the first team was against Sun Hei on 2 February 2010 when he substituted Kwok Kin Pong at the 86th minute.

On 7 March 2010 in the match against Rangers, Wellingsson substituted Hinson Leung at the 69th minute and scored at the 88th minute. This was Wellingsson's first goal in the Hong Kong First Division League, helping his club to win the match 5–2.

During the summer of 2011, he joined Partizan for a try-out^[1] and played 4 friendly games with the first team,^[2] but he returned to South China's training camp in South Korea.

On 10 April 2012, South China terminated their contract with Wellingsson after the player left Hong Kong without notifying the club in advance.^[3]

Yuen Long

On 17 June 2013, Wellingsson returned to Hong Kong and joined newly promoted Hong Kong First Division club Yuen Long for free after being unattached for a year.^[4] On 31 August 2013, he netted a brace on his debut for Yuen Long while the match ended 2–2.

Southern

Wellingsson signed with Southern in the summer of 2015 and went on to score 25 goals in 69 league appearances with the club in 4 years.

On 31 May 2019, Southern announced that Wellingsson would leave the club.^[5]

Kitchee

On 3 July 2019, Kitchee announced the signing of Wellingsson.^[6]

On 2 January 2022, Wellingsson extended his contract with Kitchee until the end of the 2021–22 season.^[7]

On 31 May 2022, Wellingsson left the club after finishing his contract.

Sham Shui Po

On 20 January 2024, Wellingsson joined Sham Shui Po. Wellingsson then scored four goals in a match against HK U23 in his first start of the season.

International career

On 19 October 2021, Wellingsson officially announced that he had received a Hong Kong passport, making him eligible to represent Hong Kong internationally.^[8]

Honours

Club

South China

Kitchee

References

^ Brazilac Velingson na probi u Partizanu at Blic, 23-6-2011, retrieved 8-11-2016 (in Serbian)
^ All-time FK Partizan players at FK Partizan official website, retrieved 8-11-2016 (Wellingsson de Souza indicated as Velingson) (in Serbian)
^ "蘇沙擅自解約返巴西". Wenweipo. Retrieved 11 April 2012. (in Chinese)
^ "東尼本地體壇引入蘇沙元朗成軍". Metropolis Daily. 17 June 2013.
^ "蘇沙、劉學銘等5將落「區」夢想6名外援離隊". Sportsroad.hk. Retrieved 31 May 2019. (in Chinese)
^ Yuen, Chi Ho. "傑志聘波斯尼亞新帥執教　3000萬班費望重奪聯賽冠軍". HK01. Retrieved 3 July 2019. (in Chinese)
^ Lai, Wing Kam. "蘇沙續約傑志有望為港足披甲". Wenweipo (in Cantonese). Retrieved 3 January 2022.
^ "杜馬思蘇沙齊攞特區護照". on.cc. Retrieved 19 October 2021. (in Chinese)

External sources

[1] Brazilac Velingson na probi u Partizanu at Blic, 23-6-2011, retrieved 8-11-2016 (in Serbian)

[2] All-time FK Partizan players at FK Partizan official website, retrieved 8-11-2016 (Wellingsson de Souza indicated as Velingson) (in Serbian)

[3] "蘇沙擅自解約返巴西". Wenweipo. Retrieved 11 April 2012. (in Chinese)

[metro0617-4] "東尼本地體壇引入蘇沙元朗成軍". Metropolis Daily. 17 June 2013.

[5] "蘇沙、劉學銘等5將落「區」夢想6名外援離隊". Sportsroad.hk. Retrieved 31 May 2019. (in Chinese)

[6] Yuen, Chi Ho. "傑志聘波斯尼亞新帥執教　3000萬班費望重奪聯賽冠軍". HK01. Retrieved 3 July 2019. (in Chinese)

[7] Lai, Wing Kam. "蘇沙續約傑志有望為港足披甲". Wenweipo (in Cantonese). Retrieved 3 January 2022.

[8] "杜馬思蘇沙齊攞特區護照". on.cc. Retrieved 19 October 2021. (in Chinese)

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