Wendell Nascimento Borges (born 20 July 1993),[1] commonly known as Wendell, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Portuguese club FC Porto.
![]() Wendell with Bayer Leverkusen in 2014. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wendell Nascimento Borges | ||
Date of birth | (1993-07-20) 20 July 1993 (age 29)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Fortaleza, Brazil[1] | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Porto | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2011 | Iraty | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011 | Iraty | 11 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Londrina | 40 | (3) |
2012 | → Paraná (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Grêmio | 11 | (0) |
2014–2021 | Bayer Leverkusen | 186 | (7) |
2021– | Porto | 18 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2014 | Brazil U20 | 4 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Brazil U23 | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:02, 26 April 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 October 2016 |
Beginning his career in his native Brazil, Wendell had spells at Iraty, Londrina, Paraná Clube and Grêmio. He signed for Bayer Leverkusen in February 2014, for whom he has made over 200 appearances.
Despite being capped at U20 and U23 level, Wendell is yet to make a senior international appearance for Brazil; his only call-up to date came in October 2016 for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying games against Bolivia and Venezuela.
On 27 February 2014, he signed for Bayer Leverkusen on a 5-year deal after playing for various teams in Brazil, including Iraty, Londrina, and Gremio. [2] 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.[3] His Bundesliga debut came on 21 September, playing the entirety of a 1–4 defeat at VfL Wolfsburg.[4] On 13 March he scored his first goal for the club, opening a 4–0 home win over VfB Stuttgart.[5]
Wendell got his first call up to the senior Brazil side for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia and Venezuela in October 2016, replacing Marcelo.[6]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Iraty | 2011 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | 11[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
Londrina | 2012 | — | — | — | — | 17[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 17 | 2 | |||
2013 | Série D | — | — | — | 23[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 23 | 1 | ||||
Total | — | — | — | 40 | 3 | 40 | 3 | |||||
Paraná Clube (loan) | 2012 | Série B | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
Grêmio | 2013 | Série A | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
2014 | Série A | 2 | 0 | — | 7[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 13[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 22 | 1 | ||
Total | 11 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 31 | 1 | |||
Bayer Leverkusen | 2014–15 | Bundesliga | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |
2015–16 | Bundesliga | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | 46 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | Bundesliga | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 38 | 2 | ||
2017–18 | Bundesliga | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 3 | |||
2018–19 | Bundesliga | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | — | 39 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | Bundesliga | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Bundesliga | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 186 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 42 | 0 | — | 250 | 8 | |||
Career total | 212 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 64 | 4 | 348 | 12 |
Londrina
Porto
Brazil U20
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FC Porto – current squad | |
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