Wellington Soares da Silva (born 18 June 1992), known as Wellington Rato, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Atlético Goianiense.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wellington Soares da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-06-28) 28 June 1992 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Japeri, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | V-Varen Nagasaki | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Audax | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Audax Rio | 22 | (2) |
| 2014 | → Guaratinguetá (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2015 | Dom Bosco | 12 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Red Bull Brasil | 13 | (0) |
| 2017 | Caldense | 15 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | Sampaio Corrêa | 34 | (1) |
| 2019 | Joinville | 13 | (0) |
| 2020 | Ferroviário | 22 | (7) |
| 2020– | Atlético Goianiense | 30 | (6) |
| 2021– | → V-Varen Nagasaki (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:19, 6 November 2020 (UTC) | |||
Wellington Rato was born in Japeri, Rio de Janeiro, and finished his formation with Audax. He made his senior debut with affiliate side Audax Rio in the 2012 Copa Rio, scoring eight goals for his side.
After leaving the club in December 2014, Wellington Rato subsequently represented Dom Bosco, Red Bull Brasil and Caldense before joining Sampaio Corrêa in the Série C in July 2017.[1] He helped the side achieve promotion to the Série B in his first season, but subsequently started to feature sparingly.
On 18 December 2018, Wellington Rato was presented at Série D's Joinville,[2] Roughty one year later, he moved to Ferroviário in the third division,[3] where he became a regular starter.
On 27 September 2020, Wellington Rato agreed to a contract with Atlético Goianiense of the Série A.[4] He made his top tier debut on 8 October, coming on as a second-half substitute for Chico in a 0–3 away loss against São Paulo.
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Audax Rio | 2012[6] | Carioca Série B | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13[lower-alpha 1] | 8 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 2013 | Carioca | — | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 2014 | — | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | — | 22 | 2 | — | — | 13 | 8 | 35 | 10 | |||||
| Guaratinguetá (loan) | 2014 | Série C | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Dom Bosco | 2015 | Mato-Grossense | — | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Red Bull Brasil | 2015 | Série D | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| 2016 | Paulista | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||||
| Caldense | 2017 | Série D | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | 15 | 4 | |||
| Sampaio Corrêa | 2017 | Série C | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | Série B | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 25 | 1 | ||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | 34 | 1 | |||
| Joinville | 2019 | Série D | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Ferroviário | 2020 | Série C | 7 | 4 | 15 | 3 | — | — | — | 22 | 7 | |||
| Atlético Goianiense | 2020 | Série A | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 49 | 7 | 74 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 162 | 24 | ||
Sampaio Corrêa
Atlético Goianiense – current squad | |
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