Wendell (footballer)
 Wendell with Leverkusen in 2014. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wendell Nascimento Borges | ||
| Date of birth | 20 July 1993[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Fortaleza, Brazil[1] | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| -2011 | Iraty | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011 | Iraty | 11 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Londrina | 40 | (3) |
| 2012 | → Paraná Clube (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Grêmio (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2014– | Bayer Leverkusen | 63 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014 | Brazil U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2014– | Brazil U23 | 8 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 September 2016. | |||
Wendell Nascimento Borges (born 20 July 1993),[1] commonly known as Wendell, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left back for German club Bayer Leverkusen.
Club career
On 27 February 2014, he signed for Bayer Leverkusen on a 5-year deal.[3]
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.[4] His Bundesliga debut came on 21 September, playing the entirety of a 1–4 defeat at VfL Wolfsburg.[5] On 13 March he scored his first goal for the club, opening a 4–0 home win over VfB Stuttgart.[6]
International career
Wendell got his first call up to the senior Brazil side for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia and Venezuela in October 2016.[7]
Honours
- Brazil U20
Individual
- Best Campeonato Paranaense full-back (1): 2013[8]
Other honours
- Londrina
- Campeonato Paranaense do Interior (1): 2013
References
- 1 2 3 "Wendell". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ↑ "Wendell Nascimento Borges". SoccerPunter.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ↑ "Bayer 04 sign Wendell on five-year deal". Bayer04. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ↑ "Tor-Gala von Kießling - Mainz mit nächster Blamage" [Kießling's goal-fest - Mainz with next disgrace]. Goal.com (in German). 15 August 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ↑ "Match report from Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen". Sky Sports News. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ↑ "Bayer Levkn 4-0 VfB Stuttgart". BBC Sport. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ↑ "Wendell & Rafael Carioca called up by Tite to Brazil squad". goal.com. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ Marinho Saldanha (5 June 2013). "Grêmio contrata melhor lateral esquerdo do Paranaense, que chega na 5ª" [Grêmio sign Paranaense's best full-back, who arrives on the 5th] (in Portuguese). UOL. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
