Wellington Silva Sanches Aguiar (born 6 February 1992), known as Wellington Nem, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Figueirense.
Club career Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nem began his professional career at Fluminense before being loaned out to Figueirense in 2011. His time at Figueirense was very successful with Nem scoring nine goals from a second striker position and being awarded the best newcomer of the 2011 Brazilian league, beating Bruno Cortes and Leandro Damião. Upon the expiration of his loan he was returned to the first team at Fluminense.
In his first season at Fluminense, Nem played mostly as a left winger or second striker and managed six goals and eight assists in 34 appearances in an impressive first full season at the club. In the 2013 season, Nem scored two and assisted two more in the first part of the season.
At just 21 years of age, Wellington Nem signed a five-year deal with Ukrainian giants Shaktar Dontesk. His first season at Shakhtar was a huge disappointment with Nem spending most of the campaign on the sideline either injured or benched, playing just 140 minutes of football throughout the 2013–14 season and scoring a solitary goal. The next season started similarly, with Nem left off the sides Champions League list and playing just once in the first 13 rounds of the Premier Liga.
Following 2017, Nem was loaned out again to the Brazilian league, this time for Brazilian side São Paulo FC.São Paulo acerta contratação de Wellington Nem por empréstimo Over the next two seasons Nem would return to Shakhtar Donetsk following his loan spell, only to be reloaned again by boyhood club Fluminense. He would go on to make 18 more appearances for the club scoring a solitary goal before an end of his loan spell saw him return to Donetsk once again. Eventually he was released for free by the club, spending the next several years in various Brazilian clubs as well as Portuguese side Arouca.
Kisvárda FC On 31 January 2024, Nem was signed by Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Kisvárda FC.
Bình Dương FC On 6 September 2024, Nem joined V.League 1 club Becamex Binh Duong.
International career Wellington Nem's professional career took off when Mano Menezes selected him in the pre-list for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsFigueirense2011Série A2593000——289Fluminense2012Série A276143—70—48920131195—91—197Total287238—161—6716Shakhtar Donetsk2013–14Ukrainian Premier League51—00——512014–1583—5120—1542015–1692—6250—2042016–1770—0030101102017–1830—00——302018–19153—4020—2132019–2000—00000000Total479—153120107512São Paulo (loan)2017Série A101804010—231Fluminense (loan)2019Série A181——20—201Fortaleza2021Série A002000—0020Cruzeiro2021Série B00————00Career total128273881933111021539
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsBrazil201230Total30
Títulos Fluminense Taça Guanabara: 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2012 Campeonato Carioca: 2012
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukrainian League: 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup: 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19 Ukrainian Super Cup: 2014, 2015
Fortaleza Campeonato Cearense:2021
Vitória Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2023
Prêmios individual Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Best Newcomer: 2011
References
External links Wellington Nem featured in Brazil: the talent factory 2011
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