Welinton Júnior Ferreira dos Santos (born 8 June 1993), simply known as Welinton Júnior, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward or right winger for Liga Portugal 2 club Portimonense.
Career Welinton Júnior played youth-level football for Grêmio and Coritiba before moving to Goiás, where he made his senior debut as a second-half substitute on 30 April 2013 in a Campeonato Goiano game against Aparecidense. He made his national competition debut in the 2013 Copa do Brasil against Fluminense FC on 22 August 2013, deputising for Tartá, who was cup-tied.
In March 2015 he signed a two-year contract with Joinville. Despite playing the majority of games in the 2015 Campeonato Catarinense, he was dropped from the first team after six rounds of the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, and loaned to Paysandu until the end of the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B season. He returned to Joinville having scored 4 goals in 18 games, with a willingness to fight for a place in the team. In June 2016 he was loaned out again, this time to CRB, to play in 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.
In January 2017, he moved to play for Mirassol in the Campeonato Paulista. At the end of the competition he signed for a second time for Paysandu, on a six-month contract until the end of 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.
For the 2018 season he signed for another Campeonato Paulista side for the first half of the year, Ferroviária. For the national league season he moved to Brasil de Pelotas to compete in 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.
He signed for Coritiba in January 2019, on a one-year contract.
On 6 August 2025, Welinton returned to Portimonense in Portugal on a one-year contract.
Career statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueCupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals!AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGoiás2013Série A612040———12120141525110—10—223Total2137150—10—344Joinville2015Série A3010120———1512016Série B—101————101Total3020220———252Paysandu2015Série B184—————184CRB2016235—————235Mirassol2017Paulista—131————131Paysandu2017Série B201—————201Ferroviária2018Série D—110————100Brasil de Pelotas2018Série B225—————100Coritiba2019605100———111Desportivo Aves2019–20Primeira Liga237—1211——2510Portimonense2020–21100—10———1102021–22125—00———1252022–23246—0000——246Total4611—1000——4711Shonan Bellmare (loan)2021J1 League30—3010——70Gangwon FC2023K League 190————0090Career total1943656512221100026544
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