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Welington Pereira Rodrigues (born 4 January 1986), commonly known as Gum, is a Brazilian
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who plays for CRB as a
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. He spent nine years with
Fluminense Fluminense Football Club (), known as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, th ...
, making 414 total appearances and scoring 28 goals, while winning the
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in
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and
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.


Club career


Marília

Born in
São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
, Gum was a
Marília Marília () is a Brazilian municipality in the midwestern region of the state of São Paulo. Its distance from the state capital São Paulo is by highway, by railway and in a straight line. It is located at an altitude of 675 meters. The popula ...
youth graduate. He made his first team debut in 2005, with the side in Série B, and also had an unassuming loan spell at
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back in 2004. On 13 September 2006 Gum was loaned to Série A club
Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the Brazilian league, as well as in Campeonat ...
, until July. The following March, after making no league appearances, he rescinded his contract and returned to ''MAC''.


Ponte Preta

On 26 June 2008 Gum signed a five-year deal with fellow second-tier club Ponte Preta, who acquired 50% of his federative rights. He was an immediate starter for the club after his arrival, impressing in the following year's
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.


Fluminense

On 17 August 2009 Gum joined
Fluminense Fluminense Football Club (), known as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, th ...
in the top flight. He made his debut in the league thirteen days later, in a 2–0 away defeat to Santos. Gum scored his first goals in the top flight of Brazilian football on 18 October 2009, netting a brace in a 2–2 home draw against Internacional. He finished the campaign with 16 appearances and three goals, as his side narrowly avoided relegation. Gum was also an important unit during the club's
2009 Copa Sudamericana The 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes (officially the 2009 Copa Nissan Sudamericana de Clubes for sponsorship reasons) is the 8th edition of the CONMEBOL's secondary international club tournament. Internacional were the defending champions, having ...
run, scoring a goal against
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which secured qualification to
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; he also scored the final goal in a 3–0 home win against
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in the second leg, as his side finished runners up (5-4 on aggregate). Gum was a first-choice during ''Flu's'' 2010 ''Brasileirão'' winning campaign, partnering Leandro Euzébio to form the best defence in the league. He was also an undisputed starter in
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, winning another title. In January 2015 Gum signed a new four-year deal with Fluminense. In his last game of the season, he scored the first in a 3–1 home win against
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; it was also his 300th appearance for the club. On 16 September 2018, as his contract entered its final stages, Gum made his 400th appearance for Fluminense in their 3–1 national league defeat away to
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. In doing so, he entered their top ten appearance-makers of all time, eventually finishing in eighth with 414.


Later career

In March 2019, Gum moved to Chapecoense on a one-year deal with the option of a second. He played 20 times in his one national campaign for the team from Santa Catarina, scoring in a 2–1 loss away to
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main rivals of his former employer – on 12 May. Gum transferred again on 12 February 2020, joining CRB of the
Campeonato Alagoano The Campeonato Alagoano is the football league of the state of Alagoas, Brazil. Format 2020 First Division The Campeonato Alagoano is divided into three stages. *First stage: simple round-robin, in which all eight teams play each other once. ...
. He played five games in his first state season as they won the title, including a 1–0 final win over rivals
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in the final on 5 August.


Career statistics


Honours

;Fluminense * Campeonato Brasileiro:
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*
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: 2012 *
Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Port., Rio de Janeiro State Championship), was started in 1906 and is the annual football championship in the state of Rio de Janeiro, B ...
: 2012 *
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;CRB *
Campeonato Alagoano The Campeonato Alagoano is the football league of the state of Alagoas, Brazil. Format 2020 First Division The Campeonato Alagoano is divided into three stages. *First stage: simple round-robin, in which all eight teams play each other once. ...
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Individual

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Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Port., Rio de Janeiro State Championship), was started in 1906 and is the annual football championship in the state of Rio de Janeiro, B ...
Team of the year:
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