Wandeir Oliveira dos Santos (born 15 May 1980), better known as Wandeir, is a Brazilian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Wandeir was born on 15 May 1980 in

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, Brazil. Wandeir started his career with popular Brazilian team Cruzeiro as a young boy from 1998 when he got in the team to 2002. After great performances he was bought by Macedonian team Cementarnica 55 who he helped in 2003 to win the

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. After six months with the club he moved to title contenders Skopje's

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which he helped them in 2007 to win the

as he did for Cementarnica 55 four years before. Ahead of the 2005–06 season, he joined Kickers Offenbach, newly promoted to the

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, but later returned to Vardar. Later he was transferred to Portuguese team

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. In 2009, he came back to Macedonia to play for Rabotnički. From Rabotnički in 2011 he returned to Vardar and played 14 matches scoring 1 goal.

International career

After playing in Macedonia for five years, Wandeir took Macedonian citizenship and decided to play for the Macedonia national team. He was once called up for Macedonia but never played.

Honours

Cementarnica * Macedonian Cup: 2002–03 Vardar * Macedonian Cup: 2006–07 Rabotnički * Macedonian Cup: 2008–09

References

External links

Player profile on FK Rabotnicki web page
* * at FootballPortugal.net 1980 births Living people Footballers from Minas Gerais Brazilian emigrants to North Macedonia Men's association football forwards Brazilian footballers Macedonian footballers Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players FK Cementarnica 55 players FK Vardar players Kickers Offenbach players Associação Naval 1º de Maio players CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players Varzim S.C. players FK Rabotnički players São José Esporte Clube players Macedonian First Football League players 2. Bundesliga players Primeira Liga players Liga I players Liga Portugal 2 players Brazilian expatriate footballers Macedonian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Portugal Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Romania Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Romania {{Brazil-footy-forward-1980s-stub Macedonian people of Brazilian descent