Wanderson Pereira Rodrigues (born 6 October 1980), colloquially known as Wanderson, 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 le ...

who plays for

Ji-Paraná Ji-Paraná is the second most populous municipality in the Brazilian state of Rondônia, with a population of 130,009, and the 16th most populous city of the Brazilian North Region, the 210th most populous city of Brazil, and the 113th of the Braz ...

as a

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Club career

Born in

Rondônia Rondônia () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northern subdivision of the country (central-western part). To the west is a short border with the state of Acre, to the north is the state of Amazonas, in the east is Mato Grosso, ...

, Wanderson made his senior debuts with hometown's

, being crowned champions of

Campeonato Rondoniense The Campeonato Rondoniense is the football league of the state of Rondônia, Brazil. Between 1945 and 1990, the league was an amateur competition. The professional league started in 1991. Format First Division *First stage: double round-ro ...

while aged just 17. After three years in Paraná representing

Prudentópolis Prudentópolis is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Paraná, in Southern Brazil. As of 2020, it had a population of 52,513 people. It is the center of the Ukrainian community in Brazil. The Ukrainian city Ternopil is the sister city to ...

, Toledo and Grêmio Maringá, he returned to his native state, signing for União Cacoalense. Wanderson rotated through clubs in the same state, and moved to

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

with São Luiz in 2010. On 29 November 2010 he moved to

Pelotas Pelotas () is a Brazilian city and municipality (''município''), the third most populous in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located 270 km (168 mi) from Porto Alegre, the state's capital city, and 130 km (80.8&nb ...

, but left the club on 26 April of the following year, moving to

Vilhena Vilhena is the easternmost municipality in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 102,211 (IBGE-2020) and its area is 11,519 km2. – IBGE It is the fifth-largest city in Rondônia and has the best HDI in the state (0,771 – ...

. On 7 December 2011 Wanderson joined Chapecoense, in Série C. After achieving promotion to Série B in

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, and made his professional debut on 24 May 2013, starting and scoring the third in a 4–1 away win against Boa Esporte. Wanderson appeared in 30 matches and scored two goals during the campaign, with his side being promoted to Série A for the first time ever. He made his top level debut on 19 April 2014, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 home draw against

Coritiba Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as "Coxa-Branca" or "Coxa", is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest f ...

.Chapecoense e Coritiba param nas faltas e empatam sem gols na estreia (Chapecoense and Coritiba stop in fouls and draw goalless in debut)
Globo Esporte, 19 April 2014

References

External links

AV Assessoria profile
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Wanderson
at ZeroZero {{DEFAULTSORT:Wanderson (footballer, born 1980) 1980 births Living people People from Ji-Paraná Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Canoas Sport Club players Esporte Clube São Luiz players Esporte Clube Pelotas players Associação Chapecoense de Futebol players Esporte Clube Juventude players Sportspeople from Rondônia