Warley Silva dos Santos (born 13 February 1978) is a Brazilian former
footballer
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who last played as a
forward
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for
Botafogo-PB. Warley spent most of his career at
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...
and had an unsuccessful career with Italian club
Udinese
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.
Club career
Beginnings in Brazil
Warley started his career at Brazil, and played for
Coritiba
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,
Atlético Paranaense
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before signed by Italian Serie A side
Udinese
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in January 1999. He was loaned to
São Paulo
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until June 1999.
Udinese acquired half of his registration rights from a Uruguayan club
Rentistas
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History
In 1971, Rentistas was ...
for US$9M, which in fact was received by his player agent. He signed a contract until 30 June 2003.
Udinese & passport controversy
He played his first Serie A match on 19 September 1999 as starter, but Udinese lost the match to
Juventus
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1–4 while Warley went without a goal. He played 15 league matches that season. In September 2000, he followed Udinese traveled to Poland for the
UEFA Cup
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match against
Polonia Warsaw
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. But Polish officials discovered that his Portuguese passport was fake along with team-mate
Alberto
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. Warley was immediately loaned to
Grêmio for a year in order to fulfill the non-EU quota. The quota system was abolished in mid of 2000–01 season, but in June 2001, Warley along with 9 others including 3 of his team-mate (Alberto,
Jorginho Paulista
Jorge Henrique Amaral de Castro known as Jorginho Paulista or just Jorginho (born 20 February 1980) is a former Brazilian footballer who has played as a left-sided defender or midfielder.
Club career
Udinese and loans
Discovered by PSV afte ...
&
Da Silva
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The name is also widespread in Galician-speaking ...
), countryman
Dida were banned for a year, and 3 youths player were banned for 6 months. The ban later reduced, and on 13 January 2002, he played the first league match of the season, along with
Sergio Bernardo Almiron replaced
Gonzalo Martínez and
David Pizarro
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in the 75th minutes. He played his first start of the season on 3 March that lost 1–2 to
Atalanta
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. As the team had
Roberto Sosa Roberto Sosa may refer to:
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*Roberto Sosa (Argentine footballer) (born 1975), Argentine footballer
*Roberto Sosa (Uruguayan footballer) (born 1935)
*Roberto Sosa (actor)
See also
*Sosa (su ...
,
David Di Michele
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Throughout his playing career, he played for several Italian clubs, and als ...
,
Vincenzo Iaquinta
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Prior to joining Juventus in 2007, he initially played for several smaller Italian clubs, and subsequently moved to Udinese in 2 ...
,
Roberto Muzzi
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During his career, he played for several Italian clubs including A.S. Roma, Pisa Calcio, C ...
and
Siyabonga Nomvethe
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Nomvethe played in several European leagues. Nomvethe represented the South Africa national team from his debut on ...
as forward, Warley played 5 more league matches in the 2001–02 season. In 2002–03 season, he played 16 league matches.
Return to Brazil
In mid-2003, Warley returned to
São Caetano and played two
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
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seasons. In 2005, he swapped to
Palmeiras
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. He signed a one-year contract with
Série B side
Brasiliense in January 2006, and extended for another year on 8 December 2006. In January 2008, he signed a 1-year contract with
Náutico but in August left for Brazilian Série B side
ABC Futebol Clube
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. In January 2009, he signed a contract for the whole
Campeonato Carioca campaign for
Madureira. Warley was released before the start of
Brazilian Série D 2009.
In January 2010, he signed a contract with
Villa Nova for 2010 Campeonato Mineiro.
International career
Warley played 4 matches for
Brazil
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during the
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
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It was won by Mexico, who beat Brazil 4–3 in the final. Mexico be ...
, starting in the group match against
New Zealand
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and also appearing as a substitute during the lost final against
Mexico
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.
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Títulos
; Atlético Paranaense
* Campeonato Paranaense
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Format
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l: 1998
; Grêmio
* Copa do Brasil
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: 2001
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* Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol: 2001
; São Caetano
* Campeonato Paulista
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: 2004
; Brasiliense
* Campeonato Brasiliense de Futebol: 2007
; Treze
* Campeonato Paraibano
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: 2011
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; Campinense
* Campeonato Paraibano
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Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At a ...
: 2012
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; Botafogo-PB
* Campeonato Paraibano
The Campeonato Paraibano is the football league of the state of Paraíba, Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At a ...
: 2013
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, 2017
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* Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
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: 2013
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References
External links
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CBF Profile
futpedia.globo.com
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1978 births
Living people
People from the Federal District (Brazil)
Sportspeople from the Federal District (Brazil)
Brazilian footballers
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Brazil men's international footballers
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Serie A players
Men's association football forwards
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Coritiba Foot Ball Club players
Club Athletico Paranaense players
Udinese Calcio players
São Paulo FC players
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players
Associação Desportiva São Caetano players
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players
Brasiliense FC players
Clube Náutico Capibaribe players
ABC Futebol Clube players
Madureira Esporte Clube players
Villa Nova Atlético Clube players
Treze Futebol Clube players
Campinense Clube players
Botafogo Futebol Clube (PB) players
River Atlético Clube players