Warley Silva dos Santos (born 13 February 1978) is a Brazilian former

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who last played as a forward for Botafogo-PB. Warley spent most of his career at Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and had an unsuccessful career with Italian club

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Club career

Beginnings in Brazil

Warley started his career at Brazil, and played for

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before signed by Italian Serie A side

in January 1999. He was loaned to

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until June 1999. Udinese acquired half of his registration rights from a Uruguayan club Rentistas 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 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

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match against

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. But Polish officials discovered that his Portuguese passport was fake along with team-mate

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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 &

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), 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 in the 75th minutes. He played his first start of the season on 3 March that lost 1–2 to

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. As the team had Roberto Sosa, David Di Michele,

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and Siyabonga Nomvethe 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 seasons. In 2005, he swapped to

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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

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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

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during the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup, starting in the group match against

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and also appearing as a substitute during the lost final against

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Títulos

; Atlético Paranaense * Campeonato Paranaensel: 1998 ; Grêmio *

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: 2001 * Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol: 2001 ; São Caetano * Campeonato Paulista: 2004 ; Brasiliense * Campeonato Brasiliense de Futebol: 2007 ; Treze *

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: 2011 ; Campinense *

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; Botafogo-PB *

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References

External links

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CBF Profile

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Warley 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