Wellington Gonzaga de Assis Filho (born 5 June 2001), known as Wellington Tim (), Wellington Carioca () or simply Wellington (), is a Brazilian

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who plays for Spanish club Almería B. Mainly a

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, he can also play as a

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Club career

Criciúma

Born in

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, Wellington joined

Criciúma Criciúma is a city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. At , it is located 180 km south of Florianópolis, the state capital and around 900 km south of São Paulo. The city is the center of Brazil's flooring and home materials in ...

's youth setup in 2019, from Hercílio Luz. After playing in the 2020

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, he was promoted to the main squad. Wellington made his first team debut on 2 February 2020, starting in a 1–1

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 ...

home draw against

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Santos (loan)

In September 2020, Wellington joined Santos and was initially assigned to

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; the loan deal until December 2021 was confirmed by Criciúma on 28 October, after Santos' transfer ban was lifted. He made his first team – and Série A – debut the following 26 January, coming on as a half-time substitute for Wagner Leonardo in a 0–2 away loss against

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. Wellington made his

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debut on 30 January 2021, just in the tournament's

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, by replacing

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late into a 0–1 loss against

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. He subsequently featured rarely for the first team, and spent the remainder of his loan spell with the under-20 and under-23 squads.

Almería

After returning from loan, Wellington featured rarely before signing a three-year contract with

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001, when it was renamed ''Unión D ...

on 26 August 2022, being assigned to the reserves in

Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera División RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional divisions ...

Career statistics

References

External links

Santos FC profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wellington Tim 2001 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian footballers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Santos FC players Tercera Federación players UD Almería B players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain