Willean Bernardo Willemen (born 16 January 1997), known as Willean Lepo or Willean Lepu, is a Brazilian
footballer
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who plays as either a
right-back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
or a
defensive midfielder for
Novorizontino.
Career
Lepo was born in
Campos dos Goytacazes,
Rio de Janeiro, and represented the youth sides of
Americano,
Cabofriense and
Macaé. After making his first team debut with the latter in the
2016 Série C, he became an undisputed starter in the
2018 Campeonato Carioca
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.
On 29 May 2018, Lepo moved to
Bahia on loan, and was initially assigned to the under-23 squad. He was promoted to the main squad for the 2019 season, signing a permanent deal, but was rarely used afterwards.
On 6 July 2020, Lepo was loaned to
Novorizontino until the end of the
2021 Campeonato Paulista The 2021 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 120th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. The competition was played from 28 February to 23 May 2021.
In addition, it was also deci ...
. After helping in their
promotion to the
Série C, he signed a permanent deal with ''Tigre'' in May 2021.
On 30 November 2022, after establishing himself as a starter as Novorizontino
achieved another promotion, Lepo renewed his contract with the club.
Career statistics
References
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1997 births
Living people
Footballers from Campos dos Goytacazes
Brazilian men's footballers
Men's association football fullbacks
Men's association football midfielders
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players
Macaé Esporte Futebol Clube players
Esporte Clube Bahia players
Grêmio Novorizontino players