Washington Santana da Silva (born 20 January 1989) is a Brazilian

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who plays for Portuguese club

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as a

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Biography

Washington started his career in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

, for a small club

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. He was loaned to

Figueirense Figueirense Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Figueirense, is a Brazilian professional club based in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina founded on 12 June 1921. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third tier of Brazilian ...

in June 2006 but released in October. In August 2008 he left for Serbian club Teleoptik which is the satellite club of Serbian giants

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...

and where, playing along compatriots

Alex dos Santos Gonçalves Alex dos Santos Gonçalves (born 20 May 1990) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Monsoon. Career Born in Porto Alegre, Alex played in the youth categories of Grêmio, before moving abroad to Serbian club Teleop ...

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and

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, in the 2008–09 Serbian League Belgrade, Serbian third tier, have helped the club to finish second thus achieving promotion to Serbian second tier, the

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. After playing with Teleoptik the first half of the

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, in December 2009 he returned to Brazil for Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto, until the end of

2010 Campeonato Paulista The 2010 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 109th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Santos were crowned champions after a 5–5 tie on aggregate score against Santo André ...

. He contract was extended until May 2011. After played in

2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D In 2010, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth division of the Brazilian League, will be contested for the second time in history. The competition has 40 clubs, four of which will eventually qualify to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C t ...

, he left for Tombense in September but immediately loaned to

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club Figueirense. He scored his first goal on 16 January 2011 as a forward, in 2011

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. In 2012, he joined

Cianorte Futebol Clube Cianorte Futebol Clube, more commonly referred to as Cianorte, is a Brazilian professional association football club in Cianorte, Paraná which currently plays in Campeonato Paranaense, the top division of the Paraná state football league. ...

playing in the

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. On 25 April 2015, Washington Santana joined Paraná. On 27 January 2018,

Panionios F.C. Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'') ...

officially announced the signing of defensive midfielder Washington Santana Silva, who was recently released from

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for an undisclosed fee. He will replace Frenchman

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in the squad of experienced manager

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's team. Washington returned to Brasil in August 2018, signing for Vila Nova, before moving across the state to

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in December 2018, for the 2019 season.

Honours

Campeonato Paulista do Interior The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the FPF, the league is contested between 16 clubs and ty ...

: 2010

References

External sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Washington (footballer 1989) Brazilian footballers Figueirense FC players Clube Atlético Penapolense players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Joinville Esporte Clube players Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players FK Teleoptik players C.D. Nacional players C.D. Aves players Panionios F.C. players Vila Nova Futebol Clube players Atlético Clube Goianiense players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Serbian First League players Primeira Liga players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Serbia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Association football midfielders Footballers from São Paulo 1989 births Living people Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal