Wendel Raul Gonçalves Gomes or simply Wendel (born May 25, 1984 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 ...

), is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a

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Career

Corinthians

The

player started his career at

Corinthians The First Epistle to the Corinthians ( grc, Α΄ ᾽Επιστολὴ πρὸς Κορινθίους) is one of the Pauline epistles, part of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-aut ...

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, with which in 2005 he won the Brazilian championship. In 2006, he was sent to

Fortaleza EC Fortaleza Esporte Clube, usually known as Fortaleza, is primarily a Brazilian Football League Teams, football club, but is active in other sports such as futsal, team handball, handball and basketball. Fortaleza Esporte Clube is based in Fortal ...

. Wendel returned to the Corithians in 2007, but after 2 games went to FC Ituano. In the summer of 2007, he moved to the

LASK Linz Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as Linzer ASK () or simply LASK, is an Austrian professional football club, from the Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the Austrian Football ...

. In March and April 2008 he suffered knee injuries, the first of which healed after 11 days, but the second injury required almost 2 months to heal. In his first season in Lask Linz Wendel played 24 games and scored 4 goals. In July 2008 he once again suffered a knee injury. As of 2010 Wendel played for

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Brazil.

"U" Craiova

In February 2011, Wendel signed a contract with the

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n club

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Honours

Corinthians * Série A:

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References

1984 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders São Paulo state football team players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Fortaleza Esporte Clube players Ituano FC players Mirassol Futebol Clube players LASK players FC U Craiova 1948 players Guaratinguetá Futebol players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Liga I players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Footballers at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Footballers from São Paulo {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub