Welington Wildy Muniz dos Santos (born 21 April 1991 in

Bauru Bauru () is a Brazilian municipality located in the interior of São Paulo state, recognized as the most populous city in the Central-West region of São Paulo. It is one of the 19 municipalities comprising the Bauru Immediate Geographic Region ...

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

), commonly known as França, is a Brazilian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

defensive midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

for Noroeste. França played with

Coritiba Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as heCoxa, is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909 by German immigrants, it is the olde ...

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 material ...

and Noroeste before making his debut in

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...

with

Figueirense FC 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 fo ...

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* 1991 births Living people Footballers from Bauru Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Criciúma Esporte Clube players SE Palmeiras players Figueirense FC players Londrina Esporte Clube players Hannover 96 players Clube do Remo players Brusque Futebol Clube players Boa Esporte Clube players Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira) players Esporte Clube Noroeste players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub