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

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who plays for Portuguese club Feirense as a

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Career

Washington started his career in

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, for a small club

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

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and where, playing along compatriots Alex dos Santos Gonçalves, Elton Martins and Jefferson Madeira, 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

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. He contract was extended until May 2011. After played in 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, 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

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playing in the

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. On 25 April 2015, Washington Santana joined

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. 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 Clube Desportivo das Aves for an undisclosed fee. He will replace Frenchman Kevin Tapoko 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: 2010

References

External sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Washington (footballer 1989) Living people 1989 births Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from São Paulo Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Serbian First League players Primeira Liga players Figueirense FC players Clube Atlético Penapolense players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Joinville Esporte Clube players SE 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 Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen