Wanderson Cristaldo Farias ( bg, Вандерсон Крищалдо Фариаш; born 2 January 1988), simply known as Wanderson, is a professional

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who mostly plays as a winger, but can also play as an

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, for Oeste. Born in Brazil, he plays for the Bulgaria national team. Wanderson played for several clubs in Brazil, including Série A side Portuguesa, before joining Ludogorets Razgrad in 2014 where he won the Bulgarian League title in each of his eight seasons with the club.

Club career

Wanderson began his senior career with

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, but later moved to Iraty. In 2010, he signed with

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. He returned to CENE in 2011, and appeared with the club in Série D, scoring three goals. In January 2012, Wanderson signed with Oeste, scoring his first goal on 3 February, in a 1–1 away draw against Santos. In the same year he was a part of the team which won the Série C, appearing 23 times and scoring four goals. On 23 August 2013, Wanderson signed a contract with Portuguesa. On 14 September he made his Série A debut, starting in a 1–2 away loss against

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. His first top flight goal came eight days later, in a 1–0 away win over

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Ludogorets

On 27 August 2014, after coming on as a late substitute for

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, Wanderson scored a

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for Ludogorets Razgrad in the 1–0 home win over Steaua București to send the Champions League qualifying match into

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. His team won the

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to decide the match after field player

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saved two penalties and Ludogorets advanced to the group stages of the tournament for the first time in their history. On 2 August 2016, Wanderson scored Ludogorets' first European hat-trick in a 4-2 away win against

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that propelled the Eagles into the play-offs of the Champions League. On 6 December 2016, he scored his maiden goal in the groups of the tournament, giving a 2-1 lead, in the eventual 2-2 draw in the away match against

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. In July 2020 Wanderson received a heavy injury in a pre-season game ruling him out for at least 6 months. He returned in training in February 2021. On 3 March he compleated his return in game in a cup match against Tsarsko Selo. Week later he scored the winning goal against Arda Kardzhali in a league match.

International career

Born and raised in Brazil, Wanderson received Bulgarian citizenship in 2017, and subsequently opted to play internationally for the Bulgarian national team. In August 2019 Wanderson received his first call up for

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for the

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match against

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and the friendly match against

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on 7 and 10 September, making his debut in the 0:4 loss against the former.

Career statistics

Club Statistics

International career

Honours

;Oeste *

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;Ludogorets *

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(8): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20,

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, 2021–22 *

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(3): 2018, 2019,

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Personal life

Wanderson has one child from a former wife. He is a devout

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. In August 2019 Wanderson's reaction after a goal goes viral, since he ran to the tribute to kiss his girlfriend, without seeing the offside flag and that the goal was disallowed.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wanderson (footballer, born 1988) 1988 births Living people Footballers from Paraná (state) Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian emigrants to Bulgaria Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Iraty Sport Club players Oeste Futebol Clube players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Sport Club do Recife players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players Men's association football midfielders Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriates in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria