Wendell Nascimento Borges
This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Nacsimento and the second or paternal family name is Borges.
 Wendell with Leverkusen in 2014. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wendell Nascimento Borges | ||
| Date of birth | 20 July 1993[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Fortaleza, Brazil[1] | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2011 | Iraty | 11 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Londrina | 40 | (3) |
| 2012 | → Paraná (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Grêmio (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2014– | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014– | Brazil U21 | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 March 2015. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Wendell Nascimento Borges (born 20 July 1993),[1] commonly known as Wendell, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left back for German club Bayer Leverkusen.
Club career
On 27 February 2014, he signed for Bayer Leverkusen on a 5-year deal.[3]
He made his debut for the team on 15 August, replacing Sebastian Boenisch for the last 19 minutes of a 6–0 win away to sixth-tier SV Alemannia Waldalgesheim in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.[4] His Bundesliga debut came on 21 September, playing the entirety of a 1–4 defeat at VfL Wolfsburg.[5] On 13 March he scored his first goal for the club, opening a 4–0 home win over VfB Stuttgart.[6]
Honours
- Brazil U20
Individual
- Best Campeonato Paranaense full-back (1): 2013[7]
Other honours
- Londrina
- Campeonato Paranaense do Interior (1): 2013
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Wendell". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ↑ "Wendell Nascimento Borges". SoccerPunter.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ↑ "Bayer 04 sign Wendell on five-year deal". Bayer04. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ↑ "Tor-Gala von Kießling - Mainz mit nächster Blamage" [Kießling's goal-fest - Mainz with next disgrace]. Goal.com (in German). 15 August 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ↑ "Match report from Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen". Sky Sports News. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ↑ "Bayer Levkn 4-0 VfB Stuttgart". BBC Sport. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ↑ Marinho Saldanha (5 June 2013). "Grêmio contrata melhor lateral esquerdo do Paranaense, que chega na 5ª" [Grêmio sign Paranaense's best full-back, who arrives on the 5th] (in Portuguese). UOL. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
External links
| ||||||