Wellington Nem

Wellington Silva Sanches Aguiar (born 6 February 1992), known as Wellington Nem, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward.[2]

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Sanches and the second or paternal family name is Aguiar.
Wellington Nem
Wellington Nem playing for Shakhtar in 2013
Personal information
Full name Wellington Silva Sanches Aguiar
Date of birth (1992-02-06) 6 February 1992
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2002–2005 America-RJ
2005–2011 Fluminense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Fluminense 28 (7)
2011 → Figueirense (loan) 26 (9)
2013–2020 Shakhtar Donetsk 47 (9)
2017 → São Paulo (loan) 10 (1)
2019 → Fluminense (loan) 18 (1)
National team‡
2009 Brazil U17 3 (1)
2012 Brazil 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 May 2019

Club career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nem began his professional career at Fluminense. He was loaned out to Figueirense in 2011. His time at the club was very successful. He scored nine times from a second striker position and was awarded the best newcomer of the 2011 Brazilian league, beating Bruno Cortes and Leandro Damião. Upon the expiration of his loan he was returned to the first team at Fluminense.

In his first season at Fluminense, Nem played mostly as a left winger or second striker and managed six goals and eight assists in 34 appearances in an impressive first full season at the club. In the 2013 season, Nem scored two and assisted two more in the first part of the season.

Wellington Nem signed a five-year deal with Ukrainian giants Shaktar Dontesk for a fee believed to be around €8 million in mid-2013. His first season at Shakhtar was a huge disappointment. A lot was expected of the player but he spent most of the campaign on the sideline either injured of benched, playing just 140 minutes of football the whole 2013–14 season and scoring a solitary goal. The next season started similarly, with Nem left off the sides Champions League list and playing just once in the first 13 rounds of the Premier Liga.

Following 2017, Nem is going to play, on loan, for Brazilian side São Paulo FC, in the Brazilian League.[3]

Wellington Nem's professional career took off when Mano Menezes selected him in the pre-list for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 26 June 2020[4][5]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Figueirense 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 26900—3[lower-alpha 1]0299
Fluminense 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 276007[lower-alpha 2]014[lower-alpha 1]3489
2013 11009[lower-alpha 2]19[lower-alpha 1]5197
Total 287001612386716
Shakhtar Donetsk 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League 5100—51
2014–15 83512[lower-alpha 3]0—154
2015–16 92625[lower-alpha 4]0—204
2016–17 70003[lower-alpha 5]01[lower-alpha 6]0110
2017–18 3000—30
2018–19 153402[lower-alpha 3]0—213
2019–20 0000000000
Total 479153110207512
São Paulo (loan) 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 101401[lower-alpha 7]08[lower-alpha 8]0231
Career totals 1112619329135819438
  1. Appearances in the Campeonato Catarinense
  2. Appearances in the Copa Libertadores
  3. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  5. One appearance in the UEFA Champions League, Two appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  6. Appearance in the Ukrainian Super Cup
  7. Appearance in the Copa Sudamericana
  8. Appearances in the Campeonato Paulista

International
National teamYearAppsGoals
Brazil 201230
Total30

Honours

Club
Fluminense
Shakhtar Donetsk

Individual

References
  1. http://shakhtar.com/en/team/player/?id=744
  2. "Wellington Nem vibra com fase: 'O pé direito servia só para subir no ônibus'". Globoesporte.com. O Globo. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  3. São Paulo acerta contratação de Wellington Nem por empréstimo
  4. Wellington Nem at Soccerway
  5. "Wellington Nem » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
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