Wendel (footballer, born 1997)

Marcus Wendel Valle da Silva (born 28 September 1997), commonly known as Wendel, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg. He plays as a central midfielder, an attacking midfielder or a left midfielder.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Valle and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
Wendel
Wendel in Zenit, August 2021
Personal information
Full name Marcus Wendel Valle da Silva
Date of birth (1997-08-28) 28 August 1997
Place of birth Duque de Caxias, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number 8
Youth career
Tigres do Brasil
2016–2017 Fluminense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Fluminense 33 (5)
2018–2020 Sporting CP 54 (4)
2020– Zenit Saint Petersburg 38 (5)
National team‡
2019–2020 Brazil U23 12 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 July 2021

Club career

Fluminense

Wendel started his professional career in Tigres do Brasil's youth team. He became a regular starter in Fluminense's midfield.

Sporting CP

He signed a contract with Sporting Clube de Portugal in January 2018, valid until 2023, with a termination clause, with Fluminense receiving 10% of the money. Wendel initially had difficulty adapting to the tempo and tactics of European football which led to low playing time during the early campaign. However, after the appointment of Marcel Keizer as manager of the club, Wendel became a usual starter. In the beginning of December, Wendel suffered a left knee sprain which sidelined him for 2 months.

Zenit Saint Petersburg

On 6 October 2020, Wendel joined Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg on a five-year contract.[2]

Career statistics
As of match played 12 December 2021[3][4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Others Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fluminense 2017 Série A 33550—819[lower-alpha 1]1557
Sporting 2017–18 Primeira Liga 40000000—40
2018–19 211514130—333
2019–20 2830040601[lower-alpha 2]0393
2020–21 10000020—30
Total 544518111010796
Zenit 2020–21 Premier League 15210—40—202
2021–22 17300—611[lower-alpha 3]0244
Total 325100010110446
Career Total 119141118129211117819
  1. Appearances in Campeonato Carioca
  2. Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  3. Appearance in Russian Super Cup

Honours

Sporting

Zenit Saint Petersburg

References
  1. Wendel at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Wendel is a Zenit player!". FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. Wendel at Soccerway
  4. Wendel's statistics
  5. "Sensational Zenit storm to the title with utterly dominant thrashing". Russian Premier League. 2 May 2021.
  6. "«Зенит» – восьмикратный чемпион Тинькофф РПЛ!" [Zenit is the eight-times winner of Tinkoff RPL] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 30 April 2022.
  7. "Zenit canter to second consecutive Super Cup win over error-strewn Lokomotiv". Russian Premier League. 17 July 2021.
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