Welinton Júnior

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Welinton Júnior
Personal information
Full name Welinton Júnior Ferreira dos Santos
Date of birth (1993-06-08) 8 June 1993
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Portimonense
Number 93
Youth career
2011–2012 Grêmio
2012 Coritiba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Goiás 28 (4)
2015–2016 Joinville 23 (2)
2015 → Paysandu (loan) 18 (4)
2016 → CRB (loan) 23 (5)
2017 Mirassol 13 (1)
2017 → Paysandu (loan) 20 (1)
2018 Ferroviária 11 (0)
2018 Brasil de Pelotas 22 (5)
2019 Coritiba 11 (1)
2019–2020 Desportivo Aves 23 (7)
2020–2023 Portimonense 46 (11)
2021 → Shonan Bellmare (loan) 3 (0)
2023–2024 Gangwon FC 12 (0)
2025– Portimonense 18 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 June 2026

Welinton Júnior Ferreira dos Santos (born 8 June 1993), simply known as Welinton Júnior, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward or right winger for Liga Portugal 2 club Portimonense.

Career

Welinton Júnior played youth-level football for Grêmio and Coritiba before moving to Goiás, where he made his senior debut as a second-half substitute on 30 April 2013 in a Campeonato Goiano game against Aparecidense.[1] He made his national competition debut in the 2013 Copa do Brasil against Fluminense FC on 22 August 2013, deputising for Tartá, who was cup-tied.[2]

In March 2015 he signed a two-year contract with Joinville.[3] Despite playing the majority of games in the 2015 Campeonato Catarinense, he was dropped from the first team after six rounds of the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, and loaned to Paysandu until the end of the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B season.[4] He returned to Joinville having scored 4 goals in 18 games, with a willingness to fight for a place in the team.[5] In June 2016 he was loaned out again, this time to CRB, to play in 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[6]

In January 2017, he moved to play for Mirassol in the Campeonato Paulista.[7] At the end of the competition he signed for a second time for Paysandu, on a six-month contract until the end of 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[8][9]

For the 2018 season he signed for another Campeonato Paulista side for the first half of the year, Ferroviária.[10] For the national league season he moved to Brasil de Pelotas to compete in 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[11]

He signed for Coritiba in January 2019, on a one-year contract.[12]

On 6 August 2025, Welinton returned to Portimonense in Portugal on a one-year contract.[13]

Career statistics

As of 25 November 2023[14]
Club Season League State League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals!AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goiás 2013 Série A 612040———121
2014 1525110—1[a]0—223
Total 2137150—10—344
Joinville 2015 Série A 3010120———151
2016 Série B —101————101
Total 3020220———252
Paysandu 2015 Série B 184—————184
CRB 2016 235—————235
Mirassol 2017 Paulista —131————131
Paysandu 2017 Série B 201—————201
Ferroviária 2018 Série D —110————100
Brasil de Pelotas 2018 Série B 225—————100
Coritiba 2019 605100———111
Desportivo Aves 2019–20 Primeira Liga 237—1211——2510
Portimonense 2020–21 100—10———110
2021–22 125—00———125
2022–23 246—0000——246
Total 4611—1000——4711
Shonan Bellmare (loan) 2021 J1 League 30—3010——70
Gangwon FC 2023 K League 1 90————0090
Career total 1943656512221100026544
  1. Appearance in 2014 Copa Sudamericana.

References

  1. "Com muita água e pouco futebol, Goiás vence Aparecidense e lidera" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 30 January 2013.
  2. "Surpresa no último jogo, Welinton Júnior ganha apoio no Goiás" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 23 August 2013.
  3. "JEC anuncia contratação de atacante Welinton Júnior por duas temporadas" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 March 2015.
  4. "Agente de Welinton Junior confirma acerto do atacante com o Paysandu" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 25 June 2015.
  5. "Após empréstimo, Welinton Júnior volta ao JEC para buscar espaço" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 14 January 2016.
  6. "Regularizado, Welinton Júnior ressalta calor de AL, mas se diz pronto no CRB" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 17 June 2016.
  7. "Welinton Junior apresenta suas armas para brilhar no Paulistão pelo Mirassol" (in Portuguese). Diário Regional. 13 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  8. "Paysandu prorroga contrato de zagueiro e oficializa mais duas contratações" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 11 May 2017.
  9. "Paysandu repatria atacante da Série B de 2015. Anúncio será em breve" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 5 May 2017.
  10. "Ferroviária anuncia atacante que estava no Paysandu" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 19 December 2017.
  11. "Titular do Brasil de Pelotas, Welinton Junior quer ajudar com sua experiência no futebol catarinense para superar o Avaí" (in Portuguese). Ploidoro Júnior. 20 April 2018.
  12. "Coritiba confirma Felipe Mattioni, Fabiano e Welinton Júnior como os primeiros reforços" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 January 2019.
  13. "Alexandre Abel, Welat Cagro e Welinton Júnior são alvinegros" [Alexandre Abel, Welat Cagro and Welinton Júnior are black and white] (in Portuguese). Portimonense S.C. 6 August 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  14. Welinton at Soccerway