Wesley Pionteck Souza

Wesley Pionteck Souza (born 14 April 1996), simply known as Wesley, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Botafogo-SP, on loan from Red Bull Bragantino. Mainly a winger, he can also play as a wing back.

Wesley
Personal information
Full name Wesley Pionteck Souza
Date of birth (1996-04-14) 14 April 1996
Place of birth Orlândia, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Botafogo-SP (on loan from Red Bull Bragantino)
Number 24
Youth career
Batatais
Grêmio Barueri
Botafogo-SP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Botafogo-SP 14 (1)
2015–2017 Santos 0 (0)
2016 → Botafogo-SP (loan) 21 (8)
2017–2019 Coimbra 0 (0)
2018 → Santos (loan) 0 (0)
2018 → Botafogo-SP (loan) 5 (0)
2019 → Red Bull Bragantino (loan) 45 (9)
2020– Red Bull Bragantino 1 (0)
2020– → Botafogo-SP (loan) 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2019

Club career

Born in Orlândia, São Paulo, Wesley graduated with Botafogo-SP's youth setup, after being a sprinter when young.[1] He made his senior debuts in 2014, appearing in that year's Copa Paulista.

After being one of the Botafogo's best performers in the 2015 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior (in which the club finished second), Wesley made his professional debut on 31 January, starting and assisting Rodrigo Andrade in a 1–0 away win against Rio Claro for the Campeonato Paulista championship.[2] He scored his first goal on 8 February, netting his team's only in a 1–1 home draw against Ponte Preta.[3]

Wesley finished the tournament with 14 appearances and one goal, and was linked to Flamengo, Palmeiras and Lille OSC.[4] On 27 May, however, it was confirmed that Botafogo-SP had sold the majority of his rights to an investment group, BMG, who placed him with Santos in their Under 23 team.[5]

During the 2017 season, Wesley had a secondary loan spell at his former club Botafogo-SP. He was the top goalscorer for the side during the 2017 Série C. As a result he signed a further loan agreement for the 2018 season with the club.[6][7]

In December he agreed a contract with Bragantino for the 2019 season.[8] He became part of the Red Bull Bragantino squad when CA Bragantino merged with Red Bull Brasil in April 2019.

Career statistics
As of 18 July 2020[9]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Botafogo-SP 2014 Paulista —00——1[lower-alpha 1]010
2015 Série D 00141———141
Total 00141——10151
Santos 2015 Série A 00————00
2016 00———13[lower-alpha 1]0130
Total 00———130130
Botafogo-SP 2017 Série C 12692———218
2018 0050———50
Total 126142———268
Red Bull Bragantino 2019 Série B 325134———459
2020 Série A 000000——00
Total 32513400——459
Career total 441241700001409919
  1. All appearance(s) in Copa Paulista

Honours
Bragantino

References
  1. "Das pistas para o futebol: Wesley fazia atletismo antes de jogar pelo Bota-SP" [From the tracks to football: Wesley did athletics before playing for Bota-SP] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. "Correria, assistência e nota 8: Wesley comemora estreia no Botafogo-SP" [Sprints, assist and rate 8: Wesley celebrates debut at Botafogo-SP] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  3. "Em duelo pouco criativo, Botafogo e Ponte travam objetivos com empate" [In a duel with little creativity, Botafogo and Ponte stall objectives in draw] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  4. "Palmeiras, Flamengo e Lille, da França, disputam Wesley do Botafogo-SP" [Palmeiras, Flamengo and Lille fight for Wesley from Botafogo-SP] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  5. "Botafogo-SP confirma venda de Wesley a grupo de investidores" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 27 May 2015.
  6. ""Wesley está doido para voltar ao Botafogo-SP", diz agente do jogador" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 19 December 2016.
  7. "A vez de Wesley? Acertado com o Bota-SP, artilheiro de 2017 espera titularidade" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 1 January 2018.
  8. "Bragantino acerta contratação do atacante Wesley, ex-Botafogo-SP, para a disputa do Paulistão" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 December 2018.
  9. Wesley at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
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