Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Warley Silva dos Santos | ||
Date of birth | 13 February 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Sobradinho, DF, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
|
Botafogo-PB | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997 | Coritiba | 0 | (0) |
1997–1998 | Atlético Paranaense | 18 | (7) |
1999–2003 | Udinese | 37 | (3) |
1999 | → São Paulo (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2000–2001 | → Grêmio (loan) | 19 | (7) |
2003–2004 | São Caetano | 42 | (8) |
2005 | Palmeiras | 22 | (4) |
2006–2007 | Brasiliense | 47 | (16) |
2008 | Náutico | 0 | (0) |
2008 | ABC | 14 | (3) |
2009 | Madureira | ||
2010 | Villa Nova | ||
2011 | Treze | 11 | (7) |
2012 | Campinense | ||
2013 | Botafogo (PB) | ||
2014–2016 | Ríver | 7 | (4) |
2016– | Botafogo-PB | 0 | (0) |
National team | |||
1999–2000 | Brazil U-23 | 12 | (2) |
1999 | Brazil | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 February 2016. |
Warley Silva dos Santos (born 13 February 1978) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Botafogo-PB. Warley spent most of his career at Campeonato Brasileiro Série A but had an unsuccessful career with Italian club Udinese.
Warley started his career at Brazil, and played for Coritiba, Atlético Paranaense before signed by Italian Serie A side Udinese in January 1999. He was loaned to São Paulo until June 1999.
Udinese acquired half of his registration rights from a Uruguayan club Rentistas for US$9M, which in fact was received by his player agent. He signed a contract until 30 June 2003.
He played his first Serie A match on 19 September 1999 as starter, but Udinese lost the match to Juventus 1–4 while Warley went without a goal. He played 15 league matches that season. In September 2000, he followed Udinese traveled to Poland for the UEFA Cup match against Polonia Warsaw. But Polish officials discovered that his Portuguese passport was fake along with team-mate Alberto. Warley was immediately loaned to Grêmio for a year in order to fulfill the non-EU quota. The quota system was abolished in mid of 2000–01 season, but in June 2001, Warley along with 9 others including 3 of his team-mate (Alberto, Jorginho Paulista & Da Silva), countryman Dida were banned for a year, and 3 youths player were banned for 6 months. The ban later reduced, and on 13 January 2002, he played the first league match of the season, along with Sergio Bernardo Almiron replaced Gonzalo Martínez and David Pizarro in the 75th minutes. He played his first start of the season on 3 March that lost 1–2 to Atalanta. As the team had Roberto Sosa, David Di Michele, Vincenzo Iaquinta, Roberto Muzzi and Siyabonga Nomvethe as forward, Warley played 5 more league matches in the 2001–02 season. In 2002–03 season, he played 16 league matches.