Wendell with Leverkusen in 2014.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wendell Nascimento Borges | ||
Date of birth | 20 July 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Fortaleza, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Bayer Leverkusen | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2011 | Iraty | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011 | Iraty | 11 | (0) |
2012–2014 | Londrina | 40 | (3) |
2012 | → Paraná Clube (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Grêmio (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2014– | Bayer Leverkusen | 70 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2014 | Brazil U20 | 4 | (0) |
2014– | Brazil U23 | 8 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 October 2016 |
Wendell Nascimento Borges (born 20 July 1993), commonly known as Wendell, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left back for German club Bayer Leverkusen.
On 27 February 2014, he signed for Bayer Leverkusen on a 5-year deal.
He made his debut for the team on 15 August, replacing Sebastian Boenisch for the last 19 minutes of a 6–0 win away to sixth-tier SV Alemannia Waldalgesheim in the first round of the DFB-Pokal. His Bundesliga debut came on 21 September, playing the entirety of a 1–4 defeat at VfL Wolfsburg. On 13 March he scored his first goal for the club, opening a 4–0 home win over VfB Stuttgart.
Wendell got his first call up to the senior Brazil side for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia and Venezuela in October 2016.