Brazilian footballer
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Wanderson Maciel Sousa Campos (born 7 October 1994), known as Wanderson, is 🍋 a Belgian Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Internacional as a left winger.
Club career [ edit ]
Early career [ edit 🍋 ]
Born in Liège, Wanderson joined AFC Ajax's youth setup in 2002, aged eight, as his father was playing for the 🍋 club.
In 2009, again following the father, he joined Beerschot AC.
[4] After progressing through the latter's youth setup, he made his 🍋 first team – and Pro League – debut on 31 October 2012, starting in a 1–3 away loss against Cercle 🍋 Brugge.[5]
Wanderson appeared in six league matches for Beerschot before it was relegated and subsequently declared bankrupt.
On 20 June 2013 he 🍋 signed a two-year deal with Lierse SK,[6][7] after impressing on a trial.[8]
Wanderson made his Lierse debut on 27 July, in 🍋 a 1–2 home loss against Zulte-Waregem, and scored his first professional goal on 23 November, netting the first in a 🍋 4–2 win at Cercle Brugge.
In October 2014 he was linked as a target to the likes of Celtic, Swansea City, 🍋 West Ham United, Queens Park Rangers, Sunderland and Aston Villa,[9] but none of them made any formal bids for the 🍋 player.
Wanderson played for Belgium national under-16 football team in some point.
Getafe [ edit ]
In 2015, after Lierse's relegation, Wanderson failed 🍋 to appear in the club's pre-season; despite Lierse alleging he was under contract,[10] his father alleged he was a free 🍋 agent after receiving a FIFA clearance.
[11] He subsequently went on a trial at Getafe CF in July, signing a contract 🍋 with the club.[12]
Despite being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B, Wanderson was called up for the pre-season with 🍋 the main squad,[13] also scoring a goal against Port Vale.
[14] He made his La Liga debut on 30 August 2015, 🍋 coming on as a second-half substitute for Emi Buendía in a 1–2 home loss against Granada CF.[15]
Red Bull Salzburg [ 🍋 edit ]
Wanderson in action for Red Bull Salzburg
On 1 July 2016, Wanderson signed a three-year deal with FC Red Bull 🍋 Salzburg on a free transfer.
[16] He scored his first goal on 3 August 2016 in the match against Partizani Tirana 🍋 in the UEFA Champions League.
On 19 December 2016, Red Bull Salzburg announced that Wanderson had retroactively been handed a four-month 🍋 suspension by FIFA, that would end on 27 February 2017, due to a breach of the transfer terms during his 🍋 move from Belgian club Lierse to Getafe in the summer of 2015.
[17]Krasnodar [ edit ]
Wanderson with Krasnodar in 2017
On 26 🍋 June 2017, Wanderson signed a five-year contract with the Russian Premier League club FC Krasnodar.
[18] On 3 March 2022, following 🍋 the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Krasnodar announced that his contract is suspended and he will not train with the team, 🍋 but the contract is not terminated and remains valid.[19]
Internacional [ edit ]
On 11 March 2022, Wanderson joined Internacional on loan 🍋 until the end of 2022, with an option to buy.
[20] On 21 December 2022, FC Krasnodar announced that Internacional activated 🍋 their option to buy, making the move permanent.[21]
Personal life [ edit ]
Wanderson is the son of former footballer Wamberto, who 🍋 notably represented Standard Liège and Ajax.
His older brother Danilo is also a midfielder, and was also an Ajax youth graduate.
[22] 🍋 He also holds Belgian nationality.
Career statistics [ edit ]Club [ edit ]
As of 22 September 2020[23]Notes [ edit ]
^ Two 🍋 appearances in relegation play-offsHonours [ edit ]Red Bull Salzburg
