Footballer Welliton Soares de Morais was born in 1986, October 22. He is now known for playing for the Turkish club Mersin Idmanyurdu. At the same time, the athlete hails from Brazil. In general, a lot of interesting facts are connected with it, and this is worth telling in more detail.
Carier start
The football player Welliton de Morais began his career in a club called “Bandeirant” (the city of Birigus). But at the age of sixteen, FC Goias invited him to his place. Welliton showed himself very well in the match held in the framework of the São Paulo Youth Cup. In the draw he scored seven goals! As a result, he was recognized as the top scorer of the tournament. By the way, a man, who is a very famous footballer in the past, invited de Morais to the team. It was Jose Fernando Polozzi. He at that time coached the youth team of FC Goias.
At the end of 2005, Welliton Soares de Morais began playing for the main team. Then he signed the first professional contract for four years. True, he did not start very well - in the first match he was removed from the field due to the fact that he began a fight with the opponent's defender. Subsequently, he was disqualified for three matches. And in the first game after the punishment he again got into a fight. And again it was deleted. After the incident, the Brazilian was very sorry about his temper. He scored his first goal in 2006, May 20 - then “Goias” played against FC “Atletico Paranaense”. In that game, the Brazilian team won. And after 8 days, he went to the base and scored a double into the goal of “San Cayetano”. And then “Goias” won. For his first season, footballer Welliton de Morais scored 10 goals and helped the team take 8th place in the Brazilian championship.
Other offers
Footballer Welliton de Morais became the leading player of Goias. He was distinguished by an excellent game - he acted on the entire front of the attack, still in the center and in the depth of the attack. He formed an excellent bond with his teammate Sousa, who acted in the center of the attack. Very soon, he became the top scorer in the Brazilian championship.
At the end of the first season, many clubs in his state became interested in him. However, he dreamed of playing abroad. He received an offer from the Swiss “Basel”, but the amount of $ 4,000,000 did not suit the leadership of Goias. Instead, the football player Welliton de Morais went on loan to Ituano.
Mid 2000s
In his second season at Goias, Welliton became the leading forward of his team. He scored a lot, which finally attracted the attention of foreign clubs. Of particular interest were the Russian teams. 2.2 million dollars was offered by the Moscow Dynamo, 7,000,000 - Lokmotiv. And “Spartak” offered a multi-year contract. Dynamo Kyiv also showed interest, but this option was not even considered as possible. In the end, “Spartak” was chosen. Both parties have drawn up a preliminary agreement. But the “Locomotive” did not appease: the leadership has offered not 7, but 8 million dollars. Then Saint-Etienne appeared on the horizon. The leadership of the French team also wanted to see in their ranks such an athlete as the football player Welliton Soares de Morais. And Basel made a second offer.
But in the end, de Morais became a player in “Spartacus”, signing a contract for five years. Transfer cost Muscovites 6 million euros, plus bonuses (about 2,000,000 euros). By the way, Welliton himself said that he agreed to go to Spartak, for the most part due to the fact that this club participates in the Champions League. And this is very important for any football player.
Welliton in Russia
The footballer played his first match with Spartak on 5 August. Then the Muscovites beat FC “Tom” (the score was 3: 2). The second game was held in Samara. And she was scandalous. Because of the fans! They stretched out a banner with an inscription with a racist meaning: “11th number is only for Tikhonov - Monkey Go Home”. The 11th number, as you know, was given to Welliton. The figure, by the way, is his favorite.
The club management was indignant and said that such tricks dishonored Spartak, and all Russian football together with the country. Many fans supported de Morais by buying T-shirts with greetings and approving quotes. At the next match, which Spartak played against Celtic, there were other banners, the words flaunted on them: “Welcome to Spartak!” Welcome to Europe! ” Welliton really liked it.
And the Brazilian scored the first goal in 2007, on August 25, in a match against FC Rubin. True, he soon dropped out for a month due to microfracture of the thigh muscles. But then he returned. And in 2008, in 10 games, he scored six goals for Spartak. True, once in a match against FC Khimki, he pushed his shoulder against the chief referee. This was not liked by his teammates. And the reason for the conflict was that Welliton did not understand the decision of the arbitrator. Due to lack of knowledge of the language. After the incident, they talked to him and strongly recommended learning Russian.
Careers at other clubs
Welliton has been playing Spartak for 7 years. The footballer spent 104 matches for the Russian team, scoring 57 goals. He spent a year at Gremio as a rental player. He played only 5 matches, spending a total of 60 minutes on the field. The next team was “São Paulo” (also as a rental player).
But in 2014, on January 31, the Brazilian was rented by the Spanish “Celta”. There he played only one match, and then came on as a substitute in the 87th minute of the match. Then the player was bought by the Turkish FC “Mersin Idmanyurdu”. And to this day, de Morais plays for this team. Now he has 45 matches and 15 goals.
Interesting Facts
The biography of Welliton Soares is very interesting. Each month, the Brazilian sends money to his family to support them financially. He married, by the way, at the age of 16 years (!) On his girlfriend Monica. The football player met her in 2002 at the birthday of his friend. In honor of mother and lover, he has a tattoo on each arm. After five years of dating, the girl gave birth to his son. The boy was named Kayu. And in honor of him, Welliton got a tattoo. In 2007, in September, Monica moved with her Kayu to Russia, to her husband. There they lived, renting an apartment near the Schukinskaya metro station. But in the fall of 2009, Monica returned to Brazil.
After his wife left, Welliton, a footballer who did not have time to divorce, started an affair with Victoria Boney. On her first day of acquaintance, she proposed to marry her. Bonya believed that the head coach of FC Spartak was against their relationship. He spoke badly about the former participant of Dom-2 and allegedly interfered in the personal life of the football player. But, in principle, this does not matter already, since young people broke up long ago.