Wánderson (footballer, born 1986)

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is do Carmo and the second or paternal family name is Carneiro.

Francisco Wánderson do Carmo Carneiro (born 18 February 1986), commonly known as Wánderson (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈwɐ̃ndɐʁsõ]), is Brazilian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or second striker.

Wánderson

Wánderson with Dynamo Moscow in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Wánderson do Carmo Carneiro
Date of birth	(1986-02-18) 18 February 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth	Baturité, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	ES Tiradentes
	Ceará
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006	Fortaleza	7	(0)
2006	→ Ríver Atlético Clube (loan)
2007–2010	GAIS	83	(32)
2010–2011	Al-Ahli	16	(3)
2011	→ GAIS (loan)	18	(5)
2011–2012	GAIS	27	(7)
2012	→ Krasnodar (loan)	11	(7)
2013–2017	Krasnodar	91	(27)
2017	Dynamo Moscow	13	(1)
2018	Alanyaspor	5	(0)
2018–2019	Helsingborgs IF	28	(0)
2021	Atlético Cearense	8	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Wánderson previously played for Swedish club GAIS. He signed a four-and-a-half-year deal in July 2007 with GAIS, coming from Fortaleza. In Allsvenskan 2009 he scored 18 goals, making him top scorer in the league alongside IFK Göteborg player Tobias Hysén.

On 27 July 2010, Wánderson signed a three-year contract with Saudi Arabian team Al-Ahli.^[1]

On 31 March 2011, it was announced that Wánderson would spend the next 6 months on loan at his former club GAIS.^[2]

Krasnodar

On 6 September 2012, Wanderson moved to FC Krasnodar on a six-month loan deal from GAIS, with an option to make the move permanent.^[3] At the end of the 2012–13 Wanderson was joint top goalscorer with Yura Movsisyan on 13 goals. On 13 December 2012, Krasnodar signed Wanderson on a permanent basis, with the striker agreeing a two-year deal, with the option of a third.^[4] At the end of the 2013–14 season Wanderson was named in the end of season "Best 33" list by the Russian Football Union.^[5]

He left Krasnodar upon the expiration of his contract at the end of the 2016–17 season.^[6]

Dynamo Moscow

On 14 June 2017, Wánderson signed with Dynamo Moscow.^[7]

Alanyaspor

On 31 January 2018, he moved to the Turkish club Alanyaspor.^[8]

Helsingborgs IF

On 7 August 2018, Wánderson returned to Sweden signing with Helsingborgs IF in Superettan, the second tier. He signed a contract running until 2021, rejoining Andreas Granqvist, his former teammate at Krasnodar.^[9] He retired in January 2020.

Atlético Cearense

He returned to playing in early 2021 with Atlético Cearense, and retired again in June.

International career

Wánderson indicated that he would be likely to accept a call-up for Russia national team if asked.^[10][11]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[12][13]

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GAIS[13]	2007	Allsvenskan	9	1	0	0	–		–		9	1
	2008		29	9	1	0	–		–		30	9
	2009		30	18	1	0	–		–		31	18
	2010		15	4	2	1	–		–		17	5
	Total		83	32	4	1	0	0	0	0	87	33
Al-Ahli	2010–11	Saudi Professional League	16	3	1	0	–		–		17	3
GAIS (loan)[13]	2011	Allsvenskan	18	5	0	0	–		–		18	5
GAIS[13]	2011	Allsvenskan	8	5	0	0	–		–		8	5
	2012		19	2	1	0	–		–		20	2
	Total		27	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	7
Krasnodar (loan)	2012–13	Russian Premier League	11	7	2	0	–		–		13	7
Krasnodar	2012–13	Russian Premier League	11	6	0	0	–		–		11	6
	2013–14		29	9	4	3	–		–		33	12
	2014–15		15	4	1	1	11	5	–		27	10
	2015–16		22	5	4	0	8	3	–		34	9
	2016–17		14	3	1	0	6	0	–		21	3
	Total		91	27	10	4	25	8	0	0	126	39
Dynamo Moscow	2017–18	Russian Premier League	13	1	1	0	–		–		14	1
Alanyaspor	2017–18	Süper Lig	5	0	0	0	–		–		5	0
Helsingborgs IF	2018	Superettan	8	0	1	0	–		–		9	0
	2019	Allsvenskan	20	0	0	0	–		–		20	0
	Total		28	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	29	0
Career total			292	82	20	5	25	8	0	0	337	95

Honours

• Allsvenskan top scorer: 2009 (shared with Tobias Hysén)
• Russian Premier League top scorer: 2012–13 with 13 goals
• List of 33 top players of the Russian league: 2013–14