Wellington Manzoli

Wellington Gonzaga de Assis Filho (born 5 June 2001), known as Wellington Manzoli or Wellington Tim, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Amazonas.

Wellington Manzoli

Personal information
Full name	Wellington Gonzaga de Assis Filho
Date of birth	(2001-06-05) 5 June 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back, left-back
Team information
Current team	Amazonas
Youth career
2018	Portuguesa-RJ
2019	Hercílio Luz
2019–2020	Criciúma
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2022	Criciúma	3	(0)
2020–2021	→ Santos (loan)	3	(0)
2022–2023	Almería B	19	(2)
2023	Feirense	2	(0)
2024	Boavista	4	(0)
2024	Paranavaí	7	(1)
2024–	Amazonas	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:58, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Criciúma

Born in Rio de Janeiro,^[1] Wellington joined Criciúma's youth setup in 2019, from Hercílio Luz.^[2] After playing in the 2020 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, he was promoted to the main squad.^[3]

Wellington made his first team debut on 2 February 2020, starting in a 1–1 Campeonato Carioca home draw against Marcílio Dias.^[4]

Santos (loan)

In September 2020, Wellington joined Santos and was initially assigned to the B-team;^[5] the loan deal until December 2021 was confirmed by Criciúma on 28 October, after Santos' transfer ban was lifted.^[6] He made his first team – and Série A – debut the following 26 January, coming on as a half-time substitute for Wagner Leonardo in a 0–2 away loss against Atlético Mineiro.^[7]

Wellington made his Copa Libertadores debut on 30 January 2021, just in the tournament's Final, by replacing Felipe Jonatan late into a 0–1 loss against Palmeiras.^[8] He subsequently featured rarely for the first team, and spent the remainder of his loan spell with the under-20 and under-23 squads.

Almería

After returning from loan, Wellington featured rarely before signing a three-year contract with UD Almería on 26 August 2022, being assigned to the reserves in Tercera Federación.^[9]

Feirense

On 21 July 2023, Liga Portugal 2 side Feirense announced the permanent signing of Wellington.^[10] He only featured in two matches for the club before terminating his contract.^[11]

Boavista

On 3 January 2024, Wellington returned to Brazil, joining Boavista for the 2024 Campeonato Carioca.^[11]

Career statistics

As of 5 August 2024^[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			State league		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Criciúma	2020	Série C	0	0	2	0	1	0	—		—		3	0
	2022	Série B	1	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		1	0	2	0	2	0	—		—		5	0
Santos (loan)	2020	Série A	1	0	—		—		1[a]	0	—		2	0
	2021		0	0	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	—		4	0
Almería B	2022–23	Tercera Federación	19	2	—		—		—		—		19	2
Feirense	2023–24	Liga Portugal 2	2	0	—		0	0	—		0	0	2	0
Boavista	2024	Carioca	—		4	0	—		—		—		4	0
Paranavaí	2024	Paranaense Série Prata	—		7	1	—		—		—		7	1
Amazonas	2024	Série B	0	0	—		—		—		—		0	0
Career total			23	2	15	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	41	3

1. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores