Wellington Rato
Brazilian footballer (born 1992)
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Wellington Soares da Silva (born 18 June 1992), known as Wellington Rato, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Goiás Esporte Clube.
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Wellington Rato in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wellington Soares da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 28 June 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Japeri, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Goiás (on loan from Vitória) | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Audax | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Audax Rio | 22 | (2) |
| 2014 | → Guaratinguetá (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Dom Bosco | 12 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Red Bull Brasil | 20 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Caldense | 15 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | Sampaio Corrêa | 34 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Joinville | 13 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Ferroviário | 22 | (7) |
| 2020–2022 | Atlético Goianiense | 100 | (21) |
| 2021–2022 | → V-Varen Nagasaki (loan) | 23 | (7) |
| 2023–2024 | São Paulo | 45 | (2) |
| 2025– | Vitória | 14 | (2) |
| 2025– | → Goiás (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 December 2025 | |||
Club career
Wellington Rato was born in Japeri, Rio de Janeiro, and finished his formation with Audax. He made his senior debut with affiliate side Audax Rio in the 2012 Copa Rio, scoring eight goals for his side.
After leaving the club in December 2014, Wellington Rato subsequently represented Dom Bosco, Red Bull Brasil and Caldense before joining Sampaio Corrêa in the Série C in July 2017.[1] He helped the side achieve promotion to the Série B in his first season, but subsequently started to feature sparingly.
On 18 December 2018, Wellington Rato was presented at Série D's Joinville,[2] Roughty one year later, he moved to Ferroviário in the third division,[3] where he became a regular starter.
On 27 September 2020, Wellington Rato agreed to a contract with Atlético Goianiense of the Série A.[4] He made his top tier debut on 8 October, coming on as a second-half substitute for Chico in a 0–3 away loss against São Paulo.
On 2 January 2025, Rato was announced as a reinforcement for EC Vitória.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 6 November 2020.[6]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Audax Rio | 2012[7] | Carioca Série B | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13[a] | 8 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 2013 | Carioca | — | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 2014 | — | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | — | 22 | 2 | — | — | 13 | 8 | 35 | 10 | |||||
| Guaratinguetá (loan) | 2014 | Série C | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Dom Bosco | 2015 | Mato-Grossense | — | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Red Bull Brasil | 2015 | Série D | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| 2016 | Paulista | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15[b] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||||
| Caldense | 2017 | Série D | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | 15 | 4 | |||
| Sampaio Corrêa | 2017 | Série C | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | Série B | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7[c] | 1 | 25 | 1 | ||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | 34 | 1 | |||
| Joinville | 2019 | Série D | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Ferroviário | 2020 | Série C | 7 | 4 | 15 | 3 | — | — | — | 22 | 7 | |||
| Atlético Goianiense | 2020 | Série A | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 49 | 7 | 74 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 162 | 24 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
- Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste
Honours
Sampaio Corrêa
Atlético Goianiense
São Paulo
Goiás
