Weslley Patati
Brazilian footballer (born 2003)
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Weslley Pinto Batista (born 1 October 2003), known as Weslley Patati or just Patati, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar.
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Patati in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Weslley Pinto Batista | ||
| Date of birth | 1 October 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Presidente Dutra, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AZ Alkmaar | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Atlético Maranhense | |||
| 2019–2023 | Santos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Santos | 29 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 31 | (12) |
| 2025– | AZ Alkmaar | 21 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Brazil U18 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2021 | |||
Early life
Known as just Weslley at the time, he was born in Presidente Dutra, Maranhão, and began playing for local amateur sides. Due to not having money to buy himself boots, he borrowed ones from other people to play; as they were much bigger than his foot, he was often called Patati, a Brazilian clown from duo Patati Patatá.[1]
Club career
Early career
Patati played for local side Clube Atlético Maranhense before receiving an invitation to play for a club in Jataí, Goiás. After arriving in the city, he was abandoned and spent six months playing in a football school, struggling with hunger before returning to his hometown.[2]
Santos
In December 2019, after a trial period, Patati signed a youth contract with Santos, being initially assigned to the under-17 team.[1] On 11 January 2020, he signed his first professional contract, after agreeing to a three-year deal.[3]
On 13 January 2022, already a regular with the under-20 squad, Patati renewed his contract until the end of 2024.[4] He made his first team debut on 13 July, coming on as a second-half substitute for fellow youth graduate Ângelo in a 1–0 home win over Corinthians (4–1 aggregate loss), for the year's Copa do Brasil.[5][6]
Patati made his Série A debut on 20 July 2022, replacing Léo Baptistão in a 2–0 home win over Botafogo. On 2 October 2023, he renewed his contract until September 2026.[7]
Patati scored his first professional goal on 19 May 2024, netting the opener in a 4–0 Série B home routing of Brusque.[8]
Maccabi Tel Aviv
On 4 September 2024, Santos confirmed the transfer of Patati to Israeli Premier League side Maccabi Tel Aviv,[9] with the player signing a three-year contract.[10] Patati scored his debut goal on 10 November 2024 in a 4–0 league win over Bnei Sakhnin.
AZ Alkmaar
On 28 August 2025, Patati signed a five-year contract with Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar.[11]
Career statistics
- As of 19 March 2026.[12]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Santos | 2021 | Série A | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | Série B | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2024–25 | Israeli Premier League | 31 | 12 | — | 1 | 0 | 7[c] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 13 | |
| 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4[d] | 1 | 1[e] | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Total | 31 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 14 | ||
| AZ Alkmaar | 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 21 | 2 | — | 3 | 0 | 12[f] | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 75 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 115 | 18 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
- Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance(s) in Israel Super Cup
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, five appearances in UEFA Conference League