Willean Lepo
Brazilian footballer
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Willean Bernardo Willemen (born 16 January 1997), known as Willean Lepo or Willean Lepu, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as either a right-back or a defensive midfielder for Criciúma, on loan from Vitória.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Willean Bernardo Willemen | ||
| Date of birth | 16 January 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Criciúma (on loan from Vitória) | ||
| Number | 97 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014 | Americano | ||
| 2015 | Cabofriense | ||
| 2016 | Macaé | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Macaé | 39 | (1) |
| 2018 | → Bahia (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Bahia | 8 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | → Novorizontino (loan) | 29 | (2) |
| 2021–2024 | Novorizontino | 119 | (1) |
| 2024– | Vitória | 28 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Goiás (loan) | 42 | (1) |
| 2026– | → Criciúma (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 April 2026 | |||
Career
Lepo was born in Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, and represented the youth sides of Americano, Cabofriense and Macaé. After making his first team debut with the latter in the 2016 Série C, he became an undisputed starter in the 2018 Campeonato Carioca.
On 29 May 2018, Lepo moved to Bahia on loan, and was initially assigned to the under-23 squad.[1][2] He was promoted to the main squad for the 2019 season, signing a permanent deal,[3] but was rarely used afterwards.
On 6 July 2020, Lepo was loaned to Novorizontino until the end of the 2021 Campeonato Paulista.[4] After helping in their promotion to the Série C, he signed a permanent deal with Tigre in May 2021.
On 30 November 2022, after establishing himself as a starter as Novorizontino achieved another promotion, Lepo renewed his contract with the club.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 5 February 2024[6]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Macaé | 2016 | Série C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2017[7] | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | Série D | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 18 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 40 | 1 | ||||
| Bahia | 2018 | Série A | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Novorizontino | 2020 | Série D | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 2 | |||
| 2021 | Série C | 21 | 1 | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
| 2022 | Série B | 28 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | 33 | 0 | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | 52 | 0 | |||||
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 97 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 145 | 3 | ||||
| Career total | 118 | 3 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 192 | 5 | ||