Wellingsson de Souza

Wellingsson de Souza

235px
Personal information
Date of birth	(1989-09-07) September 7, 1989
Place of birth	Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Wingback / Winger
Team information
Current team	Southern District FC
Number	11
Youth career
2005–2006	Ponte Preta
2006–2007	São Caetano
2007–2008	Corinthians
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Sumare
2009	Brasilis
2009–2012	South China
2013–2015	Yuen Long
2015	Southern District
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 Nov 2015

Wellingsson de Souza (born September 7, 1989), known as Wellingsson or Souza, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club Southern District FC.

Football career

Early career

Wellingsson played for some Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football team youth squads before, such as Associação Atlética Ponte Preta, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista and Associação Desportiva São Caetano.

South China

When Souza was 20 years old, Hong Kong League champion South China signed him as a youth squad player, with the hope that he will be able to represent Hong Kong national football team after 7 years.

Souza played in South China reserve team at the beginning. His debut match for the first team was against Sun Hei on 2 February 2010 when he substituted Kwok Kin Pong at the 86th minute.

On 7 March 2010, in the match against Fourway Rangers, Souza substituted Hinson Leung at 69' and scored at 88'. This was Wellingsson de Souza's first goal in Hong Kong First Division League, and helped South China to win the match 5-2.

During the summer of 2011, he had joined Partizan for a try-out and returned to South China's training camp in South Korea.

On 10 Apr 2012, he terminated the contract with South China.

Yuen Long

On 17 June 2013, Wellingsson joined newly promoted Hong Kong First Division club Yuen Long for free after being unattached for a year. On 31 August 2013, Souza netted a brace on his debut for Yuen Long; the match finished 2-2.

Honours

South China AA

• Hong Kong First Division League: 1

2009–10

• Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield: 1

2009–10

External sources

• Profile in HKFA.