Welliton - TheSportsDB.com

Home / Sport / Soccer / _No League Soccer / _Retired Soccer / Welliton

Name
Welliton

Thumb

Image Source: Unknown report

User Rating

(1 users)

Complete

50%

Born
1986 (37 years old)

Birth Place

Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil

Position
Centre-Forward

Status

Ethnicity

Team Number

Height
177 cm

Outfitter

Kit

Side

Agent

Wage Year

Player Cutout

Player Action Render

Sport

Soccer

Team
_Retired Soccer

2nd Team

League
_No League Soccer

Creative Commons Artwork
No

Description
Available in:

Welliton Soares de Morais (born 22 October 1986), or simply Welliton, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward. During his time at Spartak Moscow, Welliton was a very prolific scorer and won the Russian Premier League top scorer title in the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
Welliton has not been called up by Brazil and has expressed interest in representing Russia.
After playing in Russia for over three years, Welliton said it would be an honour to play for the national team, citing his preparation as a reason. However, Welliton's decision to play for Russia was met with a mixed reception, with then Russia's captain Andrey Arshavin and Leonid Fedun arguing against having Welliton in the squad, while the president of Russian Football Union, Sergey Fursenko, Miroslav Romaschenko and public opinion in Russia supported Welliton to play for the national side.
In November 2011 Spartak Moscow announced they were in the process of helping Welliton acquire a Russian passport. Should Welliton represented the Russia national team, he would be the first foreign footballer born outside of Russia to do so. However, the process of never happened.
Born and raised in Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil, Welliton grew up in poor family and has two older brother and a younger sister. On 27 July 2007, Welliton became a father when his wife, Monica, gave birth to a son, Kayu. Welliton and Monica were married when they were sixteen. Welliton also has a tattoo on his left arm with his mother name, Yolanda.
In May 2014, Welliton was arrested for driving under influence in Spain. Welliton was charged and had his driving revoked, in addition, of 9000 euros.