Wellington Saci
# Wellington Saci

Wellington Aleixo dos Santos (born 5 January 1985), known as Wellington Saci, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left back for Joinville.

He is named after the folk creature Saci, a one-legged black leprechaun of sorts.

## Biography

Born in Belém, Pará, Wellington Saci started his career at Ananindeua, signed a 1-year contract. He then played for Extrema and Vênus before signed by Remo in May 2007.

In January 2008 he was signed by Itumbiara.

### Corinthians and loans

In May he left for Corinthians, with Itumbiara retained 50% economic rights. An investor "Fair Play Sports" also owned 15%, made Corinthians only 35%. He costed Corinthians R$ 624,000. He won the second division and promoted back to top division. In July 2009 he moved to Atlético Mineiro in 1-year contract. In February 2010 he left for Goiás, finished as the 2010 Copa Sudamericana runner-up.

In January 2011 he left for Sport Recife. In January 2012 he left for Esporte Clube Vitória

## Honours

### Itumbiara

* Goiás state championship: 2008

### Corinthians

* Brazilian Série B: 2008
* São Paulo state championship: 2009
* Brazilian Cup: 2009

### Joinville

* Brazilian Série B: 2014

### individual

* 2008: Chosen as the best player in the state of Goiás Championship

## Career statistics

| Club performance | Club performance | Club performance | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Brazil | Brazil | Brazil | League | League | Copa do Brasil | Copa do Brasil | League Cup | League Cup | South America | South America | Total | Total |
| 2005 | Ananindeua | state (PA) | | | | | ? | ? | | | ? | ? |
| 2006 | Extrema | state (MG) | | | | | ? | ? | | | ? | ? |
| 2007 | Vênus | state (PA) | | | | | ? | ? | | | ? | ? |
| 2007 | Remo | Série B | 24 | 2 | | | | | | | 24 | 2 |
| 2008 | Itumbiara | Série C | 0 | 0 | | | ? | ? | | | ? | ? |
| 2008 | Corinthians | Série B | 18 | 1 | | | | | | | 18 | 1 |
| 2009 | Corinthians | Série A | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | | | 16 | 0 |
| 2009 | Atlético Mineiro | Série A | 5 | 0 | | | | | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2010 | Goiás | Série B | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ? | ? | 8 | 0 | ? | ? |
| 2011 | Sport (PE) | Série B | | | 2 | 1 | 23 | 3 | | | | |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | | | 9 | 1 | ? | ? | 10 | 0 | ? | ? |
