Wellingsson de Souza

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 Wellingsson was 20 years old, Hong Kong First Division League champions South China signed him as a youth squad player, with the hope that he would be able to represent Hong Kong after residing in the country for 7 years. Wellingsson played in South China's 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 Rangers, Wellingsson substituted Hinson Leung at the 69th minute and scored at the 88th minute. This was Wellingsson's first goal in the Hong Kong First Division League, helping his club to win the match 5–2. During the summer of 2011, he joined Partizan for a try-out and played 4 friendly games with the first team, but he returned to South China's training camp in South Korea. On 10 April 2012, South China terminated their contract with Wellingsson after the player left Hong Kong without notifying the club in advance.

Yuen Long

On 17 June 2013, Wellingsson returned to Hong Kong and joined newly promoted Hong Kong First Division club Yuen Long for free after being unattached for a year. On 31 August 2013, he netted a brace on his debut for Yuen Long while the match ended…

On 19 October 2021, Wellingsson officially announced that he had received a Hong Kong passport, making him eligible to represent Hong Kong internationally.

Club

South China Hong Kong First Division: 2009–10 Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2009–10 Kitchee Hong Kong Premier League: 2019–20, 2020–21 Hong Kong Sapling Cup: 2019–20