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Wesley

ウェズレイ・モラエス・フェレイラ・ダ・シウヴァ　/　うぇずれい・もらえす・ふぇれいら・だ・しうゔぁ

Association football player from Brazil

November 26, 1996 (age 29)　・　Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Minas Gerais
association football player

My Take

Wesley is the kind of striker I quietly root for. At 191 cm he is built to bully defenders, but what wins me over is the route he took: a small Brazilian club, then Trenčín in Slovakia, then Club Brugge where he stacked two league titles and a young-player award. That is a grafter's path, not a golden-ticket one. Now plying his trade in the Chinese Super League, he carries the body intelligence Europe sharpened in him. I tend to trust players who keep delivering across borders and leagues rather than coasting on hype, and Wesley reads exactly like that to me.

Overview

Wesley Moraes Ferreira da Silva (born 24 November 1996), known as Wesley or Wesley Moraes, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Chinese Super League club Shenzhen Peng City. He began his career at Brazilian side Itabuna before moving to Trenčín in the Slovak Super Liga and subsequently Club Brugge where he won two league titles and was named Belgian Young Professional Footballer of…

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1. Profile

Name (English): Wesley
Name (Japanese): ウェズレイ・モラエス・フェレイラ・ダ・シウヴァ
Reading: うぇずれい・もらえす・ふぇれいら・だ・しうゔぁ
Born: November 26, 1996 (age 29)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Rat
Origin: Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Blood type: Private
Height: 191 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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