Wender (footballer)

Wender
Personal information
Full name Wenderson de Arruda Said
Date of birth (1975-04-17) 17 April 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Guiratinga, Brazil
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 Sport Recife 11 (0)
1995 Botafogo 0 (0)
1996 Sport Recife 0 (0)
1997 Ceará
1998–1999 Democrata-GV
1999–2002 Naval 93 (33)
2002–2005 Braga 92 (23)
2005 Sporting CP 9 (0)
2006–2009 Braga 67 (13)
2008–2009Belenenses (loan) 22 (5)
2009–2011 Ermis 59 (10)
2011–2012 Ethnikos Achna 27 (7)
2012–2013 Aris Limassol 21 (10)
Total 401 (101)
Managerial career
2016–2017 Palmeiras Braga (youth)
2017–2018 Braga (youth)
2018–2019 Braga B
2021 Covilhã
2022 Grêmio Anápolis
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wenderson de Arruda Said (born 17 April 1975), commonly known as Wender, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a forward, currently a manager.

He spent the vast majority of his professional career in Portugal, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 190 matches and 41 goals over seven seasons and representing in the competition Braga, Sporting CP and Belenenses.

Wender retired in 2013 at the age of 38, after spending four years in Cyprus with three clubs. He later worked as a coach, also in Portugal.