| Wellington Rato | |
| Fullname: | Wellington Soares da Silva |
| Birth Date: | 28 June 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Japeri, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.72m |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder |
| Currentclub: | São Paulo |
| Clubnumber: | 27 |
| Youthclubs1: | Audax |
| Years1: | 2012–2014 |
| Clubs1: | Audax Rio |
| Caps1: | 22 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 2014 |
| Clubs2: | → Guaratinguetá (loan) |
| Caps2: | 5 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs3: | Dom Bosco |
| Caps3: | 12 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs4: | Red Bull Brasil |
| Caps4: | 20 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs5: | Caldense |
| Caps5: | 15 |
| Goals5: | 4 |
| Years6: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs6: | Sampaio Corrêa |
| Caps6: | 34 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs7: | Joinville |
| Caps7: | 13 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs8: | Ferroviário |
| Caps8: | 22 |
| Goals8: | 7 |
| Years9: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs9: | Atlético Goianiense |
| Caps9: | 100 |
| Goals9: | 21 |
| Years10: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs10: | → V-Varen Nagasaki (loan) |
| Caps10: | 23 |
| Goals10: | 7 |
| Years11: | 2023– |
| Clubs11: | São Paulo |
| Caps11: | 32 |
| Goals11: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 18:02, 28 September 2023 (UTC) |
Wellington Soares da Silva (born 18 June 1992), known as Wellington Rato, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for São Paulo.
Wellington Rato was born in Japeri, Rio de Janeiro, and finished his formation with Audax. He made his senior debut with affiliate side Audax Rio in the 2012 Copa Rio, scoring eight goals for his side.
After leaving the club in December 2014, Wellington Rato subsequently represented Dom Bosco, Red Bull Brasil and Caldense before joining Sampaio Corrêa in the Série C in July 2017.[1] He helped the side achieve promotion to the Série B in his first season, but subsequently started to feature sparingly.
On 18 December 2018, Wellington Rato was presented at Série D's Joinville,[2] Roughty one year later, he moved to Ferroviário in the third division,[3] where he became a regular starter.
On 27 September 2020, Wellington Rato agreed to a contract with Atlético Goianiense of the Série A.[4] He made his top tier debut on 8 October, coming on as a second-half substitute for Chico in a 0–3 away loss against São Paulo.
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Audax Rio | 2012[5] | Carioca Série B | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13[6] | 8 | 13 | 8 | ||||
| 2013 | Carioca | — | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||||||
| 2014 | — | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | — | 22 | 2 | — | — | 13 | 8 | 35 | 10 | ||||||
| Guaratinguetá (loan) | 2014 | Série C | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Dom Bosco | 2015 | Mato-Grossense | — | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||||
| Red Bull Brasil | 2015 | Série D | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 2016 | Paulista | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15[7] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||||
| Caldense | 2017 | Série D | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | 15 | 4 | ||||
| Sampaio Corrêa | 2017 | Série C | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
| 2018 | Série B | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7[8] | 1 | 25 | 1 | |||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | 34 | 1 | ||||
| Joinville | 2019 | Série D | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Ferroviário | 2020 | Série C | 7 | 4 | 15 | 3 | — | — | — | 22 | 7 | ||||
| Atlético Goianiense | 2020 | Série A | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 49 | 7 | 74 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 162 | 24 | |||
Sampaio Corrêa
2018Atlético Goianiense