Goal efficiency
How clinical and direct the player was in front of goal — volume, accuracy, and conversion.
Paulista - A1 · Defender · #0 · Brazil · 33 yrs
Wellington is a defender. Wellington is a Brazilian international, 33 years old, defender. Wellington was born in Bauru, Brazil on 1991-09-30. Wellington is 188 cm cm tall and weighs 85 kg kg. Wellington's Sportra profile tracks season statistics across Paulista - A1, Serie A, Pernambucano - 1, Alagoano, and other leagues. Wellington's page brings together career clubs, trophies, injury history, multi-competition stats, and related news headlines. On Sportra you can explore Wellington season statistics, transfer history, trophies, injury updates, and related news across every competition tracked in the profile.
Defender · #0
| Date | Type | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-12 | Free |  Inter De Limeira |  Athletic Club |
| 2022-12-01 | Free |  Nautico Recife NAU | Inter De Limeira |
| 2022-01-01 | N/A |  CSA CSA | Nautico Recife NAU |
Season intelligence
Profile as Defender: high usage. Archetype: Box-to-box engine. Season rating 7.3.
Scaled 0–99 from season output — map to fantasy, comparisons, or scouting cards.
Per-90 rates, efficiency ratios, and Sportra indices from season totals.
How clinical and direct the player was in front of goal — volume, accuracy, and conversion.
Playmaking output: assists, key passes, and custom chance-creation signals.
Tackles, duels, and off-ball defensive contribution.
Shot-stopping, goals conceded, and penalty saves.
Minutes, availability, and how central they were to the team.
Every tracked category for this league and season, grouped by Sportra.
Motherwell have signed New Zealand goalkeeper Alex Paulsen on loan from Bournemouth, two years after he made a reported £2m move to the Premier League side. The 24-year-old, who was part of his nation's 2026 World Cup squad but did not feature, caught the attention of the English top-flight club after a breakout spell at Wellington Phoenix. Paulsen arrives following fellow goalkeeper Calum Ward's move from Fir Park to Queens Park Rangers and joins international team-mate Elijah Just in Lanarkshire.
In its third presentation in the World Cup, New Zealand heads to the competition being the lowest-ranked national team in it. New Zealand is heading back to the World Cup after missing out on Qatar 2022 following a heartbreaking intercontinental playoff loss to Costa Rica, and the squad arrives on the big stage as one of the ultimate underdogs. Marking only the country’s third-ever appearance at the tournament, the All Whites find themselves fighting an uphill battle when looking at their position in the global pecking order. In the final pre-tournament update of the FIFA Men’s World Ranking, New Zealand sits way down in 85th place with 1,275.58 points. Far removed from their peak rank of No. 47 back in 2002, the All Whites enter the expanded 48-team field as the lowest-ranked nation in the entire tournament, trailing just behind Haiti, who sat at No. 83 before a 1-0 opening loss to Scotland dropped them to No. 84 with 1,277.67 points. Drawn into a brutal Group G, New Zealand faces a daunting task just to survive the opening stage. The next lowest-ranked team in the cluster is Mohamed Salah’s Egypt, loitering at No. 29 with 1,562.36 points, while Iran sits at No. 20 with 1,619.58 points. Sitting comfortably at the top of the group is European powerhouse Belgium, leading the four-team pack at No. 9 in the world with 1,742.23 points. When examining their recent form since punching their ticket to North America, the All Whites have struggled to find a winning rhythm. Since grinding out a 1-0 win over Ivory Coast back in June 2025, the Oceanic nation has endured a rough 11-match stretch, suffering nine defeats alongside one draw and just a single victory, while being outscored by a dismal 20-to-8 margin. Francis de Vries #3 of New Zealand and Wilguens Paugain #24 of Haiti compete for the ball. This tournament marks New Zealand’s first World Cup appearance since South Africa 2010, with Spain 1982 serving as their only other historical cameo. To date, they have posted three draws and three losses across their six total World Cup matches, meaning the 2026 campaign will primarily center on the team’s quest to secure the first tournament win in nation history. Tim Payne: New Zealand’s viral sensation ahead of the World Cup While outside expectations for New Zealand’s on-field success remain muted, an unprecedented wave of social media hype has transformed defender Tim Payne into an overnight celebrity. Playing domestically in the A-League for Wellington Phoenix FC, the right back suddenly became the most-followed player in New Zealand history, eclipsing even standard-bearer and team captain Chris Wood. The viral explosion stems from Argentine influencer Valentin Scarsini, known online as “Elscarso“, who set out on a tongue-in-cheek quest to find the most obscure player in the World Cup field. He picked Payne, sparking a massive internet movement that pushed the defender directly into the global spotlight; the video went viral, driving millions to hit the follow button and pushing Payne past the 5-million follower mark, a bizarre twist that the defender publicly acknowledged and one that might just give the underdogs a unique motivational boost.
The Wellington Phoenix coach reflects on the aftermath of the Olympic spying scandal and leading her team into a first A-League Women’s finals campaignFootball is not the kind of profession that lends itself to time off for birthdays and the like. Especially when you’re preparing to lead Wellington Phoenix into their first A-League women’s finals campaign, as Bev Priestman was last week. Yet, especially when contrasted with last year, when she was still in the midst of a one-year Fifa ban after the spying scandal that engulfed Canada’s women’s football team during the Paris Olympics, being among “her people” turned out to be a gift in and of itself.“It was my 40th birthday [last week],” Priestman says. “And it’s those moments I think to a year ago, and how I felt. Continue reading...
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