Formiga (footballer, born 1976)

Brazilian footballer

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is dos Santos and the second or paternal family name is Machado.

FormigaPersonal information

Full name|  Wander dos Santos Machado
Date of birth|  (1976-04-25) 25 April 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth|  Goiânia, Brazil
Height|  1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)|  Forward
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1996|  Goiás|  |
1997|  Jataiense|  |
1997|  Náutico|  7|  (7)
1999|  Santa Cruz|  |
2000|  Náutico|  |
2001|  Caxias|  |
2002|  Goiânia|  |
2002–2003|  Shkumbini Peqin|  |
2003–2004|  Atromitos|  |
2004–2005|  Chalkidona|  18|  (0)
2005–2006|  Partizani Tirana|  |
2006–2007|  Olympiakos Volos|  |
2007–2008|  Pierikos|  |
2007–2008|  Pelister|  |
2008–2009|  Korinthos|  |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wander dos Santos Machado, commonly known as Formiga, (born 25 April 1976) is a retired footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Brazil, Albania and Greece.

## Club career

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Born in Goiânia, Formiga began playing football with Goiás Esporte Clube. He would play for Santa Cruz Futebol Clube, Clube Náutico Capibaribe and Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul in the Copa do Brasil.

Formiga moved from Goiânia Esporte Clube to Albanian Superliga side KS Shkumbini Peqin in September 2002.

Formiga moved to Greece in July 2003, where he would play for Greek second division side Atromitos F.C. before moving to Greek first division side Chalkidona F.C.[1] Formiga would also play in the second division for Pierikos F.C. and the third division for Olympiakos Volos F.C. and Korinthos F.C. In the season 2007-08 he also played with FK Pelister in the First Macedonian Football League.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (11 May 2005). "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF.
2. ^ Wander Machado at Worldfootball

## External links

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* Globo Esporte's Futpedia
* Guardian's Stats Centre

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