Formiga (footballer, born 1976)

Formiga
Personal information
Full name	Wander dos Santos Machado
Date of birth	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
1996	Goiás
1997	Jataiense
1997	Náutico
1999	Santa Cruz
2000	Náutico
2001	Caxias
2002	Goiânia
2002–2003	Shkumbini Peqin
2003–2004	Atromitos
2004–2005	Chalkidona
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[edit]

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[edit]

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

External links[edit]

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[1] Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (11 May 2005). "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF.

[2] Wander Machado at Worldfootball

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