Formiga (footballer, born 1976)

Formiga

Personal information
Full name	Wander dos Santos Machado
Date of birth	(1976-04-25) 25 April 1976
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
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
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

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.. 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..

External links

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