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{{short description|Brazilian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Portuguese name|Pena|de Oliveira}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Weligton
| image = Weligton Robson de Oliveira.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Weligton in 2010
| fullname = Weligton Robson Pena de Oliveira
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|8|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Fernandópolis]], Brazil
| height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| position = [[Centre back]]
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1997–1998 | clubs1 = [[Olímpia Futebol Clube|Olímpia]] | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1998–2000 | clubs2 = [[Campinense Clube|Campinense]] | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3 = 2000–2001 | clubs3 = [[Clube Atlético Jalesense|Jalesense]] | caps3 = | goals3 =
| years4 = 2001–2002 | clubs4 = [[Barretos Esporte Clube|Barretos]] | caps4 = | goals4 =
| years5 = 2002–2003 | clubs5 = [[Paraná Clube|Paraná]] | caps5 = 9 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2003–2006 | clubs6 = [[F.C. Penafiel|Penafiel]] | caps6 = 90 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2006–2008 | clubs7 = [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshoppers]] | caps7 = 30 | goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2007–2008 | clubs8 = → [[Málaga CF|Málaga]] (loan) | caps8 = 38 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2008–2017 | clubs9 = [[Málaga CF|Málaga]] | caps9 = 217 | goals9 = 9
| totalcaps = 384 | totalgoals = 10
| club-update =
}}
'''Weligton Robson Pena de Oliveira''' (born 26 August 1979), known simply as '''Weligton''', is a Brazilian former [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[central defender]].<ref>[https://medium.com/debateepronto/papo-sem-chuteira-weligton-19a20bd88ab0 Papo sem chuteira: Weligton] medium.com</ref>
He started playing professional football already well in his 20s, and spent the vast majority of his career with [[Málaga CF|Málaga]]. He also competed in Portugal and Switzerland.
==Club career==
[[File:Malaga-Zenit 2012 (8).jpg|thumb|left|150px|Weligton in action for [[Málaga CF|Málaga]] in 2012]]
Weligton was born in [[Fernandópolis]], [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]]. He started his professional career with [[Paraná Clube]] at the age of already 23, joining Portugal's [[F.C. Penafiel]] on 13 August 2003 with the club in the [[Segunda Liga|second division]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.uol.com.br/cbf/bid/ti2003.htm|title=Relatório de transferências internacionais|trans-title=International transfers report|publisher=Brazilian FA|language=pt|date=10 December 2004|access-date=1 August 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041208113103/http://www2.uol.com.br/cbf/bid/ti2003.htm|archive-date=8 December 2004}}</ref> After helping it [[2003–04 Segunda Liga|achieve promotion]] to the [[Primeira Liga]], he was first choice for a further two seasons, with relegation befalling in [[2005–06 Primeira Liga|2006]].
Subsequently, Weligton signed with [[Grasshopper Club Zürich]]. After just [[2006–07 Swiss Super League|one season]] in Switzerland, he was loaned to Spanish [[Segunda División|second level]] side [[Málaga CF]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.diariosur.es/prensa/20070621/portada/malaga-llega-acuerdo-central_20070621.html|title=El Málaga llega a un acuerdo con el central brasileño Weligton, del Grasshopper suizo|trans-title=Málaga reach agreement with Brazilian stopper Weligton, from Switzerland's Grasshopper|newspaper=[[Diario Sur]]|first=Antonio|last=Góngora|language=es|date=21 June 2007|access-date=5 May 2016}}</ref> and was an essential defensive unit in another career [[2007–08 Segunda División|promotion]], only missing four league games out of 42.
The move was made permanent on 18 June 2008, as Weligton agreed to a four-year deal. He scored his first goal for the [[Andalusia]]ns on 17 May of the following year against [[Sporting de Gijón]], in a 1–2 away loss.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=253053&cc=5739|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026102617/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=253053&cc=5739|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 26, 2012|title=Sporting Gijón 2−1 Málaga|publisher=[[ESPN FC|ESPN Soccernet]]|date=17 May 2009|access-date=5 July 2011}}</ref>
An undisputed starter again in [[2009–10 La Liga|2009–10]], Weligton suffered a serious ankle injury on 14 March 2010 in a 0–1 defeat at [[UD Almería]], going on to miss the rest of the campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/2010/03/15/futbol/equipos/malaga/1268661984.html|title=Weligton se pierde lo que queda de temporada|trans-title=Weligton loses remainder of season|newspaper=[[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]]|language=es|date=15 March 2010|access-date=2 October 2013}}</ref> He made his 100th league appearance for the club on 16 October, alongside teammate [[Apoño]], in a 1–4 home loss against [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europapress.es/deportes/futbol-00162/noticia-futbol-apono-weligton-cumpliran-real-madrid-partido-numero-100-malaga-20101014132504.html|title=Apoño y Weligton cumplirán ante el Real Madrid su partido número 100 con el Málaga|trans-title=Apoño and Weligton to play 100th game with Málaga against Real Madrid|publisher=[[Europa Press (news agency)|Europa Press]]|language=es|date=14 October 2010|access-date=2 October 2013}}</ref>
After the summer signing of [[Joris Mathijsen]], Weligton found himself more often than not as a [[Substitute (association football)|substitute]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://malaga.eldesmarque.com/malaga-cf/27009-weligton-o-mathijsen|title=Weligton o Mathijsen|trans-title=Weligton or Mathijsen|publisher=El Desmarque|language=es|date=7 December 2011|access-date=5 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.laopiniondemalaga.es/malagacf/2012/03/07/weligton-club-ofrece-ano-ofertas-tres-anos/490756.html|title=Weligton: ´El club me ofrece un año y tengo ofertas de tres años´|trans-title=Weligton: ´The club offers me one year and I have three-year offers´|newspaper=La Opinión de Málaga|first=Miguel|last=Gámez|language=es|date=7 March 2012|access-date=5 May 2016}}</ref> His first league appearance in [[2011–12 La Liga|2011–12]] was on 11 December 2011, in a 1−1 home draw against [[CA Osasuna]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europapress.es/deportes/futbol-00162/noticia-futbol-liga-bbva-cronica-malaga-osasuna-20111211200015.html|title=Crónica del Málaga-Osasuna, 1−1|trans-title=Málaga-Osasuna match report, 1−1|publisher=Europa Press|language=es|date=11 December 2011|access-date=5 May 2016}}</ref> On 15 May 2012, he renewed his contract for a further year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2012/05/16/mas_futbol/1337119240_850215.html|title=Weligton y Gámez amplían sus contratos con el Málaga|trans-title=Weligton and Gámez extend their contracts with Málaga|newspaper=[[Diario AS]]|language=es|date=16 May 2012|access-date=5 May 2016}}</ref>
Weligton broke his [[collarbone]] in a 2013 pre-season [[Exhibition game#Association football|friendly]] with [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] after a shoulder barge from opposing player [[Christian Benteke]]. He was sidelined for several weeks,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/es/match/116163/aston-villa-vs-m%C3%A1laga/report|title=Aston Villa 3–2 Málaga: Weligton cae lesionado en la derrota en Villa Park|trans-title=Aston Villa 3–2 Málaga: Weligton falls to injury in Villa Park defeat|publisher=[[Goal (website)|Goal]]|language=es|date=10 August 2013|access-date=2 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20130810/malaga/weligton-malaga-lesion-clavicula-aston-villa_54378482075.html|title=Weligton se fractura una clavícula y será baja varias semanas|trans-title=Weligton fractures clavicle and will miss several weeks|newspaper=[[Mundo Deportivo]]|language=es|date=10 August 2013|access-date=2 October 2013}}</ref> and on 8 October he agreed to a further two-year extension to keep him at the [[La Rosaleda Stadium]] until June 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malagacf.com/en/new/weligton-extends-his-contract-with-malaga-cf-until-201415/70487|title=Weligton extends his contract with Málaga CF until 2014/15|publisher=Málaga CF|date=8 October 2013|access-date=8 October 2013}}</ref>
Weligton missed the vast majority of the [[2016–17 La Liga|2016–17 season]], due to a [[meniscus (anatomy)|meniscus]] injury to his right knee.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/futbol/malaga/2016/09/21/57e2d41cca4741c9278b4596.html|title=Weligton, operado del menisco de la rodilla derecha|trans-title=Weligton, underwent surgery to right knee meniscus|newspaper=Marca|language=es|date=21 September 2016|access-date=20 February 2017}}</ref> In May 2017, the 37-year-old announced his retirement from football.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://malaga.eldesmarque.com/malaga-cf/malaga-noticias/52719-el-ultimo-tributo-a-los-capitanes-eternos|title=El último tributo a los capitanes eternos|trans-title=The last tribute to the eternal captains|publisher=El Desmarque|language=es|date=21 May 2017|access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.malagacf.com/en/malaga/squad/weligton/1/171 Málaga official profile]
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*{{BDFutbol|6236}}
*{{Soccerway|weligton-robson-pena-de-oliveira/11514}}
*{{Official website|url=http://www.weligton03.com/}} {{in lang|es}}
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