Place of birth Goiania, Brazil Name Wander Santos Playing position Role Footballer | Years Team Height 1.76 m 1996 Goias Position Forward | |
Full name Wander dos Santos Machado Date of birth (1976-04-25) 25 April 1976 (age 39) | ||
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.. In the season 2007-08 he also played with FK Pelister in the First Macedonian Football League.