Wélton Araújo Melo

Wélton
Personnel
Surname	Wélton Araújo Melo
birthday	April 17th 1975
place of birth	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
size	182 cm
position	Striker / midfielder
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1994	Fluminense FC
1995	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro
1995	America FC
1996	New England Revolution	29 0(3)
1997-1998	Los Angeles Galaxy	69 (28)
1999-2000	Miami Fusion	46 (12)
2001	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	25 0(6)
2002	Paraná Clube
2003	Fredrikstad FK	24 0(5)
2004-2005	Seattle Sounders	48 (14)
1 Only league games are given.

Wélton Araújo Melo , or Wélton for short , (born April 17, 1975 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil ) is a Brazilian football player.

Career

Wélton began his career with Fluminense FC in 1994 . In 1995 he moved to Flamengo Rio de Janeiro . From 1996 he played in Major League Soccer at the newly founded club New England Revolution , where he was under contract for one season. On March 10, 1998, he signed a contract with Los Angeles Galaxy . In the 1999/2000 season he moved to the club Miami Fusion , in April 2001 he got a contract with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds . In 2002 he moved to the Brazilian club Paraná Clube , a year later to the Norwegian club Fredrikstad FK . At the end of his career he signed on April 4, 2004 for the season a contract with the Seattle Sounders .

In 1995 he played a game in the Brazilian national soccer team in the youth class.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PLUS: SOCCER - METROSTARS; Trades Clear Path For Foreigners nytimes Written June 2, 1999, accessed September 7, 2015
2. ↑ Surprise, Surprise, Surprise! ( Memento of February 5, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) uslfans written on April 27, 2001, accessed on September 7, 2015 (English)

Web links

• mamvs.narod (English, Russian)
• sambafoot (English)