Weslen Júnior

Weslen Júnior
Personal information
Full name Weslen Júnior Faustino de Melo
Date of birth (1999-11-12) 12 November 1999
Place of birth Colorado, Paraná, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Rayong
Number 99
Youth career
CA Diadema
2018 Bahia
2019 São Bernardo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 CA Diadema 6 (0)
2019–2020 São Bernardo 6 (0)
2019–2020 → Ararat Yerevan (loan) 24 (4)
2020–2022 Puskás Akadémia II 20 (12)
2020–2022 Puskás Akadémia 12 (0)
2022–2023 SJK II 17 (8)
2023 SJK 4 (0)
2023 Manama 5 (1)
2024–2026 Cherno More 44 (4)
2026– Rayong 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:27, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

Weslen Júnior Faustino de Melo (born 12 November 1999) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Thai League 1 club Rayong.[1]

Career

Weslen Júnior was loaned to Armenian Premier League side Ararat Yerevan in 2019.

He signed with Hungarian NB I side Puskás Akadémia in 2020.[2]

On 16 August 2022, Weslen Júnior signed with SJK in Finnish Veikkausliiga. He was first assigned to their academy squad.[3] One year later, after having made only four appearances with SJK first team in the league, Weslen Júnior departed the club and moved to Bahrain.[4]

Career statistics

As of 20 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ararat Yerevan 2019–20 Armenian Premier League 24410——254
Puskás Akadémia II 2020–21 NB III 86———86
2021–22 126———126
Total 20120000002012
Puskás Akadémia 2020–21 NB I 903010—130
2021–22 301100—41
Total 120411000171
SJK Akatemia 2022 Ykkönen 63———63
2023 11500—41155
Total 178004100219
SJK 2023 Veikkausliiga 40———40
Manama 2023–24 Bahraini Premier League 51———51
Cherno More 2023–24 Bulgarian First League 101———101
2024–25 611110–82
Total 162111000183
Career total 982862204111031

References

  1. ↑ "Tervetuloa Weslen Júnior!". 16 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Conheça Weslen Júnior, o brasileiro que vem se destacando na Hungria" [Meet Weslen Júnior, the Brazilian who has been out-standing in Hungary]. ONEFOOTBALL (in Portuguese). 10 November 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Tervetuloa Weslen Júnior!, sjk.fi, 16 August 2022
  4. ↑ Weslen Júnior siirtyy Bahrainin sarjaan, sjk.fi, 28 August 2023