Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,654 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #937
Appearances:
26
Starts:
21
Goals:
6
Seasons:
3
Source: Football card #313 Wesley issued by Panini under the Adrenalyn XL 2020-21 series, 2020.
Source: Football card #313 Wesley issued by Panini under the Adrenalyn XL 2020-21 series, 2020.
Wesley
Position
Centre Forward
From
2019-20
To
Current Player
IMAGE CREDIT
Wesley
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
22 | 23 | 24 |
Division
PL | PL | PL |
Appearances
26 |
22 | 3 | 1 |
Starts
21 |
21 | 0 | 0 |
Substitute
5 |
1 | 3 | 1 |
Unused
7 |
2 | 4 | 1 |
Goals
6 |
6 | 0 | 0 |
*Age on opening day of the season
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
FULL SEASON BREAKDOWN
Wesley Moraes Ferreira da Silva
Birth Date
Tuesday, 26 November 1996
Birth Place
Juiz de Fora
Birth Country
Brazil
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Club Brugge KV
From
For
£22,500,000
On
Monday, 1 July 2019
Previous Clubs
2014 Itabuna Esporte Clube (BA) |
2015-16 AS Trenčín, Slovakia, Free |
2016-19 Club Brugge KV, £900k |
Loans Out
2021-22 Club Brugge KV, 28 Aug 21 to 2 Jan 22
Division 1, 1 (3) | 0 |
2022-23 Sport Club Internacional, 6 Jan 22 to 1 Jan 23 |
Transfer Out
To
Current Player
For
Current Player
On
Current Player
Subsequent Clubs
Current Player
Source: Football card #313 Wesley issued by Panini under the Adrenalyn XL 2020-21 series, 2020.
Source: Football card #313 Wesley issued by Panini under the Adrenalyn XL 2020-21 series, 2020.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
2019- Aston Villa, £22.5m, 21 (5) | 6 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
Dean Smith |
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 10 August 2019
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 10 August 2019
Tottenham Hotspur (a), Premier League
DEBUT
First Goal
Friday, 23 August 2019
Final Appearance
Current Player
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Current Player
Honours
Plays for the Villa
Height
(6 ft 3 in) 1.91 m
Foot
Right
International Team
Brazil
Wesley
Player #937 for Aston Villa, Wesley Moraes Ferreira da Silva, known as Wesley has played as a centre forward for the club since the 2019-20 season.
Wesley was born in Juiz de Fora, Brazil on 26 November 1996 and made his Villa debut at the age of 22 on Saturday, 10 August 2019 in the Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur.
Villa had signed Wesley from Club Brugge KV in July 2019 for Villa’s then club record fee of £22,500,000.
Following his debut Wesley was an ever present starter in the Premier League making 20 starts through to Wednesday, 1 January 2020 when after scoring to win the game for Villa at Turf Moor he was tackled by Burnley defender Ben Mee causing severe ACL damage which ruled Wesley out for the remainder of the season.
In an unpleasant twist of fate Villa ‘keeper Tom Heaton also suffered ACL damage in that game but whilst Heaton returned to the Villa squad a year on - making the substitutes bench for the 3-0 win over Crystal Palace on 26th December 2020 - Wesley injury was yet to heal with a likely return date of later in the 2020-21 campaign after being named in Villa’s 25 man Villa squad for the season with Dean Smith reporting “It’s a box ticking exercise now, his aerobic cap has been built but it’s withstanding different pressures on the knee.”
During his debut season for Villa, Wesley had scored 5 goals in 21 appearances.
Wesley returned to full training in February 2021 with the 24-year-old striker having been out of action for almost 14 months since suffering his ACL injury.
Dean Smith revealed: “Wesley had manipulation last week and he looks a lot better and has been on the training ground with us already. That will continue and I’m hopeful for progression with Wes.”
Wesley played 45 minutes in a behind closed doors friendly during the international break in March 2021 - a match that represented his firs return to ‘competitive’ action after 15 months out. However a subsequent injury setback delayed his return to the first team squad once again.