Personal information | |||
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Full name | Weverson Eron Maldonado Saffiotti | ||
Date of birth | 7 January 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Caraguatatuba, Brazil | ||
Date of death | 11 August 2006 | (aged 19)||
Place of death | São Lourenço da Serra, Brazil | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2006 | São Paulo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2006 | São Paulo | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 February 2024 |
Weverson Eron Maldonado Saffiotti (7 January 1987 – 11 August 2006), simply known as Weverson, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Playing in São Paulo's youth categories since 1999, Weverson won several titles playing for the club, such as the 2001 Gothia Cup and 2002 Campeonato Paulista Sub-15. In 2006, he was promoted to the club's professional team, training as fourth goalkeeper.
Weverson died in a car accident, on 11 August 2006, suffered alongside another São Paulo reserve goalkeeper, Bruno Landgraf, who ended up paraplegic (and later became a Paralympic sailor), and the Finasa Osasco volleyball player Natália Lani Sena Manfrim who also died, in addition to Clarisse Peixoto and Paula Carbonari who left without major injuries. [1] [2] [3]