Petróleo (footballer)

Petróleo
Personal information
Full name	Weverton da Silva Jacinto
Date of birth	25 August 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Serra, Brazil
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
–2015	Rio Branco-ES
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2021	Rio Branco-ES
2019	→ Desportiva-ES (loan)
2020	→ Rio Branco-VN (loan)
2020	→ Boston River (loan)
2022	Unaí
2022	CTE Colatina
2022	Castelo
2023	Tupy-ES
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 January 2024

Weverton da Silva Jacinto (born 25 August 1993), better known as Petróleo is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.

Career

Formed in the youth categories of Rio Branco AC, Petróleo played for the club for most of his career, being state champion in 2015 and Copa ES in 2016.^[1] He was loaned to Desportiva in 2019 and to Boston River in Uruguay in 2020.^[2] In 2021 he became a hero of the club's classification against Sampaio Corrêa in the 2021 Copa do Brasil,^[3]^[4] but in July of the same year his contract was terminated after getting involved in a fight with a supporter carrying a knife.^[5] His last club was Tupy-ES.

Honours

Rio Branco

Campeonato Capixaba: 2015
Copa ES: 2016

References

^ "Diretoria do Rio Branco-ES pretende manter base para 2015". MRV no Esporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ "Rio Branco anuncia a chegada de cinco novos reforços para fase decisiva do Capixabão". Folha Vitória (in Portuguese). 14 October 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ ""Hoje eu sou o herói da partida", diz Petróleo, após gol da classificação na Copa do Brasil 2021". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 11 March 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ "Petróleo em alta! Rio Branco-ES elimina o Sampaio com um a menos na Copa do Brasil". imirante.com (in Portuguese). 10 March 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ "Treino do Rio Branco-ES tem invasão de torcedor armado de revólver e zagueiro com uma faca". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 10 July 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

External links

Petróleo at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)
Petróleo at Soccerway

[1] "Diretoria do Rio Branco-ES pretende manter base para 2015". MRV no Esporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[2] "Rio Branco anuncia a chegada de cinco novos reforços para fase decisiva do Capixabão". Folha Vitória (in Portuguese). 14 October 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[3] ""Hoje eu sou o herói da partida", diz Petróleo, após gol da classificação na Copa do Brasil 2021". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 11 March 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[4] "Petróleo em alta! Rio Branco-ES elimina o Sampaio com um a menos na Copa do Brasil". imirante.com (in Portuguese). 10 March 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[5] "Treino do Rio Branco-ES tem invasão de torcedor armado de revólver e zagueiro com uma faca". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 10 July 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

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