Wilde Gomes da Silva, born on 14th January 1981, signed for Barca after a highly successful stint with ElPozo Murcia. In common with virtually all Brazilian futsal stars, Wilde spent his childhood kicking a ball around the streets of his home town Oros Ceará. He turned pro with General Motors at the age of 18, moving to Santos and Banespa il'Ullbra before crossing over to the Spanish league with MRA.
After two seasons he signed for ElPozo Murcia, winning four league titles, the Cup and two Spanish Super Cups in five seasons –three of these titles coming in the last, highly successful, season. He is the Honour Division’s top scorer for the past two seasons with 36 goals in the regular phase (47 including the play-offs) this season, and 35 goals (plus 11 in the play-offs) the season before.
On signing for Barca he told us: "I’d been waiting for this moment for some time; finally I’m in the right place so of course I’m happy. With Barca I hope to contribute to a united squad just as we were in ElPozo”.