Vanderlei
Vanderlei is a given name popular in Brazil as well as a surname. The given name derives from the surname, which derives from the Dutch van der Lee. The Brazilian family name Vanderlei and Wanderley, now also used as given names, was introduced in Brazil in 1637 by the Dutch cavalry captain Gaspar/Caspar van Niehof van der Leij, who may have been born in Gummersbach.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Vanderlei José Alves or simply Vanderlei, Brazilian football striker
- Rubens Vanderlei Tavares Cardoso, Brazilian retired left wingback, current assistant manager of Brasil de Pelotas
- Vanderlei Francisco, Brazilian footballer
- Vanderlei de Lima, former long-distance runner who specialised in marathons
- Vanderlei Luxemburgo, Brazilian football manager and former player
- Jean Raphael Vanderlei Moreira, simply known as Jean, is a Brazilian footballer
- Palhinha , Brazilian footballer
- Vanderlei Alves de Oliveira, former Brazilian football player
- Vanderlei Bernardo Oliveira, centre forward and attacking midfielder
- Vanderlei Lázaro, former Brazilian left back
- Vanderlei Silva de Oliveira, former Brazilian football player
- Vanderlei Paiva, Brazilian professional football coach and former player
- Vanderlei Mascarenhas dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
- Vanderlei Farias da Silva, Brazilian footballer
- Vanderlei Fernandes Silva, Brazilian former footballer
- Vanderlei Ramildo Augusto da Silva, former Brazilian goalkeeper
- Rizoneide Vanderlei, former Brazilian long-distance runner
Surname
- João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotegipe, magistrate and Brazilian politician of the Conservative Party
- Nélson Freire Lavanère-Wanderley, Brazilian Minister of Aeronautics