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MIAMI — Wes Welker has a history with Super Bowls.

Wes Welker has a history with Super Bowls and the Giants.

Wes Welker has a history with Super Bowls, the Giants and Eli Manning.

The history is all bad.

“Yeah,’’ Welker said, and shrugged.

This is try No. 4 for Welker, in his first year as the 49ers wide receivers coach. He lost two Super Bowls as a member of the Patriots, both defeats sealed by late fourth-quarter Manning-led drives. Welker made it to another Super Bowl, with the Broncos, following the 2013 season, but his team got hammered by the Seahawks.

The receivers under Welker’s direction know all of this.

“Absolutely, I express it all the time,’’ Welker said. “Shoot, I’ve expressed it even in the spring, how bad of a feeling it is to not win it. Now we’re here and we just got to hone in and be on top of everything and make sure we’re ready to go when the lights hit on Sunday.’’

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Welker, only 5-foot-8, was not drafted but fashioned a Hall of Fame-caliber career. He caught 903 passes and is the only receiver in NFL history with at least three 110-reception seasons and he is the first player to have five 100-reception seasons. But he was unable to haul in the big one.

Welker’s first two Super Bowl losses were agonizingly close. He tied what at the time was a record with 11 receptions in Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz. He caught seven passes in Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis. But he dropped a not great but quite catchable pass from Tom Brady with just over four minutes remaining and the Patriots leading 17-15. Welker got both hands on the ball but could not secure it. If he does, the Patriots have a first down on the Giants’ 20-yard line and everything changes. The drop forced a punt, Manning took over and the rest, as they say, is history.

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Manning retiring last week struck a nerve with Welker.

“He’s been a great player, he’s been a thorn in my side for a long time,’’ Welker told The Post. “He has an amazing career and obviously one of the best quarterbacks of all time with what he’s accomplished and what he’s done. It’s pretty remarkable.’’

Brady on Twitter saluted Manning on his retirement but made sure to add “Not going to lie though, I wish you hadn’t won any Super Bowls.’’

Welker agrees, wholeheartedly.

“We wish he didn’t, but he did, and he did a helluva job,’’ Welker said. “He led some two-minute drives there at the end. Pretty incredible. Such a great legacy he’s left behind.’’

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