Willians (footballer, born 1986)

Willians
Willians in 2014
Personal information
Full name Willians Domingos Fernandes
Date of birth (1986-01-29) 29 January 1986
Place of birth Praia Grande, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Santos
Santo André
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Santo André 57 (5)
2009–2012 Flamengo 91 (2)
2012–2013 Udinese 5 (0)
2013–2015 Internacional 59 (3)
2015–2018 Cruzeiro 29 (2)
2016 → Corinthians (loan) 11 (0)
2017 → Goiás (loan) 10 (0)
2018 CRB 2 (0)
2019 São Caetano 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Willians Domingos Fernandes (born 29 January 1986), known as Willians, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Career

Flamengo

Born in Praia Grande, São Paulo, Willians debuted for Flamengo playing in the first team in the season opener against Friburguense in the 2009 Rio de Janeiro State League.[1][2]

On the 2009 Brazilian Série A Willians led the league in ball stealing. On 27 January 2010 Willians renewed his contract with Flamengo for another four years, until December 2014, with a release fee set for €10 million. In March 2011 Willians renewed his contract again.[3] On 7 June 2012, Willians was confirmed by Udinese. On the website of the Italian side, he was nicknamed as "pitbull" and "bulldog".[4]

Internacional

On 11 January 2012, Willians was bought by circa of €2.5 million and will defend, in 2013, Internacional, a Brazilian side. He will be a substitute for Guiñazú, who left the club and current is player of Paraguayan side Libertad.[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[6][7]
Club Season League Copa do Brasil Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana State League Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Santo André 2007 272––––272
2008 303––––303
Total 57500000000575
Flamengo 2009 31161–20171563
2010 290–90–120500
2011 31161–30170572
2012 00–60–80130
Total 912122150505411765
Internacional 2013 31380––81474
2014 28040–10100430
Total 59312000101811214
Cruzeiro 2015 2920090–30412
Corinthians 2016 5010400090190
Career total 241122522806084241416

Honours

Flamengo

Internacional

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Arbitragem ajuda, e Flamengo vence o Friburguense no Maracanã (in Portuguese)
  2. ↑ Cuca aprova a estreia de Willians (in Portuguese)
  3. ↑ "Confederação Brasileira de Futebol". bid.cbf.com.br. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Udinese anuncia Willians, ex-Fla, e já apelida atleta de 'Pitbull' e 'Bulldog'". 7 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Inter compra Willians e deve apresentar volante já na segunda-feira (Inter bought Willians and must present the midfielder on monday)". Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  6. ↑ Flamengo official website (in Portuguese)
  7. ↑ Flestatística (in Portuguese)
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