Willians (footballer, born 1986)

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Willians
Willians Domingos Fernandes in 2014.
Personal information
Full name Willians Domingos Fernandes
Date of birth (1986-01-29) 29 January 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Praia Grande, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nova Mutum
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, correct as of 11:21, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

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

Career[edit]

Flamengo[edit]

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.[citation needed] In March 2011 Willians renewed his contract again.[3] On 7 June 2012, Willians was confirmed by Udinese. In site of italian side, the player was nicknamed as "pitbull" and "bulldog".[4]

Internacional[edit]

On 11 January 2012, Willians was bought by circa of 2.5 million euros 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[edit]

(Correct as of 12 September 2016)
Club Season League Copa do Brasil Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana State League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Santo André 2007 27 2 - - - - - - - - 27 2
2008 30 3 - - - - - - - - 30 3
Total 57 5 - - - - - - - - 57 5
Flamengo 2009 31 1 6 1 - - 2 0 17 1 56 3
2010 29 0 - - 9 0 - - 12 0 50 0
2011 31 1 6 1 - - 3 0 17 0 57 2
2012 0 0 - - 6 0 - - 8 0 13 0
Total 91 2 12 2 15 0 5 0 54 1 176 5
Internacional 2013 31 3 8 0 - - - - 8 1 47 4
2014 28 0 4 0 - - 1 0 10 0 43 0
Total 59 3 12 0 0 0 1 0 18 1 121 4
Cruzeiro 2015 29 2 0 0 9 0 - - 3 0 41 2
Total 29 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 3 0 41 2
Corinthians 2016 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 9 0 19 0
Total 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 9 0 19 0
Career total 241 12 25 2 28 0 6 0 84 2 414 16

according to combined sources on the Flamengo official website[6] and Flestatística.[7]

Honours[edit]

Flamengo
Internacional

Individual[edit]

References[edit]

  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'".
  5. ^ Inter compra Willians e deve apresentar volante já na segunda-feira (Inter bought Willians and must present the midfielder on monday)
  6. ^ Flamengo official website (in Portuguese)
  7. ^ Flestatística (in Portuguese)

External links[edit]

  • Willians at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br)
  • Willians at Soccerway
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