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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Souza Arão and the second or paternal family name is Silva.

Willian Arão
Personal information
Full name Willian Souza Arão da Silva
Date of birth (1992-03-12) 12 March 1992 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Flamengo
Number 5
Youth career
2008–2010 São Paulo
2011 Corinthians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Corinthians 10 (0)
2013 → Portuguesa (loan) 13 (0)
2014 → Chapecoense (loan) 2 (0)
2014 → Atlético Goianiense (loan) 13 (0)
2015 → Botafogo (loan) 35 (5)
2016– Flamengo 125 (9)
International career‡
2017 Brazil 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 January 2017

Willian Souza Arão da Silva (born 12 March 1992) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Brazilian Série A club Flamengo, as a defensive midfielder.

Arão started his youth career playing for São Paulo and Corinthians, where he had his first professional experience, although Arão spend most of his following years playing on loan for different Brazilian clubs. Including a very consistent 2015 season with Botafogo winning the 2015 Brazilian Série B.

In 2016 Arão was involved in a very complicated transfer to Flamengo with Botafogo complaining about the way their rivals approached the player. The situation is still to be solved in the Brazilian justice court.[2]

Career

Formed in the São Paulo, Willian was the new reinforcement in midfield of Corinthians in 2011. Featured in the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior in 2011, the player has good quality in the tackle and can exercise its left side.

Botafogo

On 10 January 2015, Willian Arão joined Botafogo on loan until the end of 2015 season.[3][4] At Botafogo Arão had the best season of his career so far playing a total of 58 official matches,[5] including 35 Série B matches scoring 5 goals, culminating with 2015 Série B title.[6] He was one of the team most important players calling the attention of several other Brazilian clubs.

Flamengo

On 1 January 2016, Willian Arão joined Flamengo.[7][8]

On 28 December 2016 Arão signed another three-year contract with Flamengo until December 2019.[9]

In 2018 Arão lost space in the Flamengo's first team and the Brazilian press speculated a possible transfer. On May Internacional showed interest in signing him on loan, although the transfer didn't happened.[10]

On 24 July 2018 Flamengo and Olympiacos agreed Arão's transfer for a sum of €2,5 million.[11] A few days later, the transfer was canceled, since Arão and Olympiacos could not agree on how his salary would be paid.[12]

International career

On 19 January 2017 Arão was called up to the Brazil national team for the first time to play a friendly match against Colombia.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 March 2020.
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Corinthians 2011 Série A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 8 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 9 0
2013 2 0 0 0 0 0 6[a] 0 8 0
Total 10 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 17 0
Portuguesa (loan) 2013 Série A 13 0 0 0 2[b] 0 0 0 15 0
Chapecoense (loan) 2014 2 0 1 0 0 0 13[c] 1 15 1
Atlético Goianiense (loan) 2014 Série B 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Botafogo (loan) 2015 35 5 4 1 0 0 19[d] 1 58 7
Flamengo 2016 Série A 37 4 4 0 2[b] 0 19[e] 3 62 7
2017 30 1 6 0 16[f] 4 15[g] 4 67 9
2018 23 2 3 0 3[h] 0 3[d] 0 32 2
2019 35 2 3 1 10[h] 0 14[i] 2 62 5
2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 10[j] 0 10 0
Total 125 9 16 1 31 4 60 9 233 23
Career total 198 14 21 2 33 4 100 11 352 31
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Campeonato Paulista.
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Campeonato Catarinense.
  4. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.
  5. ^ Fifteen appearances and three goals in Campeonato Carioca, four appearances in Primeira Liga.
  6. ^ Six appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores, ten appearances and three goals in Copa Sudamericana.
  7. ^ Fourteen appearances and four goals in Campeonato Carioca, one appearance in Primeira Liga.
  8. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.
  9. ^ Twelve appearances and two goals in Campeonato Carioca, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup.
  10. ^ Two appearances in Recopa Sudamericana, one appearance in Supercopa do Brasil, seven appearances in Campeonato Carioca.

International

As of 25 January 2017.[14]
Team Season Club Apps Goals
Brazil 2017 Flamengo 1 0
Total 1 0

International appearances and goals

Honours

Club

Corinthians
Botafogo
Flamengo

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Brazil - Willian Arão - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Justiça chama Flamengo, Botafogo e Arão para audiência de conciliação". globoesporte.com. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Botafogo contrata o volante William Arão, ex-jogador do Corinthians". O Dia. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Diego Giaretta e Willian Arão chegam em busca de espaço no Botafogo". globoesporte.com. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Willian Arão mostra surpresa com estrutura do Botafogo". ndonline.com.br. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  6. ^ "É campeão! Botafogo vence em Brasília e conquista a Série B". globoesporte.com. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  7. ^ "10/01/2015 18h10 - Atualizado em 10/01/2015 18h26 Volante do Corinthians é o 11º reforço do Botafogo para temporada". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Willian Arão é o novo reforço do Flamengo". globoesporte.com. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Fla anuncia renovação com M. Araújo; Muralha e Arão ampliam contratos". globoesporte.com. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Sem espaço no Flamengo, volante Willian Arão entra na mira do Inter". globoesporte.com. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Fora de jogo do Fla, Willian Arão é negociado com Olympiacos, da Grécia". globoesporte.com. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Sem negócio: Olympiacos não atende exigências e desiste da contratação de Arão". globoesporte.com. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Com novidades, Tite resgata astros europeus e chama Muralha". 19 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  14. ^ Willian Arão at National-Football-Teams.com
  15. ^ Unwin, Will (23 November 2019). "Flamengo 2–1 River Plate: Copa Libertadores final – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  16. ^ Vickery, Tim (27 February 2020). "Flamengo's Recopa win over Independiente a stepping stone to more glory". ESPN. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Firmino writes Liverpool into Club World Cup history". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  18. ^ "Vasco lidera seleção do Carioca, que ainda traz Ribamar e Willian Arão". Globoesporte.com. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  19. ^ "Gabriel Jesus wins Bola de Prata award for best player in the Brasileirao". Sambafoot.
  20. ^ "Bola de Prata: veja como ficou a seleção do Campeonato Brasileiro 2019" (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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