| Willian | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Willian Borges da Silva | |
| Date of birth | August 9 1988 | |
| Place of birth | Ribeirão Pires, Brazil | |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 81⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2004-2005 | Corinthians | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2005-2007 2007- |
Corinthians Shakhtar Donetsk |
37 (2) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Willian Borges da Silva or simply Willian (born 9 August 1988 in Ribeirão Pires), is a Brazilian right-sided Attacking Midfielder.
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Career
He started his professional career at Corinthians in 2006 and made his first professional debut against América-SP helping Timão avoid relegation to Brazilian Série B. In 2007 he has become one of the stars of Timão, wearing the 10 shirt of Corinthians and scoring his first 2 goals against Atlético-PR on 2nd August 2007 [[1]]. On August 23, 2007 he signed a 5-year contract with Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk [[2]].
National Team U20
As a member of the U-20 Brazil team, he made his debut in U-20 South-American Championship against Chile on January 7, 2007 which Brazil went on to win. In 2007 he was also selected for the FIFA U-20 World Cup[[3]], but Brazil were eliminated in Quarter-Finals by Spain.
Honours
Club Honours
National Team Honours
Contract
- 23rd August 2007 to 30th June 2012
Statistics
| cambada de viado | Season | Campeonato Paulista | Brasileirão Série A | Copa do Brasil | Libertadores | Copa Sudamericana | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | 20 | Goals | ||
| Corinthians | 2006 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2007 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
| Total | 17 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | |
Free kick goals
A list of direct free-kicks, scored by Willian whilst at Corinthians:
| # | Match | Competition | Season | Date | Minute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corinthians - Atlético-PR | Série A | 2007 | 2 August 2007 | 52nd |
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Amoroso |
Corinthians 10 shirt 2007 |
Succeeded by Aílton |
External links
- (Portuguese) CBF
- (Portuguese) wikipedia.pt
- (German) fussballtalente
- (Portuguese) zerozero.pt
- (English) footballmercato
- (French) sambafoot
- (Portuguese) placar
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk – current squad |
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1 Shust • 3 Hübschman • 4 Duljaj • 5 Kucher • 7 Fernandinho • 8 Jádson • 10 Vukić • 11 Ilsinho • 12 Shutkov • 13 Shevchuk • 14 Bredun • 15 Pryyomov • 17 Luiz Adriano • 18 Lewandowski • 19 Hai • 20 Byelik • 21 Hladky • 22 Willian • 25 Brandão • 26 Raţ • 27 Chygrynskiy • 28 Polyansky • 30 Pyatov • 33 Srna • 35 Virt • 37 Tkachenko • 55 Yezerskiy • 99 Lucarelli • -- Trusevich • -- Korotetsky • Manager: Lucescu |
