Willians (footballer, born 1986)

Willians
	Willians Domingos Fernandes in 2014.
Personal information
Full name	Willians Domingos Fernandes
Date of birth	29 January 1986 (age 39)
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
2007–2008	Santo André
2009–2012	Flamengo
2012–2013	Udinese
2013–2015	Internacional
2015–2018	Cruzeiro
2016	→ Corinthians (loan)
2017	→ Goiás (loan)
2018	CRB
2019	São Caetano
	*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

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.^{[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

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

(Correct as of 12 September 2016^[update])

Club	Season	League		Copa do Brasil		Copa Libertadores		Copa Sudamericana		State League		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Santo André	2007	27	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	2
Santo André	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
Internacional	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]

In 2007 and 2008 Willians played for Santo André in the Brazilian Série B.

Honours

Flamengo

Internacional

Campeonato Gaúcho: 2013, 2014

Individual

2011 Campeonato Carioca Best Defensive Midfielder

References

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

External links

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

[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)

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