Willians (footballer, born 1986)

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

Willians

Willians in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Willians Domingos Fernandes
Date of birth	(1986-01-29) 29 January 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth	Praia Grande, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	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

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. 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
		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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
Corinthians	2016	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

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

Honours

Flamengo

• Rio de Janeiro State League: 2009, 2011
• Brazilian Série A: 2009

Internacional

• Campeonato Gaúcho: 2013, 2014

Individual

• 2011 Campeonato Carioca Best Defensive Midfielder