Willian Borges da Silva

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Willian
Personal information
Full name Willian Borges da Silva
Date of birth August 9, 1988 (1988-08-09) (age 19)
Place of birth    Ribeirão Pires, Brazil
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 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
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 20:00, 17 July 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

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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[edit] 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 for 12 million euros [[2]].

[edit] 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.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club Honours

Flag of Brazil Corinthians

Flag of Ukraine Shakhtar

[edit] National Team Honours

Flag of Brazil Brazil U20

[edit] Contract

  • 23rd August 2007 to 30th June 2012

[edit] Statistics

Club Performance
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

[edit] 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

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