Willian

Also known as Willian Borges da Silva

Brazilian association football player

OverviewAI-generated

Willian Borges da Silva, known as Willian, is a Brazilian association football player born on August 9, 1988, in Ribeirão Pires. He plays as a wing half and has been a member of several sports teams, including S.C. Corinthians Paulista, FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, and the Brazil national under-20 football team. His career includes participation in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the 2019 Copa América.

The player has competed in the Premier League and represents Brazil in international sport. He stands 175 cm tall and weighs 71 kg. Willian is also associated with the significant event known as the Panama Papers. He speaks Portuguese and has an official website dedicated to his profile.

Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Open Library, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works: 94

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Brazil

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 26,283
Total plays: 285,779

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Sports profile

Sport: Soccer
Team: Grêmio
Position: Left Wing
Nationality: Brazil

via TheSportsDB

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Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Willian Borges da Silva (born 9 August 1988), known mononymously as Willian, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder, winger or wide midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Grêmio.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Willian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.