Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Willams da Silva Mendonça [1] | ||
Date of birth | 5 August 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Maceió, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2005 | Corinthians-AL | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2005–2007 | Corinthians-AL | ||
2005–2006 | → Gil Vicente (loan) | 23 | (1) |
2006–2007 | → Paços Ferreira (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2007–2009 | Vizela | 54 | (4) |
2009–2010 | Trofense | 25 | (4) |
2010–2011 | Braşov | 24 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Naval | 27 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Feirense | 12 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Famalicão | 26 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Espinho | 13 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Fafe | 39 | (1) |
Total | 247 | (10) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2022 |
José Willams da Silva Mendonça (born 5 August 1983), known as Willams, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a left midfielder.
He spent most of his career in Portugal, amassing totals of 27 games and one goal over the course of two Primeira Liga seasons and adding 118/8 in the Segunda Liga.
Born in Maceió, Alagoas, Willams was a youth product at Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano, making his debuts as a senior in 2005. On 5 July of the same year he moved abroad, being loaned to Gil Vicente FC. [2]
Willams made his Primeira Liga debut on 27 August 2005, starting in a 2–0 away win against S.L. Benfica. [3] He scored his first goal in the category on 25 September, netting the last in a home success over F.C. Paços de Ferreira that ended with the same scoreline. [4]
On 21 June 2006, Willams was loaned to Paços de Ferreira in a season-long deal. [5] However, after appearing rarely, he signed a permanent one-year deal with Segunda Liga side F.C. Vizela on 26 May 2007. [6]
In 2009, Willams signed a one-year contract with C.D. Trofense also in the second level. He made his league debut for the club on 16 August, starting and scoring the last in a 3–0 home win over A.D. Carregado. [7]
On 29 June 2010, Willams moved to Romania after agreeing to a one-year deal with FC Brașov. [8] His first appearance in the Liga I occurred on 26 July, in a 1–0 success at ASA Târgu Mureș. [9]
Willams returned to Portugal in 2011, and spent two years with Associação Naval 1º de Maio [10] and C.D. Feirense, [11] both in the second tier. He subsequently resumed his career in Campeonato Nacional de Seniores, representing F.C. Famalicão, [12] S.C. Espinho and AD Fafe. [13]