Willian

Willian is the kind of footballer I have always appreciated more the longer I watch him. The teenage move from Corinthians to Shakhtar for a then-huge fee could have inflated his ego, but instead he became one of the most quietly reliable wide players of his generation, trusted for years at the highest level. He is not the flashiest dribbler, yet his intelligence and tireless work make him the player coaches lean on. Seeing him return to Brazil with Gremio feels fitting, a veteran bringing his craft home. The loyalty implied by that number 88 he keeps wearing tells you something about the man.

Name (English)

Willian

Name (Japanese)

ウィリアン・ボルジェス・ダ・シウヴァ

Reading

うぃりあん・ぼるじぇす・だ・しうゔぁ

Born

August 9, 1988 (age 38)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dragon

Origin

Ribeirão Pires, São Paulo, Brazil

Height

175 cm

Occupation

association football player

• Official sitehttps://willianwebsite.com.br/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/willianborges88/
• Xhttps://x.com/willianborges88
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willian%20(footballer%2C%20born%201988)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%20(%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73480

Tags

• São Paulo
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.