Willyan Rocha

Willyan da Silva Rocha (born 27 January 1995) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender for Portuguese club Portimonense S.C.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is da Silva and the second or paternal family name is Rocha.
Willyan Rocha
Personal information
Full name Willyan da Silva Rocha[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-27) 27 January 1995[1]
Place of birth Espírito Santo, Brazil
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Portimonense
Youth career
2015 Flamengo
2016 → Botafogo (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Desportiva 5 (1)
2017 Votuporanguense 6 (1)
2017–2019 Cova Piedade 45 (3)
2019– Portimonense 56 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Espírito Santo, Rocha started his youth career with the academy of Flamengo in 2015 before signing a professional contract with Desportiva in the following year.[2] On 23 January, he scored a brace in a friendly against Botafogo.[3] He joined Botafogo on a loan deal till December 2017 on 25 July and was assigned to the youth team.[2] On 8 December 2016, he joined Votuporanguense which competed in the Paulista A2.[1] He scored his only goal for the club in a 2–0 home win against Mogi Mirim.[4]

Rocha moved abroad and signed for Portuguese second tier club Cova Piedade in summer of 2017.[5]

References
  1. "Votuporanguense contrata zagueiro do Grêmio [Votuporanguense hires Grêmio's defender]" (in Portuguese). Votu News. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. "Grêmio contrata zagueiro do Desportiva Ferroviária [Grêmio hires defender of Desportiva Ferroviária]" (in Portuguese). Mundo Grenal. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  3. "Zagueiro Willyan, sobre provocação ao Botafogo: "Emoção do momento" [Defender Willyan, on provocation to Botafogo: "Emotional moment"]" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  4. "Votaporanguense 2 - 0 Mogi Mirim" (in Portuguese). Diário de Votuporanga. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  5. "Hoje na 2ª divisão de Portugal, ex-promessa conta por que não ficou no Flamengo [Today in the 2nd division of Portugal, ex-promise tells why he did not stay in Flamengo]" (in Portuguese). ESPN. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
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