Willyan 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]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Cova Piedade
Number 4
Youth career
2015 Flamengo
2016 → Botafogo (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Desportiva 5 (1)
2017 Votuporanguense 6 (1)
2017– Cova Piedade 28 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:46, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

Willyan da Silva Rocha (born 27 January 1995) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Cova Piedade as a defender.

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. 1 2 3 4 "Votuporanguense contrata zagueiro do Grêmio [Votuporanguense hires Grêmio's defender]" (in Portuguese). Votu News. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. 1 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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