Willian Estefani Machado (born 13 November 1996), known as Willian Machado, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Operário Ferroviário.

Willian Machado
Personal information
Full name Willian Estefani Machado
Date of birth (1996-11-13) 13 November 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Meleiro, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Operário Ferroviário
Number 4
Youth career
2012–2016 Criciúma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Fluminense do Itaum [pt] 13 (5)
2018 Brasil de Pelotas 6 (0)
2019 Maringá 7 (0)
2020 Ferroviário 29 (1)
2021 Botafogo-PB 31 (3)
2022– Operário Ferroviário 92 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:34, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Career

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Born in Meleiro, Santa Catarina, Willian Machado was a Criciúma youth graduate, but failed to make a first team breakthrough. After making his senior debut with Fluminense do Itaum [pt] in the 2017 Campeonato Catarinense Série B, he moved to Série B side Brasil de Pelotas for the 2018 season.

After featuring rarely at Xavante, Willian Machado was presented at Maringá on 12 December 2018.[1] Again rarely used, he signed for Ferroviário roughly one year later.[2]

After establishing himself as a starter for Ferrão, Willian Machado joined Botafogo-PB in February 2021.[3] An immediate first-choice, he left the club in December after not agreeing to a new deal,[4] and subsequently signed a one-year deal with Operário Ferroviário.[5]

On 3 May 2022, Willian Machado renewed his contract with Operário until the end of 2023.[6] A backup option in his first year as the club suffered relegation, he subsequently became a starter as Fantasma returned to the second division at first attempt.

Career statistics

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As of 25 October 2024[7]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fluminense do Itaum [pt] 2017 Catarinense Série B 13 5 13 5
Brasil de Pelotas 2018 Série B 6 0 0 0 6 0
Maringá 2019 Série D 1 0 6 0 7 0
Ferroviário 2020 Série C 15 0 14 1 29 1
Botafogo-PB 2021 Série C 23 1 8 2 9[a] 2 40 5
Operário Ferroviário 2022 Série B 10 1 7 0 1 0 18 1
2023 Série C 23 0 12 1 1 0 36 1
2024 Série B 30 2 10 0 4 0 44 2
Subtotal 63 3 29 1 6 0 98 4
Career total 108 4 70 9 6 0 0 0 9 2 193 15
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste

References

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  1. ^ "A quarta-feira começou com duas novidades.👏👏 Foram apresentados os atletas Romeu e Willian Machado! ⚽⚽" [Wednesday began with two news.👏👏 The athletes Romeu and Willian Machado were presented! ⚽⚽]. Maringá FC (in Brazilian Portuguese). Instagram. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Conheça os laterais esquerdos do Ferroviário para a temporada 2020" [Know the left backs of Ferroviário for the 2020 season] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Ferroviário AC. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Willian Machado diz que influência de Vilar e amor do nordestino pelo futebol o levaram ao Botafogo-PB" [Willian Machado says that Vilar's influence and love of the northeasterner for football took him to Botafogo-PB] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Botafogo-PB tenta, mas não consegue renovar com o zagueiro Willian Machado" [Botafogo-PB try, but cannot renew with stopper Willian Machado] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Operário-PR anuncia a contratação do zagueiro Willian Machado para temporada 2022" [Operário-PR announce the signing of stopper Willian Machado for the 2022 season] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Operário-PR anuncia renovação de contrato com o zagueiro Willian Machado" [Operário-PR announce contract renewal with stopper Willian Machado] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  7. ^ Willian Machado at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 October 2024.