Willian Gama

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Willian Gama
Personal information
Full name Willian Patrick Gama Oliveira
Date of birth (2000-06-30) 30 June 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
Concón National
Youth career
2011–2017 Santiago Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2023 Santiago Wanderers 50 (1)
2023Deportes Limache (loan) 10 (0)
2024– Concón National 0 (0)
International career
2017 Chile U17 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2017

Willian Patrick Gama Oliveira (born 30 June 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Concón National. Born in Brazil, he is a youth international for Chile.

Club career[edit]

He joined the Santiago Wanderers youth system at the age of 11. Even though he was promoted to the professional squad at the age of 17 in September 2017,[1] he made his official debut in a 2018 Primera B match against Unión San Felipe.[2][3] Along with Santiago Wanderers, he got promotion to Chilean Primera División after becoming 2019 Primera B champion.[4]

For the 2023 season, he joined on loan to Deportes Limache,[5] winning the league title.[6] At the end of the season, his contract with Santiago Wanderers ended.[7]

In 2024, he joined Concón National in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.[8]

International career[edit]

He has represented Chile U17 at two friendly matches against USA U17, at the 2017 South American U-17 Championship – Chile was the runner-up – and at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[9]

Also, he played all the matches for Chile U17 at the friendly tournament Lafarge Foot Avenir 2017 in France, better known as Tournament Limoges, where Chile became champion after defeating Belgium U18[10] and Poland U18[11] and drawing France U18.[12]

Personal life[edit]

Born in Brazil to Brazilian parents, he came to Chile along with his mother at the age of 9, arriving in San Felipe.[9] Later, he acquired the Chilean nationality on 2014.[1]

Honours[edit]

Santiago Wanderers

Deportes Limache

Chile U17

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Gabriel Rojas y Willian Gama firman contrato profesional y ya se encuentran a disposición de Nico Córdova ¡Éxito muchachos!" (in Spanish). Santiago Wanderers. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  2. ^ Willian Gama at Memoria Wanderers
  3. ^ "Marcador Virtual: Santiago Wanderers vs. Unión San Felipe". AlAireLibre.cl (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Consejo de Presidentes declaró campeón a S. Wanderers y le otorgó el ascenso a Primera". AlAireLibre.cl (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  5. ^ Arévalo, Joaquín (19 January 2023). "Tiene 42 años, enfrentó a la U de Sampaoli y a Ronaldinho: ahora quiere ser campeón en Segunda División". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  6. ^ Zavala, Jaime (8 September 2023). "¡Histórico! Deportes Limache se corona campeón de la Segunda División y asciende a la Primera B". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Santiago Wanderers anunció la salida de cuatro jugadores". SoyChile (in Spanish). 10 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  8. ^ Concón National (24 January 2024). "WILLIAN GAMA LLEGA A CONCÓN". www.facebook.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Los 2 'extranjeros' de la Rojita que jugarán el Mundial de India" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  10. ^ "La Roja Sub 17 debutó con una victoria en torneo en Francia" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  11. ^ ""Ganar fue un premio a lo que generó el equipo y al esfuerzo de esta selección"" (in Spanish). ANFP. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  12. ^ "La Roja Sub 17, un campeón a máxima velocidad en Francia" (in Spanish). ANFP. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

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