SOCCER PLAYER

Willian

1988 - Today

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Willian Borges da Silva (born 9 August 1988), known mononymously as Willian, is a Brazilian professional footballer who last played as a winger for Super League Greece club Olympiacos. Willian started his career at Corinthians, before joining Shakhtar Donetsk in August 2007 for a fee of €14 million. In his six years at the club, he won several honours, including four Ukrainian Premier League titles and the UEFA Cup in 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willian has received more than 99,387 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Willian is the 2,324th most popular soccer player (down from 1,255th in 2019), the 476th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 300th in 2019) and the 237th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 99k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Willian ranks 2,324 out of 21,273Before him are Javi Martínez, Zoran Filipović, James Milner, Ehrenfried Patzel, Jean-Luc Ettori, and Rodri. After him are Martim Mércio da Silveira, Henock Abrahamsson, Miranda, Jan Vertonghen, Takumi Minamino, and John Barnes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Willian ranks 53Before him are Papu Gómez, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Nicklas Bendtner, Rui Patrício, James Arthur, and Javi Martínez. After him are Islam Slimani, Sven Ulreich, Zoë Kravitz, Dušan Tadić, Juan Martín del Potro, and Nikola Kalinić.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Willian ranks 476 out of 2,236Before him are Bernardo Rezende (1959), Aloísio Lorscheider (1924), Mano Menezes (1962), Danilo (1991), Luís Mesquita de Oliveira (1911), and Nelson Pereira dos Santos (1928). After him are Martim Mércio da Silveira (1911), Miranda (1984), José Perácio (1917), Romeu Pellicciari (1911), Leonel Brizola (1922), and Aílton (1973).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Willian ranks 237Before him are Vágner Love (1984), Ricardo Rocha (1962), Sávio (1974), Marquinhos (1994), Danilo (1991), and Luís Mesquita de Oliveira (1911). After him are Martim Mércio da Silveira (1911), Miranda (1984), José Perácio (1917), Romeu Pellicciari (1911), Aílton (1973), and Jaú (1909).