William Artur de Oliveira
William Artur de Oliveira (born 20 October 1982) is a Brazilian football former player, and current coach with Zenit St.Petersburg.
 Oliveira as coach with Zenit St. Petersburg in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Artur de Oliveira | ||
| Date of birth | 20 October 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder / Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Zenit St.Petersburg (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Palmeiras | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002 | Caldense | ||
| 2003 | Serra Negra | ||
| 2004 | Cascavel | ||
| 2005 | Nacional de Rolândia | ||
| 2005 | Puebla | ||
| 2006 | Águia Negra | ||
| 2006–2007 | FK Srem | 38 | (0) |
| 2008 | OFK Beograd | 22 | (7) |
| 2009–2010 | Amkar Perm | 9 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Shinnik Yaroslavl (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2010–2012 | Dynamo Bryansk | 55 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Ufa | 54 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2015–2017 | Ufa (interpreter) | ||
| 2017–2019 | Ufa (assistant) | ||
| 2019– | Zenit St.Petersburg (coach) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career
Club
Born in São Bernardo do Campo, William spent his early career playing with Associação Atlética Caldense with whom he will win the 2002 Campeonato Mineiro. Afterwards he played with Serra Negra in São Paulo, Cascavel Clube Recreativo[1] and Nacional de Rolandia. Then he moved to Mexico to join Puebla F.C. in 2005.[2] That year the club finished top of the Mexican Primera División A becoming the 2005 Apertura champions.
In 2006, he was back to Brazil playing with Esporte Clube Águia Negra but by the end of the year he will move again abroad, this time to play with Serbian First League side FK Srem. His good exhibitions called the attention of Serbian SuperLiga club OFK Beograd who brought him in January 2008.
He scored seven league goals in 22 matches in the Serbian top flight with OFK and by the winter break of the 2008-09 season he was moving to Russia to join Premier League side FC Amkar Perm. He also spent few months with Shinnik Yaroslavl, before joining Dynamo Bryansk in the summer of 2010. He stayed two years in Bryansk, collecting 56 league appearances and scoring one goal. In July 2012, he signed a two-year contract with Ufa.
Coaching
On 15 January 2019, FC Ufa announced that William had left his coaching role with Ufa to take up a similar role with Zenit St.Petersburg.[3]
Career statistics
- As of match played 20 September 2014[4]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Amkar Perm | 2009 | Russian Premier League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl (loan) | 2010 | Russian National League | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 20 | 1 | |
| Dynamo Bryansk | 2010 | Russian National League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
| Total | 55 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1 | ||
| Ufa | 2012–13 | Russian National League | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15 | Russian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 137 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 143 | 3 | ||
References
- Guerreiros do Norte at net10.com.br, retrieved 4-4-2015 (in Portuguese)
- William at Zerozero
- Виллиам переходит в тренерский штаб Зенита. fcufa.pro/ (in Russian). FC Ufa. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- "William". uk.soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
External links
- William Artur de Oliveira at Sambafoot
- William Artur de Oliveira at Soccerway