Willian Gama
Personal information
Full name Willian Patrick Gama Oliveira
Date of birth (2000-06-30) 30 June 2000
Place of birth Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
2011–2017 Santiago Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2023 Santiago Wanderers 50 (1)
2023 → Deportes Limache (loan) 10 (0)
International career‡
2017 Chile U17 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 September 2023
‡ 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. Born in Brazil, he is a youth international for Chile.

Club career

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]

International career

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.[8]

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[9] and Poland U18[10] and drawing France U18.[11]

Personal life

Born in Brazil to Brazilian parents, he came to Chile along with his mother at the age of 9, arriving in San Felipe.[8] Later, he acquired the Chilean nationality on 2014.[1]

Honours

Santiago Wanderers

Deportes Limache

Chile U17

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Los 2 'extranjeros' de la Rojita que jugarán el Mundial de India" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "La Roja Sub 17 debutó con una victoria en torneo en Francia" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  10. ↑ ""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.
  11. ↑ "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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