José Willams da Silva Mendonça (born 5 August 1983), known as Willams, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a

left midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. He spent most of his career in Portugal, amassing totals of 27 games and one goal over the course of two

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

seasons and adding 118/8 in the Segunda Liga.

Club career

Born in Maceió, Alagoas, Willams was a youth product at

Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano, commonly referred to as Corinthians Alagoano, was a Brazilian professional football club based in Maceió, Alagoas. The team last participated in the Campeonato Alagoano in the 2013 season, before merging with ...

, making his debuts as a senior in 2005. On 5 July of the same year he moved abroad, being loaned to

Gil Vicente FC Gil Vicente Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Gil Vicente, founded in 1924, is a Portuguese football club that plays in Barcelos. It competes in the Primeira Liga, the top division of football in the country, and it is named after the Portugues ...

. Willams made his

debut on 27 August 2005, starting in a 2–0 away win against S.L. Benfica. He scored his first goal in the category on 25 September, netting the last in a home success over F.C. Paços de Ferreira that ended with the same scoreline. On 21 June 2006, Willams was loaned to Paços de Ferreira in a season-long deal. However, after appearing rarely, he signed a permanent one-year deal with Segunda Liga side F.C. Vizela on 26 May 2007. In 2009, Willams signed a one-year contract with C.D. Trofense also in the second level. He made his league debut for the club on 16 August, starting and scoring the last in a 3–0 home win over

A.D. Carregado Associação Desportiva do Carregado, commonly known as just Carregado, is a Portugal, Portuguese Association football, football club based in Carregado, a parish of Alenquer Municipality, Portugal, Alenquer, Lisbon. Founded in 1950, it currently ...

. On 29 June 2010, Willams moved to Romania after agreeing to a one-year deal with FC Brașov. His first appearance in the Liga I occurred on 26 July, in a 1–0 success at ASA Târgu Mureș. Willams returned to Portugal in 2011, and spent two years with

Associação Naval 1º de Maio Associação Naval 1º de Maio or Associação Naval 1893, commonly known as Naval, is a Portuguese football club based in Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District. Founded on 1 May 1893, it plays in the Division of Honour in the Coimbra Football Associ ...

and

C.D. Feirense Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chair ...

, both in the second tier. He subsequently resumed his career in

Campeonato Nacional de Seniores The Campeonato de Portugal (Portuguese for 'Championship of Portugal') is the fourth level of the Portuguese football league system. Together with the third-tier Liga 3, it is organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The Campeonato ...

, representing F.C. Famalicão,

S.C. Espinho Sporting Clube de Espinho, also known as Sporting de Espinho, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Espinho in the Aveiro district. Besides football, the club has volleyball and handball departments that usually compete in the major Po ...

and AD Fafe.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Willams 1983 births Living people People from Maceió Brazilian footballers Association football midfielders Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Gil Vicente F.C. players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players F.C. Vizela players C.D. Trofense players Associação Naval 1º de Maio players C.D. Feirense players F.C. Famalicão players S.C. Espinho players AD Fafe players Liga I players FC Brașov (1936) players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Romania Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Sportspeople from Alagoas