William da Silva Barbosa (born 2 June 1978), known as William or William Barbosa, is a Brazilian former footballer.

Biography

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, William started his professional career in Brazil.

Como

William moved to Europe for Italian '' Serie B'' side Como. That season non-EU quota of Italy was abolished and Como signed William, Douglas Pinto de Castro and Marcelo Luis Alcantara from Santa Catarina state. They followed the footsteps of

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, leaving for Swiss Nationalliga B club Bellinzona in a one-year loan. The team was located in Ticino, the Italian speaking region, bordering

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where Como is located. In the mid-season William returned to Italy. He immediately joined ''

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'' club Carrarese in co-ownership deal. In June 2002 Como bought back William. In July 2002 he left for another third division club

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on loan.

Martina

After

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bought Genoa and transferred numbers of players from Como to Genoa in un-economical price (which Preziosi was banned from football for Daniele Gregori, Carlo Gervasoni and Saša Bjelanović's transfer in 2007), the team was lack of financial source (no more re-capitalization) and was in the market, William, who had a low goal scoring record in Italy at that time, was offloaded to

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club Martina, his third club in Italian third division. He scored 42 goals in 3 seasons, about 0.44 goals per game.

Verona

William signed a pre-contract with '' Serie B'' side Hellas Verona F.C. in January 2006. In June he formally signed by the Veneto club as a free agent. The team relegated at the end of season. The club also sold forward Julien Rantier to raise fund and cut cost. That season William made 22 starts in the second division, scored four times. He followed the team to play third division football, however he again only scored four times. In June 2008 he mutually agreed to terminate the contract with club.

Lega Pro and Serie D

In July he left for another Veneto club Calcio Portogruaro Summaga, his fifth club in the third division. He only scored once in the group A. In January 2009 he moved back to Apulia, southern Italy for the third division group B side Taranto, in 3-year contract (-year?). On 31 August 2009 he left for ''

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'' club

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region. He scored a double figure again with nearly 0.48 goals per game. In August 2010 he left for another Apulia team, but for fifth division club Casarano, aged 32. However he only scored 6 times. The team losing the first round of promotion playoffs, failed to promote back to professional league.

Malta

In June 2011 he left for Maltese Premier League club Valletta. He scored 2 goals in 4 appearances in 2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, losing to FK Ekranas.He signed a contract extension to the local champions Valletta FC, And William ending winning best midfielder, best foreigner, Best overall and was named in the BOV premier league Best XI.

Futsal

Da Silva played two seasons for Luxol, winning the title in 2015. That season he was the Maltese Futsal League top scorer and at the same time he played for a Gozitan association football team St Lawrence Spurs in Gozo Football League.

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