William de Oliveira Pottker (born 22 February 1993) is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for club

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Club career

Born in

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, Pottker graduated with

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's youth setup. On 7 September 2011 he made his first team – and Série A – debut, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 away draw against

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. Pottker was subsequently loaned to Gandzasar,

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and Linense, scoring 5 goals with the latter in

2015 Campeonato Paulista The 2015 Campeonato Paulista, Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the 2015 Paulistão :pt:Itaipava (cerveja), Itaipava for sponsorship reasons) was the 114th season of São Paulo (state), São P ...

. On 16 May 2015 he was loaned to

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in a

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-long deal, with a buyout clause. After only appearing for Braga's B-team in Segunda Liga, Pottker returned to Brazil and played for Linense, on loan, until the end of

2016 Campeonato Paulista The 2016 Campeonato Paulista, Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 115th season of São Paulo (state), São Paulo's top professional football league. Format *In the first stage the twenty teams are ...

. On 5 May 2016, after scoring seven goals, he signed a three-year contract with Ponte Preta. Pottker finished the tournament with a career-best 14 goals (being also the top scorer among

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and Diego Souza), being a key unit as his side finished eighth; highlights included a brace in a 3–0 away win over Santa Cruz on 30 June 2016. He also topped the charts in the

2017 Campeonato Paulista The 2017 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 116th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Format *In the first stage the sixteen teams are drawn, with seeding, into four groups o ...

with nine goals, as Ponte finished second. On 16 February 2017, Pottker was sold to

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, but remained at Ponte until the end of the year's ''Paulistão''. On 18 July 2017, he made his debut for Internacional, against Luverdense, scoring the only goal of the game in the 93rd minute.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual

* Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Top Goalscorer:

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Player of the year:

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Countryside player of the year:

Team of the year:

Top scorer:

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pottker, William 1993 births Living people Footballers from Florianópolis Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players J1 League players UAE Pro League players Figueirense FC players Clube Atlético Linense players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Sport Club Internacional players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Avaí FC players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Armenian Premier League players FC Gandzasar Kapan players Ventforet Kofu players Liga Portugal 2 players S.C. Braga B players Al Wasl F.C. players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates