Dagou Willie Anderson Britto (born 1 June 1996), known as Willie Britto, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a

right back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for Maltese side

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Professional career

On 4 July 2019, Britto signed with

FC Zürich Fussballclub Zürich, commonly abbreviated to FC Zürich or simply FCZ, is a Swiss football club based in Zürich. The club was founded in 1896 and has won the Swiss Super League 13 times and the Swiss Cup 10 times. The most recent titles a ...

on a 4 year contract. Britto made his debut with Zürich in a 4-0

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loss to

FC Lugano FC Lugano is a Swiss football club based in Lugano. The club was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its original name, FC Lu ...

on 21 July 2019. On 18. August 2021 the contract with Zürich was terminated by mutual agreement.

FK Pohronie

Britto signed with

Fortuna Liga The Slovak Super Liga is the top level football league in Slovakia, currently known as the Fortuna Liga due to a sponsorship arrangement. It was formed in 1993 following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The record for most titles is eleven, ...

club

FK Pohronie FK Pohronie is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Žiar nad Hronom. The club currently competes in 2. Liga. The 2019/20 season was the first time in the club's history that the team played in Fortuna Liga, the highest level of the ...

on a half-year loan. Britto made his

debut for Pohronie on 6 February 2021, in a fixture played at neutral ground at Štadión pod Dubňom, against

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. He was featured in the starting line-up but was taken off the pitch and replaced by

Alieu Fadera Alieu Fadera (born 3 November 2001) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian First Division A club Zulte Waregem. Club career Pohronie Fadera's arrival in Slovak Fortuna Liga club FK Pohronie was announced on the ...

, with the score at 1:1, due to an injury. Pohronie won the fixture 3:1, following two strikes by

Adler Da Silva Adler Da Silva Pereira (born 28 December 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Polish club Stal Rzeszów, on loan from Slovan Bratislava. Club career Pohronie In January 2021, Da Silva joined Pohronie on loan fro ...

and one by Andrej Štrba. Nitra connected by

Kilian Pagliuca Kilian Pagliuca (born 2 September 1996) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a forward for Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer Fußballclub e.V. is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony. The club competes in Regionalliga Nordost, t ...

. This constituted Pohronie's mere second victory in the season. Due to the injury, Britto did not appear in any further matches for Pohronie.

International career

Britto debuted for the

Ivory Coast football team The Ivory Coast national football team (French language, French: ''Équipe de football de Côte d'Ivoire'', recognized as the Côte d'Ivoire by FIFA) represents Ivory Coast in men's international Association football, football. Nicknamed ''the ...

in a 1-1 friendly tie with

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on 25 October 2014. He represented the Ivory Coast U23s at the

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References

External links

FCZ Profile

SFL Profile

SAPO Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Britto, Willie 1996 births Living people People from Bas-Sassandra District Ivorian men's footballers Ivorian expatriate men's footballers Ivory Coast men's international footballers Ivory Coast men's under-20 international footballers Men's association football fullbacks AS Indenié Abengourou players AS Tanda players FC Zürich players FK Pohronie players Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast) players Swiss Super League players Slovak First Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Ivory Coast men's A' international footballers 2016 African Nations Championship players 2018 African Nations Championship players