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William Oliveira
Oliveira as coach with Zenit St. Petersburg in 2020
Personal information
Full name William Artur de Oliveira
Date of birth (1982-10-20) 20 October 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder / Defender
Team information
Current team
 Zenit St.Petersburg (coach)
Youth career
Palmeiras
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002 Caldense
2003 Serra Negra
2004 Cascavel
2005 Nacional de Rolândia
2005 Puebla
2006 Águia Negra
2006–2007 Srem 38 (6)
2008 OFK Beograd 28 (3)
2009–2010 Amkar Perm 9 (0)
2010 → Shinnik Yaroslavl (loan) 19 (1)
2010–2012 Dynamo Bryansk 55 (1)
2012–2014 Ufa 54 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2017 Ufa (interpreter)
2017–2019 Ufa (assistant)
2019– Zenit St.Petersburg (coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Artur de Oliveira (Russian: Виллиам Артур Де Оливейра; born 20 October 1982) is a Brazilian football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with Zenit St.Petersburg.

Career

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Club

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Born in São Bernardo do Campo, William Oliveira spent his early career playing with Associação Atlética Caldense with whom he will win the 2002 Campeonato Mineiro. Afterwards he played with Serra Negra in São Paulo, Cascavel Clube Recreativo[1] and Nacional de Rolandia. Then he moved to Mexico to join Puebla F.C. in 2005.[2] That year the club finished top of the Mexican Primera División A becoming the 2005 Apertura champions.

In 2006, he was back to Brazil playing with Esporte Clube Águia Negra but by the end of the year he will move again abroad, this time to play with Serbian First League side FK Srem. His good exhibitions called the attention of Serbian SuperLiga club OFK Beograd who brought him in January 2008.

He scored seven league goals in 22 matches in the Serbian top flight with OFK and by the winter break of the 2008-09 season he was moving to Russia to join Premier League side FC Amkar Perm. He also spent few months with Shinnik Yaroslavl, before joining Dynamo Bryansk in the summer of 2010. He stayed two years in Bryansk, collecting 56 league appearances and scoring one goal. In July 2012, he signed a two-year contract with Ufa.

Coaching

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On 15 January 2019, FC Ufa announced that William Oliveira had left his coaching role with Ufa to take up a similar role with Zenit St.Petersburg.[3]

Personal life

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On 30 December 2021, he acquired citizenship of Russia.[4]

Career statistics

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As of match played 20 September 2014[5]
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Amkar Perm 2009 Russian Premier League 9 0 0 0 – 9 0
Shinnik Yaroslavl (loan) 2010 Russian National League 19 1 1 0 – 20 1
Dynamo Bryansk 2010 Russian National League 11 0 0 0 – 11 0
2011–12 44 1 3 0 0 0 47 1
Total 55 1 3 0 0 0 58 1
Ufa 2012–13 Russian National League 27 0 0 0 – 27 0
2013–14 26 0 0 0 2 1 28 1
2014–15 Russian Premier League 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
Total 54 0 0 0 2 1 56 1
Career total 137 2 4 0 2 1 143 3

References

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  1. ^ Guerreiros do Norte at net10.com.br, retrieved 4-4-2015 (in Portuguese)
  2. ^ William at Zerozero
  3. ^ Виллиам переходит в тренерский штаб Зенита. fcufa.pro/ (in Russian). FC Ufa. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30.12.2021 № 742 "О приеме в гражданство Российской Федерации и выходе из гражданства Российской Федерации"" (in Russian). Government of Russia. 30 December 2021.
  5. ^ William Oliveira at Soccerway
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