Willyan Rocha
Willyan with CSKA Moscow in 2022
Personal information
Full name Willyan da Silva Rocha[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-27) 27 January 1995[1]
Place of birth Muniz Freire, Brazil
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 CSKA Moscow
Number 4
Youth career
2002–2015 Desportiva Ferroviária
2015 → Flamengo (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Desportiva Ferroviária 21 (1)
2016–2017 Grêmio 0 (0)
2017 → Votuporanguense (loan) 6 (1)
2017–2019 Cova da Piedade 45 (3)
2019–2022 Portimonense 78 (4)
2022– CSKA Moscow 37 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2023

Willyan da Silva Rocha (born 27 January 1995) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Russian club CSKA Moscow.

Club career

Early career

Born in Muniz Freire, Espírito Santo,[2] Rocha joined Desportiva Ferroviária's youth setup at the age of seven. On 13 January 2015, he was loaned to the under-20 side of Flamengo for one year.[3]

Rocha returned to Desportiva after Flamengo could not reach an agreement for a permanent transfer,[4] and scored a brace in a friendly against Botafogo on 23 January 2016.[5] He featured regularly during the year's Campeonato Capixaba, and moved to Grêmio on 24 July, after not renewing his contract.[6]

On 8 December 2016, Rocha was loaned to Votuporanguense until the end of the 2017 Campeonato Paulista Série A2.[1] He scored his only goal for the club in a 2–0 home win against Mogi Mirim on 2 April.[7]

Cova da Piedade

On 3 July 2017, Rocha moved abroad and signed a two-year contract with Portuguese LigaPro club Cova da Piedade.[8] He was an undisputed starter for the club, only missing out the first half of the 2018–19 campaign due to injury.

Portimonense

On 28 June 2019, Rocha signed a four-year deal with Primeira Liga side Portimonense.[9] He made his debut in the category on 9 August, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Belenenses SAD.

Rocha scored his first goal in the Portuguese top tier on 16 June 2020, netting the opener in a 1–1 away draw against Santa Clara.

CSKA Moscow

On 1 September 2022, CSKA Moscow announced the signing of Rocha on a contract until the summer of 2025, with the option of an additional year.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 December 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Desportiva Ferroviária 2014 Capixaba —00——7[lower-alpha 1]171
2016 Série D 51160———211
Total 51160——71282
Votuporanguense 2017 Paulista A2 —61———61
Cova da Piedade 2017–18 LigaPro 312—41—1[lower-alpha 2]0363
2018–19 LigaPro 141—00—1[lower-alpha 2]0151
Total 453—41—20514
Portimonense 2019–20 Primeira Liga 163—00—3[lower-alpha 2]1194
2020–21 Primeira Liga 320—10—00330
2021–22 Primeira Liga 261—40—2[lower-alpha 2]1322
2022–23 Primeira Liga 40—00—0040
Total 784—50—52886
CSKA Moscow 2022–23 Russian Premier League 223—101——324
2023–24 Russian Premier League 150—60—1[lower-alpha 3]0220
Total 373—1610010544
Career total 165112312420015322717
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Espírito Santo
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in Taça da Liga
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in Russian Super Cup

Honours

Desportiva Ferroviária

CSKA Moscow

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Votuporanguense contrata zagueiro do Grêmio" [Votuporanguense sign Grêmio's defender] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Votu News. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Zagueiro capixaba ex-Desportiva e que fez "chororô" para o Botafogo entra na mira do São Paulo" [Capixaba stopper formerly of Desportiva and who did the "whinings" to Botafogo is targeted by São Paulo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). A Gazeta. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Desportiva empresta zagueiro Willyan ao sub-20 do Flamengo por um ano" [Desportiva loan stopper Willyan to the under-20s of Flamengo for one year] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Hoje na 2ª divisão de Portugal, ex-promessa conta por que não ficou no Flamengo" [In the 2nd division of Portugal nowadays, former prospect tells why he did not stay at Flamengo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Zagueiro Willyan, sobre provocação ao Botafogo: "Emoção do momento"" [Defender Willyan, on provocation to Botafogo: "Heat of the moment"] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Desportiva confirma a negociação do jovem zagueiro Willyan com o Grêmio" [Desportiva confirm the negotiation of young stopper Willyan with Grêmio] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 24 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Votaporanguense 2 x 0 Mogi Mirim – CAV respira e afunda o Sapão" [Votuporanguense 2–0 Mogi Mirim – CAV take a breather and sink Sapão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário de Votuporanga. 2 April 2017. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Central Willyan assina pelo Cova da Piedade por duas épocas" [Stopper Willyan signs for Cova da Piedade for two seasons] (in Portuguese). Record. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Willyan Rocha é reforço do Portimonense" [Willyan Rocha is an addition of Portimonense] (in Portuguese). Portimonense SC. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "Виллиан Роша пополнил состав красно-синих". pfc-cska.com/ (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  11. ↑ Willyan Rocha at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "Суперфинал LIVE. ЦСКА победил «Краснодар» в серии послематчевых пенальти" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 June 2023.
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