He made an appearance in Shakhtar's 1–0 extra time defeat to Spanish side Barcelona in the UEFA Super Cup on 28 August, being replaced by Julius Aghahowa in the 90th minute of the match.
On 17 September, he netted the second goal in a 4–1 win against Belgian side Club Brugge in a group stage match in the Europa League.
He ended the season with 7 goals in 39 appearances, including 22 appearances and five goals in the league.
He helped Shakhtar to victory in the Ukrainian Premier League.
They finished the league with 77 points, six ahead of nearest rivals Dynamo Kyiv.
Willian started the season with a goal in Shakhtar's emphatic 7–1 victory against Tavriya Simferopol in the Super Cup on 4 July.
He followed that up on 10 July with the second goal in the first league match of the season, a 2–0 victory over Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.
On 15 August, he netted the only goal in a 1–0 victory against Karpaty Lviv, scoring in first half stoppage time.
He also scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against Illichivets Mariupol on 29 August.
On 8 March, he scored two goals in a Champions League last 16 tie against Roma, with Shakhtar winning 3–0 on the night and progressing to the quarter-final after winning 6–2 on aggregate.
1957
He came on as a 57th-minute substitute, replacing fellow Brazilian Jádson.
His first goal for the club came on 31 October in a 4–1 victory over Arsenal Kyiv in the Ukrainian Cup.
1973
He made his European debut in a 3–0 Champions League defeat to Italian side A.C. Milan on 6 November, coming on as a 73rd minute replacement for Răzvan Raț.
He ended his first season with 31 total appearances, 28 of which came in the league, he scored 3 league goals.
He helped Shakhtar to a Vyshcha Liha and Ukrainian Cup double.
1988
Willian Borges da Silva (born 9 August 1988), known mononymously as Willian, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Premier League club Fulham.
1998
In 1998, he joined the Corinthians youth system.
2005
In 2005, aged 17, he was already part of the squad that won the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior.
He was also among the Corinthians loanees that briefly played for Grêmio Mauaense in the 2005 Campeonato Paulista Série A3.
2007
Willian started his career at Corinthians, before joining Shakhtar Donetsk in August 2007 for a fee of €14 million.
In 2007, Willian started playing for the Corinthians first team, where he wore the number 10.
He made five league appearances during his first season with the senior side as Corinthians finished mid-table.
His breakthrough came with Corinthians in the following campaign, featuring in 11 league matches, scoring twice, and made 29 appearances in all competitions for the club.
On 23 August 2007, Willian signed a five-year contract with Shakhtar Donetsk for a transfer fee of €14 million.
Willian's debut for the club came in a 2–1 league victory over Chornomorets Odesa on 15 September.
2008
They won the league by three points over Dynamo Kyiv and also beat them 2–0 in the 2008 Ukrainian Cup Final.
He played in the Super Cup penalty shoot-out victory over Dynamo Kyiv on 15 July, being replaced by Brandão after 46 minutes.
On 27 August, he scored a goal in a 3–1 victory over Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League.
On 1 November, he scored his first league goal for Shakhtar in a 3–1 win against Zorya Luhansk.
On 16 November, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Dynamo Kyiv.
He scored the goal of the match in a 1–0 victory against Chornomorets Odesa on 25 April.
Willian played in Shakhtar's UEFA Cup Final 2–1 extra time victory against Werder Bremen, helping Shakhtar to lift the last UEFA Cup title before it was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League.
He made 52 appearances in the 2008–09 season, scoring eight goals.
He appeared in all but one league match, scoring five goals, and also netted a goal in a Ukrainian Cup round of 16 tie against Zakarpattia Uzhhorod, which Shakhtar won 4–1.
Willian's first goal of the season came in a 6–1 Ukrainian Cup round of 32 victory against Dniester Ovidiopol on 15 August.
2009
In his six years at the club, he won honours including four Ukrainian Premier League titles and the UEFA Cup in 2009.
2011
Willian made his debut for Brazil in 2011 and has since represented his country at the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups, as well as the 2015 Copa América, the Copa América Centenario, and the 2019 Copa América, a tournament Brazil won on home soil.
Willian started playing futsal at 6 years old in his hometown Ribeirão Pires.
2013
In 2013, he briefly signed for Anzhi Makhachkala before joining Chelsea for £30 million, winning the Premier League and League Cup in his second season in England.
Although they were 13th when Willian was sold, they ended up finishing 17th in the Série A and were relegated for the first time in club history.
