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Willian Arão
Santos

Willian Arão

Willian Souza Arão da Silva

Centre Back · Santos. Explore performance, career and dated market values.

PositionCB Age34 ClubSantos Market value€800kTransfermarkt · 2026-05-26
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Overview

Player snapshot

ClubSantosSerie A Brazil
PositionCentre BackDefender
Date of birth34 years old
NationalityBrazilSão Paulo
National teamNot verifiedCaps not stored
Contract untilNot currently verifiedExpired dates are not shown as current
Market value€800kTransfermarkt · 2026-05-26
AvailabilityCurrent absence reportedInactive
Height182 cm77 kg
Shirt number#15Santos
Performance
Season stats

Serie A Brazil · 2026

Santos · Midfielder

Appearances2115 starts
Minutes13436 substitute entries
Rating7.01provider season average
Goals + assists11 goals · 0 assists
Goals / 900.07minimum 90-minute sample
Assists / 900minimum 90-minute sample
Shots52 on target
Passing87752 passes · 5 key
Defensive work3118 interceptions · 8 blocks
Duels won59%62 of 105
Dribble success75%3 of 4
Cards2Y / 0Rdiscipline

Totals come from API-Football. Per-90 rates and percentages are transparent calculations from those totals; unavailable inputs remain blank.

Availability record

Injury and absence history

Provider-reported fixture absences are grouped into episodes; this is not a medical diagnosis.

Upcoming fixture flag, not an observed absenceProvider lists Inactive for a future fixture. Current medical status is not independently confirmed.Fixture scheduled ·
Last 12 months4groups in recorded history
Last 24 months4groups in recorded history
Last 36 months4groups in recorded history
Provider records8fixture-level reports
Reported episodeRecord datesFixture recordsClub / competitionSource confidence
InactiveOther / unspecifiedFixture dateSingle dated record2Not equal to matches missedSantosSerie A BrazilAPI-FootballProvider record
InactiveOther / unspecifiedFixture dateSingle dated record1Not equal to matches missedSantosSerie A BrazilAPI-FootballProvider record
Knee InjuryKneeFixture date → 2Not equal to matches missedSantosSerie A BrazilAPI-FootballProvider record
InactiveOther / unspecifiedFixture dateSingle dated record1Not equal to matches missedSantosSerie A BrazilAPI-FootballProvider record

Days missed, matches missed and availability percentage appear only when a source supplies start, return and fixture-total data. This feed does not currently support those claims reliably.

Comparable profiles

Players similar to Willian Arão

Matched from stored role, age, value and season data. Similarity is descriptive, not a transfer recommendation.

Opa SangantéOpa SangantéDunkerque · CBsame centre back role · same defender group · similar age64match /100
Compare season stats2026 · 1,343 min / 2026 · 627 min

Profile match only: performance is excluded from the similarity score.

  • Different competitions; performance is not adjusted across leagues.

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Willian Arão and Opa Sanganté — stored season statistics
Context / metricWillian ArãoOpa Sanganté
Season20262026
CompetitionSerie A BrazilLigue 2
Team in this sampleSantosDunkerque
Minutes1,343627
Appearances217
SourceAPI-FootballAPI-Football
TacklesTotal / per 90312.08 per 9091.29 per 90
InterceptionsTotal / per 90181.21 per 9081.15 per 90
BlocksTotal / per 9080.54 per 9020.29 per 90

— means unavailable. Totals are shown even below 180 minutes; per-90 rates require at least 180. No league-strength adjustment is applied.

Gabriel PaulistaGabriel PaulistaCorinthians · DEFsame defender group · similar age · comparable value band59match /100
Compare season stats2026 · 1,343 min / 2026 · 1,818 min

Performance comparison uses the same recorded season and competition.

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Willian Arão and Gabriel Paulista — stored season statistics
Context / metricWillian ArãoGabriel Paulista
Season20262026
CompetitionSerie A BrazilSerie A Brazil
Team in this sampleSantosCorinthians
Minutes1,3431,818
Appearances2120
SourceAPI-FootballAPI-Football
TacklesTotal / per 90312.08 per 90150.74 per 90
InterceptionsTotal / per 90181.21 per 90241.19 per 90
BlocksTotal / per 9080.54 per 9080.4 per 90

— means unavailable. Totals are shown even below 180 minutes; per-90 rates require at least 180. No league-strength adjustment is applied.

Vitor HugoVitor HugoAtletico-MG · DEFsame defender group · similar age · comparable value band59match /100
Compare season stats2026 · 1,343 min / 2026 · 942 min

Performance comparison uses the same recorded season and competition.

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Willian Arão and Vitor Hugo — stored season statistics
Context / metricWillian ArãoVitor Hugo
Season20262026
CompetitionSerie A BrazilSerie A Brazil
Team in this sampleSantosAtletico-MG
Minutes1,343942
Appearances2114
SourceAPI-FootballAPI-Football
TacklesTotal / per 90312.08 per 9080.76 per 90
InterceptionsTotal / per 90181.21 per 90100.96 per 90
BlocksTotal / per 9080.54 per 9050.48 per 90

— means unavailable. Totals are shown even below 180 minutes; per-90 rates require at least 180. No league-strength adjustment is applied.

Robert Abel Arboleda EscobarRobert Abel Arboleda EscobarSao Paulo · DEFsame defender group · similar age · similar season output59match /100
Compare season stats2026 · 1,343 min / 2026 · 933 min

Performance comparison uses the same recorded season and competition.

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Willian Arão and Robert Abel Arboleda Escobar — stored season statistics
Context / metricWillian ArãoRobert Abel Arboleda Escobar
Season20262026
CompetitionSerie A BrazilSerie A Brazil
Team in this sampleSantosSao Paulo
Minutes1,343933
Appearances2114
SourceAPI-FootballAPI-Football
TacklesTotal / per 90312.08 per 90252.41 per 90
InterceptionsTotal / per 90181.21 per 90111.06 per 90
BlocksTotal / per 9080.54 per 9040.39 per 90

— means unavailable. Totals are shown even below 180 minutes; per-90 rates require at least 180. No league-strength adjustment is applied.

Jannik MüllerJannik MüllerVfL Osnabrück · CBsame centre back role · same defender group · close age profile59match /100
Compare season stats2026 · 1,343 min / 2026 · 546 min

Profile match only: performance is excluded from the similarity score.

  • Different competitions; performance is not adjusted across leagues.

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Willian Arão and Jannik Müller — stored season statistics
Context / metricWillian ArãoJannik Müller
Season20262026
CompetitionSerie A Brazil2. Bundesliga
Team in this sampleSantosVfL Osnabrück
Minutes1,343546
Appearances216
SourceAPI-FootballAPI-Football
TacklesTotal / per 90312.08 per 90101.65 per 90
InterceptionsTotal / per 90181.21 per 90121.98 per 90
BlocksTotal / per 9080.54 per 9040.66 per 90

— means unavailable. Totals are shown even below 180 minutes; per-90 rates require at least 180. No league-strength adjustment is applied.

Walter KannemannWalter KannemannGremio · DEFsame defender group · similar age · comparable season output53match /100
Compare season stats2026 · 1,343 min / 2026 · 317 min

Performance comparison uses the same recorded season and competition.

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Willian Arão and Walter Kannemann — stored season statistics
Context / metricWillian ArãoWalter Kannemann
Season20262026
CompetitionSerie A BrazilSerie A Brazil
Team in this sampleSantosGremio
Minutes1,343317
Appearances215
SourceAPI-FootballAPI-Football
TacklesTotal / per 90312.08 per 9061.7 per 90
InterceptionsTotal / per 90181.21 per 9041.14 per 90
BlocksTotal / per 9080.54 per 9051.42 per 90

— means unavailable. Totals are shown even below 180 minutes; per-90 rates require at least 180. No league-strength adjustment is applied.

The score compares available profile facts only. Missing stats or value data never receive neutral points.

Career
Career economics

Transfer history

Confirmed provider records only; undisclosed terms are never estimated.

Recorded moves20 loans · 0 free moves
Known fees€2.5mTotals are not converted across currencies
Highest disclosed fee€2.5MFenerbahce → Panathinaikos

Latest recorded move: Fenerbahce → Panathinaikos · 17 Aug 2023, with terms recorded as €2.5M. The player was 31.

Season / dateRouteDeal typeReported termsAge
202317 Aug 2023Fenerbahce → PanathinaikosTransfer€2.5M31
202214 Jul 2022Flamengo → FenerbahceTransferTerms not supplied30
Career record

Career timeline

Dates retain the source's precision. Fixture and record dates are labelled separately.

Season context2026 season

Santos · Serie A Brazil

Season label only; no start date is supplied.
Fixture dateInactive

Santos

Fixture dateInactive

Santos

Fixture dateInactive

Santos

Fixture dateKnee Injury

Santos

Fixture dateKnee Injury

Santos

Fixture dateInactive

Santos

TransferFenerbahce → Panathinaikos

Provider transfer record

TransferFlamengo → Fenerbahce

Provider transfer record

ProfileBorn

São Paulo, Brazil

Value & contract

Market value

€800k

Transfermarkt · 2026-05-26

View the source valuation

Market values and estimates are not asking prices or agreed transfer fees.

Contract

A current contract expiry has not been verified. Contract length, options and release clauses are unavailable.

News

Willian Arão in the news

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Data & updates
Fact provenance

Where this profile data comes from

Confidence describes the stored field and its source, not the player's quality.

IdentityWillian Souza Arão da SilvaHighAPI-Football · checked
Current clubSantosHighAPI-Football · checked
CompetitionSerie A BrazilHighAPI-Football · checked
PositionCentre BackHighAPI-Football · checked
Season stats2026 seasonHighAPI-Football · checked
Availability4MediumAPI-Football · checked
Transfer history2HighAPI-Football · checked
ContractNot storedNot verifiedSource not stored
Quality record updated: No automated consistency issue is currently recorded.
Profile updates

What changed?

Recorded updates show the previous and new values. Repeated position reports are grouped with their original dates.

0records in the last 24 hours4 updates · 9 retained records
ProfileDetailed position updated

MidfielderCentre Back

API-Football squad and profile sync
4 matching records · show dates

The same position update was recorded repeatedly. Each original timestamp is retained.

ValuationValue record updated

€450k€300k

Historical source not verifiedSource details were not saved with this update.
ProfileDetailed position updated

MidfielderDefensive Midfielder

API-Football squad and profile sync
3 matching records · show dates

The same position update was recorded repeatedly. Each original timestamp is retained.

ValuationValue record updated

€400k€450k

Historical source not verifiedSource details were not saved with this update.