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William Soares (footballer, born 1985)

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William Soares
upright=Soares playing for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in 2015
Personal information
Full name William Ribeiro Soares
Date of birth (1985-02-07) 7 February 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Araporã, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Center Back
Youth career
Itumbiara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 São José-PA 0 (0)
2004–2007 Académica 0 (0)
2004–2005Fátima (loan) 17 (0)
2005–2007 Braga 0 (0)
2005–2006 Braga B 12 (1)
2006–2007Gil Vicente (loan) 2 (0)
2007–2008 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 27 (1)
2008–2010 Hapoel Ramat Gan 46 (1)
2010–2016 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 195 (12)
2016–2017 Standard Liège 6 (0)
2017 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 7 (0)
2017–2018 Omonia 31 (2)
2018–2019 Académica 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2019

William Ribeiro Soares (born 7 February 1985) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a center-back.[1]

Club career

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On 31 August 2016, Soares signed a one-year contract with Belgian club Standard Liège, with an option to extend for an extra season.[2]

On 25 January 2017, Soares returned to Hapoel Be'er Sheva.[3]

On 29 July 2017 Cypriot First Division club Omonia Nicosia announced the signing of Soares.[4] He made his debut on 10 September 2017 against Ethnikos Achna in the 2017–18 First Division.[5]

After only one season in Cyprus he returned to Portugal, with Académica.[6]

Club career statistics

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(correct as of August 2015)

Only Israeli club career statistics

Club Season League League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Hakoah Ramat Gan 2007–2008 Israeli Premier League 27 1 0 3 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 37 2 0
Hapoel Ramat Gan 2008–2009 29 0 0 1 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 39 2 0
Hapoel Ramat Gan 2009–2010 17 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2010 12 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2010–2011 32 3 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 38 4 0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2011–2012 35 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 39 1 1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2012–2013 28 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 35 1 0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2013–2014 30 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 2 0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2014–2015 34 4 0 5 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 45 4 1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2015–2016 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0
Career 245 13 1 19 1 2 40 3 0 4 0 0 308 17 3

Honours

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Club

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Hapoel Be'er Sheva

References

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  1. ^ William Soares at Soccerway
  2. ^ "William Ribeiro Soares rejoint les Rouches" [William Ribeiro Soares joins The Reds] (in French). Standard Liège. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. ^ "William Soares to Hapoel Be'er Sheva". Standard Liège. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  4. ^ Ποδοσφαιριστής της ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑΣ ο Γουίλιαμ Σοάρες (in Greek). Omonia Nicosia. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  5. ^ Match Report: Νικηφόρο ξεκίνημα [Match Report: Winning start] (in Greek). Omonoianews.com. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  6. ^ "William reforça eixo defensivo da Académica" [William reinforces the defensive sector] (in Portuguese). Académica's official website. 2 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
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