Estevão Willian

Estêvão Willian Almeida de Oliveira Gonçalves (born 24 April 2007), known as Estevão Willian or simply Estevão, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a winger for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Palmeiras. He is considered one of the best football prospects in the world. He is also known as "Messinho", named after arguably one of the greatest football players of all times, Lionel Messi.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Oliveira and the second or paternal family name is Gonçalves.
Estevão Willian
Personal information
Full name Estêvão Willian Almeida de Oliveira Gonçalves
Date of birth (2007-04-24) 24 April 2007
Place of birth Franca, Brazil
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Palmeiras
Number 16
Youth career
Years Team
2017–2021 Cruzeiro
2021– Palmeiras
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 April 2022

Career

Estêvão Willian was born in Franca, Brazil, and began his youth career with the academy of Cruzeiro in 2017.[1] He originally used the nickname Messinho as an homage to Lionel Messi, due to similarities in their playing style.[2] The following year 2018 at the age of 10, Estêvão signed a professional contract with Nike, making him their youngest Brazilian player to sign with the company surpassing Rodrygo Goes.[3] He moved to the youth academy of Palmeiras on 6 May 2021, signing a trainee contract.[4] In the 2022 season, he helped the Palmeiras youth teams win the Campeonato Paulista Sub-17, Campeonato Paulista Sub-15, Copa do Brasil Sub-17 and Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-17.[5] In October 2023, he scored a hat-trick in the Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-17 final which ended in a 3–0 victory against São Paulo, to help his club to achieve their second consecutive title in the competition.[6]

International career

Estêvão Willian was first called up to represent the Brazil U17s in October 2022 for a set of friendlies in October 2022.[7]

Honours

Club

Palmeiras

References
  1. "Joia da base do Cruzeiro, Estevão Willian deixa o clube e tem nome registrado no Palmeiras". ge.
  2. ""My dream is to be like Messi and play for Barcelona"". www.besoccer.com.
  3. "Joia da base do Palmeiras, Estevão Willian renova contrato com empresa de material esportivo". Lance!.
  4. "Estevão Willian, o Messinho, deixa Cruzeiro e assina com o Palmeiras - Superesportes". Superesportes. 6 May 2021.
  5. "PSG sinaliza investida de mais de R$ 400 milhões por Endrick e Estêvão; Palmeiras quer mais". ge.globo.com (in Portuguese). 21 November 2022.
  6. "¡Exhibición de 'Messinho': 'hat-trick' y título para el Palmeiras!" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 22 October 2023.
  7. "Palmeiras tem três jogadores convocados para a Seleção Brasileira". 19 October 2022.
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