Willian Gama

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Willian Gama

| image =

| fullname = Willian Patrick Gama Oliveira

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|6|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

| height = 1.72 m

| currentclub = Deportes Linares

| clubnumber = 11

| position = Right winger

| youthyears1 = 2011–2017

| youthclubs1 = Santiago Wanderers

| years1 = 2017–2023 | clubs1 = Santiago Wanderers | caps1 = 50 | goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2023 | clubs2 = → Deportes Limache (loan) | caps2 = 10 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2024 | clubs3 = Concón National | caps3 = 4 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2025– | clubs4 = Deportes Linares | caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2017

| nationalteam1 = Chile U17

| nationalcaps1 = 12

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 4 May 2025

| ntupdate = 14 October 2017

}}

Willian Patrick Gama Oliveira (born 30 June 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Deportes Linares. Born in Brazil, he is a youth international for Chile.

Club career

He joined the Santiago Wanderers youth system at the age of 11. Even though he was promoted to the professional squad at the age of 17 in September 2017,{{cite web |title=Gabriel Rojas y Willian Gama firman contrato profesional y ya se encuentran a disposición de Nico Córdova ¡Éxito muchachos! |url=https://www.santiagowanderers.cl/articulo/primer-equipo/1/2940/gabriel-rojas-y-william-gama-firman-contrato-profesional-y-ya-se-encuentran-a-disposicion-de-nico-cordova-exito-muchachos.html |publisher=Santiago Wanderers |access-date=20 March 2021 |language=es |date=11 September 2017}} he made his official debut in a 2018 Primera B match against Unión San Felipe.[https://www.memoriawanderers.cl/jugadores/willian-gama/ Willian Gama] at Memoria Wanderers{{cite web |title=Marcador Virtual: Santiago Wanderers vs. Unión San Felipe |url=https://opinion.cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/primera-b/marcador-virtual-santiago-wanderers-vs-union-san-felipe/2018-03-25/110920.html |website=AlAireLibre.cl |publisher=Cooperativa |access-date=20 March 2021 |language=es |date=25 March 2018}} Along with Santiago Wanderers, he got promotion to Chilean Primera División after becoming 2019 Primera B champion.{{cite web |title=Consejo de Presidentes declaró campeón a S. Wanderers y le otorgó el ascenso a Primera |url=https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/santiago-wanderers/consejo-de-presidentes-declaro-campeon-a-s-wanderers-y-le-otorgo-el/2019-12-06/134625.html |website=AlAireLibre.cl |publisher=Cooperativa |access-date=20 March 2021 |language=es |date=6 December 2019}}

For the 2023 season, he joined on loan to Deportes Limache,{{cite web |last1=Arévalo |first1=Joaquín |title=Tiene 42 años, enfrentó a la U de Sampaoli y a Ronaldinho: ahora quiere ser campeón en Segunda División |url=https://www.encancha.cl/entrevista/2023/1/19/tiene-42-anos-enfrento-la-de-sampaoli-ronaldinho-ahora-quiere-ser-campeon-en-segunda-division-199306/ |website=En Cancha |access-date=11 September 2023 |language=es |date=19 January 2023}} winning the league title.{{cite web |last1=Zavala |first1=Jaime |title=¡Histórico! Deportes Limache se corona campeón de la Segunda División y asciende a la Primera B |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/futbol-nacional/2023/09/08/historico-deportes-limache-se-corona-campeon-de-la-segunda-division-y-asciende-a-la-primera-b.shtml |website=BioBioChile |publisher=Radio Bío-Bío |access-date=11 September 2023 |language=es |date=8 September 2023}} At the end of the season, his contract with Santiago Wanderers ended.{{cite web |title=Santiago Wanderers anunció la salida de cuatro jugadores |url=https://www.soychile.cl/valparaiso/deportes/2023/11/10/835188/santiago-wanderers-jugadores-no-renovados.html |website=SoyChile |access-date=11 November 2023 |language=es |date=10 November 2023}}

In 2024, he joined Concón National in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.{{cite news |author1=Concón National |title=WILLIAN GAMA LLEGA A CONCÓN |url=https://web.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1182046176347874&set=pb.100036275085925.-2207520000 |access-date=29 January 2024 |work=www.facebook.com |date=24 January 2024 |language=es}}

International career

He has represented Chile U17 at two friendly matches against USA U17, at the 2017 South American U-17 Championship – Chile was the runner-up – and at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.{{cite web |title=Los 2 'extranjeros' de la Rojita que jugarán el Mundial de India |url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2017/10/02/futbol/1506979359_167122.html |publisher=AS Chile |access-date=20 March 2021 |language=es |date=3 October 2017}}

Also, he played all the matches for Chile U17 at the friendly tournament Lafarge Foot Avenir 2017 in France, better known as Tournament Limoges, where Chile became champion after defeating Belgium U18{{cite web |title=La Roja Sub 17 debutó con una victoria en torneo en Francia |url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2017/08/30/futbol/1504109079_735953.html |publisher=AS Chile |access-date=20 March 2021 |language=es |date=30 August 2017}} and Poland U18{{cite web |title="Ganar fue un premio a lo que generó el equipo y al esfuerzo de esta selección" |url=https://www.anfp.cl/noticia/29201/ganar-fue-un-premio-a-lo-que-genero-el-equipo-y-al-esfuerzo-de-esta-seleccion |publisher=ANFP |access-date=20 March 2021 |language=es |date=1 September 2017}} and drawing France U18.{{cite web |title=La Roja Sub 17, un campeón a máxima velocidad en Francia |url=https://anfp.cl/noticia/29222/la-roja-sub-17-un-campeon-a-maxima-velocidad-en-francia |publisher=ANFP |access-date=20 March 2021 |language=es |date=3 September 2017}}

Personal life

Born in Brazil to Brazilian parents, he came to Chile along with his mother at the age of 9, arriving in San Felipe. Later, he acquired the Chilean nationality on 2014.

Honours

Santiago Wanderers

Primera B: 2019

Deportes Limache

Segunda División Profesional: {{ill|lt=2023|2023 Segunda División Profesional de Chile|es|Segunda División Profesional de Chile 2023|vertical-align=sup}}

Chile U17