Willian Klaus

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Klaus
Personal information
Full name Willian Klaus
Date of birth (1994-01-11) 11 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Dois Irmãos, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 RWDM
Number 4
Youth career
Grêmio
Internacional
Juventude
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Juventude 32 (1)
2017 → Internacional (loan) 19 (4)
2018–2019 Internacional 27 (1)
2020–2021 Ceará 39 (5)
2022 Botafogo 3 (0)
2022 → Atlético Goianiense (loan) 13 (0)
2023– RWDM 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024

Willian Klaus (born 11 January 1994), commonly known as Klaus, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Belgian Pro League club RWDM.

Club career[edit]

Born in Dois Irmãos, Rio Grande do Sul, Klaus represented Grêmio, Internacional and Juventude as a youth.[1] He made his senior debut with the latter on 12 March 2015, starting in a 0–1 Campeonato Gaúcho away loss against União Frederiquense.[2]

Klaus became a regular starter during the 2016 campaign, as his side achieved promotion from the Série C and reached the quarterfinals of the Copa do Brasil. His first senior goal came on 21 April of that year, the second in a 2–0 home win against former club Grêmio.[3]

On 19 January 2017, Klaus joined Internacional, recently relegated to Série B.[4]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 25 October 2021[5]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Juventude 2015 Série C 0 0 1 0 — — 5[a] 0 6 0
2016 10 0 13 1 8 0 — — 31 1
Total 10 0 14 1 8 0 — 5 0 37 1
Internacional 2017 Série B 14 4 2 0 1 0 — 2[b] 0 19 4
2018 Série A 6 0 5 0 4 0 — — 15 0
2019 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 12 0
Total 30 4 9 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 46 4
Ceará 2020 Série A 12 0 3 1 2 0 — 8[c] 3 25 4
2021 2 0 2 1 2 0 1[d] 0 4[c] 0 11 1
Total 14 0 5 2 4 0 1 0 12 3 36 5
Career total 54 4 28 3 17 0 1 0 19 3 119 10
  1. ^ One appearance in Copa FGF, four appearances in Supercopa Gaúcha
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

Honours[edit]

Ceará

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Juventude: Klaus, um zagueiro de números" [Juventude: Klaus, a defender of numbers] (in Portuguese). Rede Esportiva. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Na raça, enfim, a primeira vitória!" [Through effort, finally, the first win] (in Portuguese). União Frederiquense. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Grêmio sofre sem Geromel, leva 2 a 0 e se complica na semi do Gauchão" [Grêmio struggle without Geromel, lose by 2–0 and get into trouble in the Gauchão's semi] (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Após entregada de Ernando, Inter oficializa contratação de Klaus" [After Ernando's fluke, Inter turn official the signing of Klaus] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  5. ^ Klaus at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

External links[edit]

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