Talk:William Barbosa (footballer, born 1978)

Name
The player known as William on his shirt in 2006-07 season, but know as Da Silva in the news. In Malta he is known as William Barbosa. Matthew_hk  t  c  04:24, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Switzerland
RSSSF listed 8 or 9 goals in the result and the goalscorer table. It seems contradicted to Pannini source (7 goals).

Moreover the official source is dead. Matthew_hk  t  c  14:57, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Brazil
Football.it listed some wrong stats prior 2001, they listed numbers of football club but contradicted to this source (i don't know it is reliable or not either). The Swiss newspaper said he came from "Santa Catarina", but a Santa Catarina club "Blumenau" or "Santa Catarina Clube"? Did he travelled to Italy with "SC Club" for 2000 Torneo di Viareggio, along with Amauri? Matthew_hk  t  c  14:51, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Italian passport
UEFA.com and Times of Malta reported that he holds Italian passport. He either obtained through marriage or descent. He arrived Switzerland without a EU passport and left the club after obtained one (but he also left the club due to high goalscoring and at that time no non-EU quota was set up). For marriage due to lack of news coverage, it can't be verified his marital status. But he could obtained a passport just like the case of Amauri.

For naturalization he played in Italy for 9½ seasons. I don't know did the loan at Bellinzona counted or not. Matthew_hk  t  c  14:51, 17 November 2011 (UTC)