Brazilian youngsters have become transfer targets of many elite football clubs during the last years, practicing an effective, joyful and fanciful style of football. Cases such as Rodrygo, Vinicius or more recent players such as Endrick and Vitor Roque are examples of those young emerging players who have been transferred to elite clubs. In recent days, a new young talent has made his senior debut in Brazilian Serie A, after his highlight performances in the U17 World cup. His name is Estêvão Willian.
Estêvão Willian born 24/04/2007 in Franca is a Brazilian attacker who actually plays for Palmeiras. The Cruzeiro academy product was transferred in the 2020/21 season to Palmeiras U17 team, having already given flashes of the potential he has. Nowadays he mainly plays in Palmeiras second team, but has already made his senior debut this season, being subbed on for the last minutes when Palmeiras was facing his former club Cruzeiro for The Brazilian Serie A match.
Estêvão is a really versatile attacker, who can adopt almost any attacking role. Despite starting mainly as right winger, he can play on the left too, and has playmaker characteristics to play as attacking midfielder or supporting striker. Fast and skillful, Estêvão stands out for his eccentricity, verticality and unpredictability, being a good player profile to be the unbalancing and creative element in any squad.
Estêvão is a great attacking profile player, mixing technique prowess with an incredible eye for goal, being a clear example of Brazilian ‘Joga Bonito’ player, having flair and genius creativity. Despite playing mainly next to the sideline, Estêvão loves to roam the pitch on a free role, loving to adopt inside positions in order to be in contact with the ball and propose with it on his feet. The Brazilian youngster is a player who likes to dribble, having great ability to do so and break the rival´s defensive organization. He possesses great attributes for dribbling, being explosive with an immense change of pace in the first meters, having fast footwork and agility, low center of gravity and able to shift directions. In that sense, whenever he gets the ball near the sideline, his first alternative is to try to beat his man in one-on-one situations, since his skill set is varied making him so unpredictable. Estêvão is able to be successful in different scenarios, from playing wide, beating his man by flashing pace to cutting inside and breaking lines by powerful vertical carries looking to get to the penalty area, as he has immense ability to run with the ball on his feet.
Being left footed and playing as an inverted winger, he mainly tends to cut inside looking for alternatives. He is confident in his shooting, and usually looks for a good position to try to go on target, even from distance, but he is technically gifted to be able to associate with teammates in the last third in one-two combinations. When carrying the ball towards the penalty area, he possesses good vision, detecting interesting options to provide his team mates killer passes to face the keeper, but his accuracy in those situations need improvement, despite having left some surprisingly creative assists or key passes. Estêvão feel more comfortable in high tempo transitional games, having spaces to explode, but could also fit in a possession based team. His technical levels in terms of ball control and passing are quite good, despite being a bit risky and not having so much clarity when having to receive the ball and help in the build up in deeper positions.
Estêvão is a really interesting attacking profile, but with such a young age has room for improvement in several areas. His playing style makes him an individualist player, many times wanting to carry the ball to the goal and finish the play by himself, having better alternatives to play with, being his decision making, an aspect to work on. His defensive contribution should be bigger to compete at the highest level. He is not the kind of winger that tracks back and helps the midfield, as he is the perfect leather to carry on a counterattack. But whenever he is involved in defensive issues and ground duels, he is not as aggressive as needed, not being reliable in defensive contact situations. That issue may also be related with a necessity of improvement in his physical attributes in terms of strength, power and corpulence, aspects that he may develop as he keeps on growing.
Estêvão has catched up attention of many elite clubs in recent days, due to his premature debut and outstanding performances in the U17 world cup. He is a clear example of a technically gifted and eccentric player, who reminds of Brazilian cracks on his joy while playing football and who clearly possesses everything that it takes to become a top player in the future.
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Estêvão Willian born 24/04/2007 in Franca is a Brazilian attacker who actually plays for Palmeiras. The Cruzeiro academy product was transferred in the 2020/21 season to Palmeiras U17 team, having already given flashes of the potential he has. Nowadays he mainly plays in Palmeiras second team, but has already made his senior debut this season, being subbed on for the last minutes when Palmeiras was facing his former club Cruzeiro for The Brazilian Serie A match.
Estêvão is a really versatile attacker, who can adopt almost any attacking role. Despite starting mainly as right winger, he can play on the left too, and has playmaker characteristics to play as attacking midfielder or supporting striker. Fast and skillful, Estêvão stands out for his eccentricity, verticality and unpredictability, being a good player profile to be the unbalancing and creative element in any squad.
Estêvão is a great attacking profile player, mixing technique prowess with an incredible eye for goal, being a clear example of Brazilian ‘Joga Bonito’ player, having flair and genius creativity. Despite playing mainly next to the sideline, Estêvão loves to roam the pitch on a free role, loving to adopt inside positions in order to be in contact with the ball and propose with it on his feet. The Brazilian youngster is a player who likes to dribble, having great ability to do so and break the rival´s defensive organization. He possesses great attributes for dribbling, being explosive with an immense change of pace in the first meters, having fast footwork and agility, low center of gravity and able to shift directions. In that sense, whenever he gets the ball near the sideline, his first alternative is to try to beat his man in one-on-one situations, since his skill set is varied making him so unpredictable. Estêvão is able to be successful in different scenarios, from playing wide, beating his man by flashing pace to cutting inside and breaking lines by powerful vertical carries looking to get to the penalty area, as he has immense ability to run with the ball on his feet.
Being left footed and playing as an inverted winger, he mainly tends to cut inside looking for alternatives. He is confident in his shooting, and usually looks for a good position to try to go on target, even from distance, but he is technically gifted to be able to associate with teammates in the last third in one-two combinations. When carrying the ball towards the penalty area, he possesses good vision, detecting interesting options to provide his team mates killer passes to face the keeper, but his accuracy in those situations need improvement, despite having left some surprisingly creative assists or key passes. Estêvão feel more comfortable in high tempo transitional games, having spaces to explode, but could also fit in a possession based team. His technical levels in terms of ball control and passing are quite good, despite being a bit risky and not having so much clarity when having to receive the ball and help in the build up in deeper positions.
Estêvão is a really interesting attacking profile, but with such a young age has room for improvement in several areas. His playing style makes him an individualist player, many times wanting to carry the ball to the goal and finish the play by himself, having better alternatives to play with, being his decision making, an aspect to work on. His defensive contribution should be bigger to compete at the highest level. He is not the kind of winger that tracks back and helps the midfield, as he is the perfect leather to carry on a counterattack. But whenever he is involved in defensive issues and ground duels, he is not as aggressive as needed, not being reliable in defensive contact situations. That issue may also be related with a necessity of improvement in his physical attributes in terms of strength, power and corpulence, aspects that he may develop as he keeps on growing.
Estêvão has catched up attention of many elite clubs in recent days, due to his premature debut and outstanding performances in the U17 world cup. He is a clear example of a technically gifted and eccentric player, who reminds of Brazilian cracks on his joy while playing football and who clearly possesses everything that it takes to become a top player in the future.
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