William Carvalho

[BlueDejong]

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William Silva de Carvalho (born 7 April 1992) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a defensive midfielder.

Full name William Silva de Carvalho
Date of birth 7 April 1992 (age 21)
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder

Box to Box midfielder, and I think he looks like NEW Fernandinho.

Portu league fan said that William Carvalho is best player in the league. Matic is not.

 

[Bruun]

He looks pretty solid, but reminds me more of Yaya than Fernandinho.

 

[BurningHart]

I like the way he retains possession with those yaya-esque legs. Would still be a risk bringing him to the pl though.

 

[regista]

No different to Javi Garcia.

 

[BigOscar]

He's been outstanding this year, physically dominating even in the biggest games. Already he's broken into the NT and in Portugal they see him as their future Vieira. Incredibly strong, pretty pacy and great in the tackle and better on the ball than the usual destroyer. He could become a really, really impressive player

 

[MillionDollarDream]

No different to Javi Garcia.

How so?

 

[LoveCity]

Portuguese footy guy on Twitter said Fernando (Porto) outshone him in yesterday's big game.

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United have been scouting him, I think. He's young so not the finished product I guess?

 

[BigOscar]

It's Carvalho's first season in the first team, so he's still a work in progress (opposed to Fernando, who'd been at his peak for 3 or 4 years already). That being said, all reports and people I've talked to were pretty favourable about both players, but Sporting bossed the game and the midfield battle (especially after Fernando limped off injured). William has been very impressive in the big league games against Porto and Benfica aswell, he seems to thrive on the big occasions. That he is even genuinely competing with Fernando for the holding role in the Portuguese NT is a hell of an accomplishment.

Fernando is probably the better player at the moment, but William is going to cruise past him, he has so much more to his game. It's remarkable how quickly he's become a dominant part of the team

 

[Mcfchamps]

It's Carvalho's first season in the first team, so he's still a work in progress (opposed to Fernando, who'd been at his peak for 3 or 4 years already). That being said, all reports and people I've talked to were pretty favourable about both players, but Sporting bossed the game and the midfield battle (especially after Fernando limped off injured). William has been very impressive in the big league games against Porto and Benfica aswell, he seems to thrive on the big occasions. That he is even genuinely competing with Fernando for the holding role in the Portuguese NT is a hell of an accomplishment.

Fernando is probably the better player at the moment, but William is going to cruise past him, he has so much more to his game. It's remarkable how quickly he's become a dominant part of the team

He seems awkward on the ball

 

[BigOscar]

He's sometimes a little ungainly looking but he's not awkward, a bit like Yaya in that sense, noone makes it through Sportings academy without being pretty comfortable on the ball. Pretty sure he went an entire game this year without giving the ball away earlier in the year