Willians arrived to Serbia in summer 1998 along his compatriot
Adilson dos Santos and Fumaça, and signed with
Red Star Belgrade. He played with Presidense in Brazil. He made 7 appearances and scored twice in the
1998–99 First League of FR Yugoslavia. He left Red Star in December and joined Greek club
Proodeftiki F.C. He made 3 appearances in the
1998–99 Alpha Ethniki Later, between 2006 and 2010, he played in Vietnam, with
Hòa Phát Hà Nội,
Khatoco Khánh Hòa,
XSKT Cần Thơ and
Hải Phòng. ==Honors==