Willy Aubameyang

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William-Fils Aubameyang
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Aubameyang while playing for A.C. Milan
Personal information
Full name William-Fils Aubameyang
Date of birth (1987-02-16) 16 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–1999 Ivry
1999–2002 Créteil-Lusitanos
2002–2004 Triestina
2004–2007 AC Milan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2011 AC Milan 0 (0)
2008–2009 → Avellino (loan) 30 (1)
2009–2010 → Eupen (loan) 20 (3)
2010–2011 → Monza (loan) 6 (1)
2011 Kilmarnock 6 (1)
2011–2013 Sapins 0 (0)
2013 Saint-Étienne II 5 (0)
2014–2015 Kray 34 (4)
Total101(10)
International career
2009–2015 Gabon 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William-Fils "Willy" Aubameyang (born 16 February 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in France, he is a former Gabon international. He is a half-brother of footballer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

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Club career

AC Milan

Aubameyang was born in Paris, France. He joined AC Milan from Triestina in 2005. [1] Over his first three seasons at the club, he played in their youth teams, though appearing as an unused substitute for the first team in some Serie A and Coppa Italia games, as well as playing several pre-season friendlies (once even scoring against Juventus). [2] On 20 December 2007, he eventually made his official debut in a Coppa Italia match against Catania. [3] He did not appear in the league for Milan.

Loan spells

Aubameyang spent the following seasons on various loan spells: at Avellino in 2008–09, [4] at Belgian side Eupen in 2009–10, [5] and at Monza in the first half of the 2010–11 season. [6]

Kilmarnock

In January 2011, he was signed permanently by Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock, after a successful trial. [7] He scored his first and only goal for the club in a 1–1 league draw against Motherwell. [8] In summer 2011, Aubameyang's short-term contract with Kilmarnock expired and he left the club.

FC Kray

Aubameyang trialled with Borussia Dortmund II while his brother Pierre-Emerick played for the club's first team but did not earn a contract. [9] Instead he signed for Regionalliga West club FC Kray in November 2014. [9] In January 2016, he did not return from family holidays in Italy to appear for training at FC Kray [10] and left the club which was fighting relegation. [11]

International career

Aubameyang has been called up by the Gabon national team since 2009.

Personal life

His father Pierre is a former Gabonese international, while his two brothers Catilina and Pierre-Emerick are footballers too and have both played at A.C. Milan like him.

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References

  1. ↑ "Trasferimenti 2005" (PDF). lega-calcio.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  2. ↑ Alberto Cerruti (7 January 2007). "Gode il Milan Ma è una Juve da serie A". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "Milan vs Catania". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 20 December 2007. Archived from the original on 9 November 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "Ufficiale: Avellino, dal Milan arriva Aubameyang". tuttomercatoweb.com. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
  5. ↑ "A.C. Milan official note". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2010.[ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Colpo del Monza: preso Aubameyang". acmonzabrianza.it (in Italian). Associazione Calcio Monza Brianza 1912. 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  7. ↑ Clive Lindsay (26 January 2011). "AC Milan midfielder Willy Aubameyang joins Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  8. ↑ "Motherwell 1–1 Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 February 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Bruder von Aubameyang wechselt in die Regionalliga zum FC Kray". t-online (in German). 6 November 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  10. ↑ Herms, Martin (4 January 2016). "Willy Aubameyang verlässt den Regionalligisten FC Kray". Der Westen (in German). Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "Aubameyang-Bruder verlässt FC Kray | Regionalliga". kicker (in German). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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