Willian Rocha

Central Defender - São Luiz
9 Feb 2027
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Marked for Willian Rocha

13 Edition

The São Luiz Sentinel

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Sérgio Mota, 37, rolls back the years — 8.01

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.01 at 37, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

A defender's goal wins it for São Luiz — 7.40

1 for César Quintero, marked 7.40, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

João Guilherme: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” São Luiz have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market26 Oct 2026

Marcelo Neves hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what São Luiz can pretend not to have heard.

Squad26 Oct 2026

A muscle injury and 14 days out for Paulo Roberto

The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. São Luiz will quote 14 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Squad26 Oct 2026

A row about effort at São Luiz

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jonatan Reis was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Vander beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad26 Oct 2026

The decline has begun for Paulo Roberto

Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 39 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for São Luiz is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.

Match24 Oct 2026

César Quintero the difference as São Luiz beat Goiatuba

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: César Quintero. 2‑1 against Goiatuba, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

In brief

Back issues
12 Edition

The São Luiz Sentinel

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match17 Oct 2026

São Luiz taken apart

0‑3 to Brasil de Pelotas, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Rafael Pascoal keeps São Luiz in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Nicolás Muñoz is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

A chastening introduction for Willian Rocha — 5.79

It is a hard way to meet a crowd. Marked 5.79 on the day he was handed the shirt, and the important thing now is what the next one looks like.

Match17 Oct 2026

4 matches without a win for São Luiz

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around São Luiz are no longer polite ones.

Match17 Oct 2026

4 matches without a goal for São Luiz

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at São Luiz

Christian Flores and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Augusto César out for 30 days

The medical room confirms 30 days on the sidelines for Augusto César, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Mazinho

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mazinho, and the manager let it.

In brief

11 Edition

The São Luiz Sentinel

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad12 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at São Luiz

Kennedy Rocha and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Kaio is not the player he was

It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph a local paper has to write. 39 years old, 3 points down on where he was, and a body that has started charging interest on a career.

Market12 Oct 2026

One of our own: Willian Rocha joins the São Luiz first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Willian Rocha is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Christian Flores has outgrown this division

There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. São Luiz know it, and so does everybody who watches him.

Squad12 Oct 2026

São Luiz are still strangers to each other

16 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

Looking ahead12 Oct 2026

A test against the best for São Luiz

The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Brasil de Pelotas.

In brief