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Willy Aubameyang

Willy Aubameyang

Gabonese footballer

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.

References

  1. [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. [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. [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. [4]
    "Ufficiale: Avellino, dal Milan arriva Aubameyang". tuttomercatoweb.com. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
  5. [5]
    "A.C. Milan official note". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2010. [dead link]
  6. [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. [7]
    Clive Lindsay (26 January 2011). "AC Milan midfielder Willy Aubameyang joins Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  8. [8]
    "Motherwell 1–1 Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 February 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  9. [9]
    "Bruder von Aubameyang wechselt in die Regionalliga zum FC Kray". t-online (in German). 6 November 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  10. [10]
    Herms, Martin (4 January 2016). "Willy Aubameyang verlässt den Regionalligisten FC Kray". Der Westen (in German). Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  11. [11]
    "Aubameyang-Bruder verlässt FC Kray | Regionalliga". kicker (in German). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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