Domestic-league season · Santos.
Missed 5 of Santos's ~38 games this season through 5 injury absences (calf, muscle). He still appeared 13 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serie A | 13 | 0 | 0 | 788 | 6.89 |
Following his move to Santos, Arão's current-season form is down 25% on last season (Season 12→9), while his Rating held around 14. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 36).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Santos · 12th | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6.89 | 14 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | Panathinaikos · 2nd | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7.01 | 15 | 12 |
| 2023/24 | Panathinaikos · 4th | 26 | 2 | 2 | 7.31 | 20 | 30 |
| 2022/23 | Fenerbahçe · 2nd | 31 | 0 | 4 | 7.02 | 31 | 36 |
| 2021/22 | Flamengo · 2nd | 30 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 48 | 30 |
| 2020/21 | Flamengo · 1st | 32 | 1 | 1 | 6.99 | 54 | 34 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Willian Arão is a 34-year-old defensive midfielder at Santos, rated 13.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 414th of 427 in the Serie A. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (26.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.43 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Arão.
Judged on this season alone, Arão graded 9 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 55th of 57 of the 57 defensive midfielders in the Serie A, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3.426 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 12 → 9). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 14, 56th of 57 of the 57 defensive midfielders in the Serie A. At 34 Arão is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 5.5 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Arão missed 5 games through injury (calf, muscle) out of roughly 38 this season. The 13 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3.43 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 13 appearances.
With a Rating of 13.9, Arão carries the 56th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Serie A of 57 — though on just 13 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.43 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~18), then tapers with age. At 34, Arão sits on 5.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Arão's projected Rating — 13.9 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
€2.5M total transfer fees · 8 moves
No transfer news found for this player.
