Danilo
Danilo playing for Feyenoord in 2022
Personal information
Full name Danilo Pereira da Silva[1]
Date of birth (1999-04-07) 7 April 1999
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Rangers
Number 99
Youth career
São Caetano
Portuguesa
2010–2014 Corinthians
Ponte Preta
Vasco da Gama
0000–2017 Santos
2017–2018 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Jong Ajax 51 (31)
2020–2022 Ajax 14 (2)
2020–2021Twente (loan) 33 (17)
2022–2023 Feyenoord 34 (10)
2023– Rangers 12 (4)
International career
2020 Brazil U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:30, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Danilo Pereira da Silva (born 7 April 1999) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership club Rangers.

After playing youth football for several clubs in Brazil, Danilo joined Dutch club Ajax in 2017. He scored nine goals in 20 first-team appearances for Ajax, and had a loan spell at Twente. Danilo joined Feyenoord on a free transfer in 2022, winning the Eredivisie title in his only season at the club. Rangers signed him in July 2023.

Danilo played youth international football for Brazil at under-23 level.

Club career

Youth career

Born in São Paulo,[3] Danilo played youth football for São Caetano, Portuguesa, Corinthians, Ponte Preta and Vasco da Gama, before joining the academy of Santos.[4][5] He scored seven goals and provided seven assists for the Santos under-20 team in the Paulista U-20 Championship in 2017.[6]

Ajax

On 7 September 2017, Danilo signed for Dutch club Ajax after agreeing to a five-year deal.[7] Ajax paid Santos a transfer fee of around €2 million.[8] He was initially assigned to the Ajax under-19 team and the Jong Ajax squad (the club's reserve team).[6][9]

On 25 March 2018, Danilo made his debut for Jong Ajax in a 1–0 defeat against Jong AZ.[10] He scored his first goal for Jong Ajax on 10 September 2018, in a game in Alkmaar against Jong AZ.

He made his first-team debut for Ajax on 23 February 2020, as a substitute in an Eredivisie game against Heracles Almelo.[11][12] Four days later, he scored on his first start for the club, in a UEFA Europa League match against Getafe.[13] Danilo apologised to Ajax fans on social media after he was seen swapping shirts with Getafe player Deyverson at half-time.[14]

On 14 August 2020, Danilo joined fellow Eredivisie side Twente on a season-long loan deal.[15] He scored 17 goals in the 2020–21 Eredivisie season, which was the fourth-highest total in the league that season.[16]

On 20 January 2022, he scored four goals for Ajax in a 9–0 win against Excelsior Maassluis in the round of 16 of the KNVB Cup.[17]

Feyenoord

On 19 May 2022, Feyenoord announced that Danilo would sign a four-year contract with the club, joining on a free transfer.[18] He made his debut for the club on 7 August 2022, scoring the club's second and fourth goals in a 5–2 away win against Vitesse.[19] Feyenoord won the Eredivisie title in the 2022–23 season, with Danilo scoring 10 goals and providing three assists in 34 appearances in the league.[20]

Rangers

On 28 July 2023, Rangers announced that Danilo had joined the club and signed a five-year contract for an undisclosed transfer fee.[21] This was reported to be worth up to £6 million.[22] He made his debut for the club in a 1–0 defeat away to Kilmarnock on 5 August 2023, as a 62nd minute substitute for Cyriel Dessers.[23] He scored his first goal for Rangers during a league match at home to Livingston on 12 August 2023.[24]

On 16 September 2023, Danilo suffered a collision with a St Johnstone defender while scoring a goal and was taken to hospital with a suspected compound fracture in his skull.

International career

Danilo was called up to the Brazil under-23 team in November 2020, for friendly games against South Korea and Egypt.[25] He made his debut, and only appearance at under-23 level, against South Korea on 14 November.[26]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 December 2023[27]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Ajax 2017–18 Eerste Divisie 1010
2018–19 Eerste Divisie 33193319
2019–20 Eerste Divisie 8585
2021–22 Eerste Divisie 9797
Total 51315131
Ajax 2019–20 Eredivisie 10101[lower-alpha 1]10031
2021–22 Eredivisie 13236001[lower-alpha 2]0178
Total 142461110209
Twente (loan) 2020–21 Eredivisie 3317103417
Feyenoord 2022–23 Eredivisie 34104210[lower-alpha 1]24814
Rangers 2023–24 Scottish Premiership 12400217[lower-alpha 3]1216
Career total 1446498211841017477
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  3. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Jong Ajax

Ajax

Feyenoord

Individual

References

  1. "Rangers announce signing of Danilo Pereira da Silva". rangers.co.uk. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  2. "Danilo". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  3. "Em fim de contrato com Ajax, Danilo fala sobre seleção e projeta revanche no clássico contra o PSV". espn.com.br. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  4. "Ex-Santos virou nova aposta do Ajax após superar dispensas: 'Fui persistente'" [Former Santos player became Ajax's new bet after overcoming releases: 'I was persistent'] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. "Danilo knocks on the doorstep at Ajax:' He is go to make the first team'". Sports of the Day. 17 February 2018. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Ajax apresenta o jovem atacante Danilo Pereira, destaque da base do Santos". ge.globo.com. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  7. "Danilo Pereira da Silva per direct naar Ajax Onder-19 [Danilo Pereira da Silva immediately moves to Ajax Under-19]" (in Dutch). Parool. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  8. "Feyenoord neemt Ajax-aanvaller Danilo gratis over". telegraaf.nl. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  9. "Nieuwe spits voor Ajax: Danilo Pereira Da Silva (18) [New striker for Ajax: Danilo Pereira Da Silva (18)]" (in Dutch). AT5. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  10. "Ajax II 0 - 1 AZ II". goal.com. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  11. "Basisdebuut lonkt voor Danilo tegen Getafe". telegraaf.nl. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  12. "FC Twente huurt Danilo van Ajax". rtlnieuws.nl. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  13. "Ajacied Danilo biedt excuses aan voor shirtwissel in rust tegen Getafe". nu.nl. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  14. "Danilo zegt sorry nadat hij shirt wisselde met Deyverson". sportnieuws.nl. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  15. "Danilo op huurbasis naar FC Twente" (in Dutch). AFC Ajax. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  16. "Em fim de contrato com Ajax, Danilo fala sobre seleção e projeta revanche no clássico contra o PSV". espn.com.br. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  17. "Ajax boekt mede door vier goals Danilo monsterzege op Excelsior Maassluis" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  18. "Feyenoord bevestigt komst Danilo" (in Dutch). 19 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  19. "Feyenoord komt vroege achterstand te boven en walst dankzij debutanten over Vitesse heen" [Feyenoord responds to early disadvantage and demolishes Vitesse thanks to debutants] (in Dutch). 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  20. "Rangers complete signing of Brazilian striker Danilo from Feyenoord". STV News. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  21. "Danilo: Rangers sign Brazilian striker from Feyenoord for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  22. "Danilo: Rangers sign striker from Feyenoord on five-year deal". skysports.com. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  23. "Kilmarnock 1-0 Rangers". BBC Sport. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  24. "Rangers 4-0 Livingston". BBC Sport. 12 August 2023.
  25. "Novidade na lista de Jardine na Seleção Olímpica, Danilo Pereira é o artilheiro do Campeonato Holandês". tntsports.com.br. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  26. "Danilo Pereira's matches". besoccer.com. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  27. "Danilo". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  28. 1 2 "Danilo - Career Honours". Soccerway.
  29. "Feyenoord verslaat Go Ahead en is na zes jaar weer kampioen van Nederland" [Feyenoord beats Go Ahead and is champions of the Netherlands after six years] (in Dutch). 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  30. "Lassina Traor is named Eredivisie Player of the Month". Eredivisie. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  • Profile at the Rangers F.C. website
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.