Danilo | |
Fullname: | Danilo Pereira da Silva[1] |
Birth Date: | 7 April 1999 |
Birth Place: | São Paulo, Brazil |
Height: | 1.74 m[2] |
Position: | Forward |
Currentclub: | Rangers |
Clubnumber: | 99 |
Youthclubs1: | São Caetano |
Youthclubs2: | Portuguesa |
Youthyears3: | 2010–2014 |
Youthclubs3: | Corinthians |
Youthclubs4: | Ponte Preta |
Youthclubs5: | Vasco da Gama |
Youthyears6: | –2017 |
Youthclubs6: | Santos |
Youthyears7: | 2017–2018 |
Youthclubs7: | Ajax |
Years1: | 2018–2022 |
Clubs1: | Jong Ajax |
Caps1: | 51 |
Goals1: | 31 |
Years2: | 2020–2022 |
Clubs2: | Ajax |
Caps2: | 14 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Years3: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs3: | → Twente (loan) |
Caps3: | 33 |
Goals3: | 17 |
Years4: | 2022–2023 |
Clubs4: | Feyenoord |
Caps4: | 34 |
Goals4: | 10 |
Years5: | 2023– |
Clubs5: | Rangers |
Caps5: | 12 |
Goals5: | 4 |
Nationalyears1: | 2020 |
Nationalteam1: | Brazil U23 |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 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 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.
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]
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]
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]
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.
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]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Jong Ajax | 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 33 | 19 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 19 | ||||||
2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 8 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 5 | ||||||
2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 9 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 7 | ||||||
Total | 51 | 31 | — | — | — | — | 51 | 31 | |||||||
Ajax | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
2021–22 | Eredivisie | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | |||
Total | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 9 | ||||
Twente (loan) | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 33 | 17 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 34 | 17 | ||||
Feyenoord | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 34 | 10 | 4 | 2 | — | 10 | 2 | — | 48 | 14 | |||
Rangers | 2023–24 | Scottish Premiership | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 21 | 6 | ||
Career total | 144 | 64 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 174 | 77 |
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