| Douglas | |
| Fullname: | Douglas Pereira dos Santos[1] |
| Birth Date: | 6 August 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Monte Alegre, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.71 m[2] |
| Position: | Right-back |
| Youthyears1: | 2002–2009 |
| Youthclubs1: | Goiás |
| Years1: | 2009–2011 |
| Clubs1: | Goiás |
| Caps1: | 64 |
| Goals1: | 5 |
| Years2: | 2012–2014 |
| Clubs2: | São Paulo |
| Caps2: | 69 |
| Goals2: | 4 |
| Years3: | 2014–2019 |
| Clubs3: | Barcelona |
| Caps3: | 3 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs4: | → Sporting Gijón (loan) |
| Caps4: | 21 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Years5: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs5: | → Benfica (loan) |
| Caps5: | 5 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs6: | → Sivasspor (loan) |
| Caps6: | 29 |
| Goals6: | 3 |
| Years7: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs7: | Beşiktaş |
| Caps7: | 5 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2009–2010 |
| Nationalteam1: | Brazil U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 13 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Club-Update: | 18:24, 1 February 2020 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 2 September 2018 |
Douglas Pereira dos Santos (born 6 August 1990), simply known as Douglas (pronounced as /pt-BR/), is a Brazilian professional footballer who last played as a right-back for Beşiktaş.
Born in Monte Alegre de Goiás, Douglas joined Goiás' youth setup in 2002, aged 12,[3] and was promoted to the first-team in 2009, mainly as a backup to Vítor. He made his professional – and Série A – debut on 20 June 2009, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–2 away draw against Grêmio.[4]
Douglas was handed his first start on 15 July, in a 0–2 home loss against Avaí.[5] He finished the campaign with 14 appearances (seven starts, 741 minutes of action), as his side finished ninth.
In 2010, after Victor's departure to Palmeiras, Douglas became the club's first-choice, appearing in 24 matches but being relegated. He scored his first professional goal on 15 July 2011, netting the last of a 4–1 home routing over Vitória for the Série B championship.[6]
Douglas finished the season with 26 appearances, scoring five goals as the Esmeraldino finished in the 11th place.
On 11 February 2012, Douglas signed a three-year deal with São Paulo.[7] However, he missed the whole Campeonato Paulista due to a pubalgia.
Douglas made his debut for Tricolor on 6 June 2012, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Internacional.[8] He scored his first goal for the club on 14 October, netting the last of a 2–0 home success against Figueirense.[9] He was also a regular in the club's Copa Sudamericana winning campaign.
Douglas featured regularly for the club in 2013, but faced fierce competition with new signing Paulo Miranda.[10] The latter was later more used as a central defender, while the former also appeared as a central midfielder in some occasions.
In 2014 Douglas was again challenged by another new face, Luis Ricardo. He was mainly a backup to the latter during the year's Campeonato Paulista, but later retained his place in the starting XI.
On 26 August 2014, Douglas agreed a five-year deal with La Liga club Barcelona for amount of €4 million fee plus €1.5 million in add-ons.[11] He signed his contract with the Catalans three days later,[12] being presented hours later.[13] [14]
After being an unused substitute in Barça's 1–0 home win against APOEL for the season's UEFA Champions League, Douglas made his debut on 24 September, starting and being booked in a 0–0 draw at Málaga.[15] He was later criticized for his performance, and was demoted to third-choice right back behind Dani Alves and Martín Montoya, only being limited to appear in Copa del Rey.[16]
On 26 August 2016, Barcelona and Sporting de Gijón reached an agreement for the season-long loan of Douglas.[17] He made his debut for the Asturians on 17 September in a 5–0 loss at Atlético Madrid, and scored his first goal in Spanish football on 4 December in a 3–1 win against Osasuna at El Molinón.[18] He totalled 23 appearances and three goals over the season, but Sporting were relegated.
On 30 August 2017, Douglas joined Portuguese champions Benfica on a season-long loan deal.[19]
On 24 July 2018, Douglas was loaned once again, this time to Turkish side Sivasspor.[20] His first goal for Sivasspor was in a Süper Lig match with Trabzonspor.[21]
In 2019 Douglas left Barcelona for the Turkish club Beşiktaş.
Douglas is currently a free agent after being released from Beşiktaş in 2022.
Douglas was a member of the Brazil national under-20 team, appearing in the 2009 South American U-20 Championship and 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[22]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brazil | League[23] | Copa do Brasil | Continental[24] | State League[25] | Total | ||||||
| Goiás | 2009 | 14 | 0 | — | 1[26] | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 2011 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | |
| Total | 64 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 5 | |
| São Paulo | 2012 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 3 |
| 2013 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16[27] | 0 | 15 | 0 | 57 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 2 | |
| Total | 69 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 124 | 6 | |
| Spain | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Europe | Other[28] | Total | ||||||
| Barcelona | 2014–15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Sporting Gijón | 2016–17 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 3 | ||
| Portugal | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Europe | Other[29] | Total | ||||||
| Benfica | 2017–18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[30] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Turkey | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
| Sivasspor | 2018–19 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 3 | ||
| Beşiktaş | 2019–20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[31] | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Career total | 206 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 289 | 17 | |
São Paulo
Barcelona[32]