Danilo Pereira da Silva (born 7 April 1999) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eredivisie club Feyenoord.
![]() Danilo playing for Feyenoord in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Danilo Pereira da Silva[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1999-04-07) 7 April 1999 (age 23)[1] | ||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil[1] | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker[1] | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Feyenoord | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2009 | Portuguesa | ||
2010–2014 | Corinthians | ||
2015 | Ponte Preta | ||
2016 | Vasco da Gama | ||
2016–2017 | Santos | ||
2017–2018 | Ajax | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2022 | Jong Ajax | 51 | (31) |
2020–2022 | Ajax | 14 | (2) |
2020–2021 | → Twente (loan) | 33 | (17) |
2022– | Feyenoord | 5 | (5) |
National team‡ | |||
2020 | Brazil U23 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:03, 29 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2020 |
Born in São Paulo, Danilo represented Portuguesa, Corinthians, Ponte Preta and Vasco da Gama as a youth before switching to the academy of Santos in 2016.[2][3] On 7 September 2017, he signed with Dutch club AFC Ajax after agreeing to a five-year deal.[4] He was assigned to the Jong Ajax (the reserve team) and Ajax under-19.[5]
On 25 March 2018, Danilo made his debut for Jong Ajax in a 1–0 defeat against Jong AZ.[6] He scored his first goal for Jong Ajax on 10 September 2018 in the game, in Alkmaar, against Jong AZ.
On 14 August 2020, Danilo joined fellow Eredivisie side Twente on a season-long loan deal.[7]
On 20 January 2022, he scored four goals for Ajax in the round of 16 of the KNVB Cup against Excelsior Maassluis winning 9–0 at home.[8]
On 19 May 2022, Feyenoord announced that Danilo would sign a four-year contract with the club.[9] 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.[10]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 3 | |
Career total | 102 | 53 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 60 |
Jong Ajax[12]
Ajax[12]
Feyenoord – current squad | |
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