Denílson Pereira Júnior (born 18 July 1995), known simply as Dení Jr, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Hatta.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Denílson Pereira Júnior | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-07-18) 18 July 1995 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Hatta | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Fluminense | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Fluminense | 2 | (1) |
| 2015–2018 | Granada B | 38 | (10) |
| 2016 | → Neftçi (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2017 | → Avaí (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2017 | → São Paulo (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2018 | → Vitória (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 2018–2021 | Atlético Mineiro | 8 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Al-Faisaly (loan) | 10 | (6) |
| 2019–2020 | → Tondela (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2020 | → Paços de Ferreira (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2020–2021 | → Al Dhafra (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | Paços de Ferreira | 30 | (6) |
| 2022– | Hatta | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:36, 14 May 2022 (UTC) | |||
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Denílson graduated with Fluminense's youth setup. He made his first team – and Série A – debut on 9 June 2013, coming on as a second half substitute for Biro-Biro and scoring the winner in a 2–1 home success over Goiás.[1]
Denílson appeared in only one more match before returning to the youth setup. On 31 January 2015 he joined Granada CF, being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[2][3]
On 9 August 2016, Denílson signed a season-long loan deal with Neftchi Baku,[4] scoring once in nine appearances before having his loan deal terminated by Neftchi Baku on 18 November 2016.[5] He then returned to Brazil and had a series of loan spells at Avaí, São Paulo and Vitória between 2017 and 2018.
On 20 June 2018, Denílson joined Atlético Mineiro on a five-year deal.[6]
On 3 January 2019, Denílson joined Saudi club Al-Faisaly on a six-month loan deal from Atlético.[7]