Danilo (footballer, born 1999)

Danilo Pereira da Silva (born 7 April 1999) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eredivisie club Feyenoord.

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[1]
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil[1]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker[1]
Team 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 28 (8)
International career‡
2020 Brazil U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:03, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2020
"Danilo Pereira da Silva" redirects here. For the footballer born in 1989, see Danilo (footballer, born 1989).
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is da Silva.

Club career

Ajax

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.

Twente (loan)

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]

Feyenoord

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]

Career statistics
As of match played 9 April 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League KNVB Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Ajax 2017–18 Eerste Divisie 10———10
2018–19 Eerste Divisie 3319———3319
2019–20 Eerste Divisie 85———85
2021–22 Eerste Divisie 97———97
Total 5131———5131
Ajax 2019–20 Eredivisie 10101[lower-alpha 1]10031
2021–22 Eredivisie 13236001[lower-alpha 2]0178
Total 142461110209
Twente (loan) 2020–21 Eredivisie 331710——3417
Feyenoord 2022–23 Eredivisie 288428[lower-alpha 1]2—4012
Career total 1255898931014569
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

Honours

Jong Ajax[12]

Ajax[12]

Feyenoord

Individual

References
  1. "Danilo Pereira Da Silva aan de slag bij Ajax [Danilo Pereira Da Silva at work at Ajax]" (in Dutch). Ajax. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "Ajax II 0 - 1 AZ II". Ajax. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  7. "Danilo op huurbasis naar FC Twente" (in Dutch). AFC Ajax. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  8. "Ajax boekt mede door vier goals Danilo monsterzege op Excelsior Maassluis" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  9. "Feyenoord bevestigt komst Danilo" (in Dutch). 19 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  10. "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.
  11. "Danilo". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  12. "Danilo - Career Honours". Soccerway.
  13. "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.
  14. "Lassina Traor is named Eredivisie Player of the Month". Eredivisie. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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