Danilo (footballer, born 1990)

Danilo
Danilo with FC Dnipro in 2015
Personal information
Full name Richard Danilo Maciel Sousa Campos
Date of birth (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth São Luís, Brazil
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2007–2010 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Standard Liège 3 (0)
2012–2014 Metalurh Donetsk 41 (2)
2014–2015 Mordovia Saransk 16 (1)
2015 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 12 (0)
2016–2018 Antalyaspor 61 (2)
2019 Al Wahda 0 (0)
2019–2020 Dinamo Minsk 33 (8)
2020–2021 AEL Limassol 27 (6)
2021–2022 APOEL 14 (0)
International career
2008 Belgium U18 4 (1)
2007–2009 Belgium U19 10 (0)
2010 Belgium U20 3 (1)
2010–2011 Belgium U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Danilo Maciel Sousa Campos (born 13 January 1990), known as just Danilo, is a former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

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Danilo signed a youth contract with Dutch club Ajax in June 2007,[2] and was a member of their squad for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.[3]

He made his professional debut for Belgian club Standard Liège during the 2010–11 season,[1] before moving to Ukrainian team Metalurh Donetsk in February 2012.[1]

He signed for Mordovia Saransk in July 2014,[4] and for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in 2015.[5] He signed for Turkish club Antalyaspor in January 2016.[6] After a brief spell with Al Wahda, in February 2019 he signed for Dinamo Minsk.[7][8] On 29 June 2020, he left the club as his contract expired.[9] He then signed for AEL Limassol.[10]

After playing with AEL Limassol, he signed for APOEL in July 2021.[11]

International career

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Born in Brazil, Danilo represented Belgium at youth international level.[12]

Personal life

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His father is former player Wamberto.[2] His brother Wanderson is also a footballer who plays as an attacker for SC Internacional.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Danilo at Soccerway
  2. ^ a b "Ajax sign Danilo". AFC Ajax. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  3. ^ "UEFA profile".
  4. ^ "Новости". www.fc-mordovia.ru. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Протоколи матчів". Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Richard Danilo Antalyaspor'da - Antalyaspor Resmi İnternet Sitesi". www.antalyaspor.com.tr.
  7. ^ "Transfer news. Bem vindo Danilo! 15.02.2019". dinamo-minsk.by. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  8. ^ voetbalbelgie.be, redactie at. "TRANSFER: Belg vindt onderdak in Wit-Rusland". www.voetbalbelgie.be.
  9. ^ "Данило покидает "Динамо"". Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Ανακοίνωση Απόκτησης Ντανίλο". Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού. 1 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Έναρξη συνεργασίας με Danilo Campos". APOEL FC.
  12. ^ Belgium Stats at Belgian FA
  13. ^ "Wanderson, la perla del Getafe, es hijo y hermano de futbolistas" [Wanderson, Getafe's pearl, is a son and brother of footballers] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.