Danilo Pereira (Portuguese footballer)
Pereira (center) playing for Portugal in 2015
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| Full name | Danilo Luís Hélio Pereira | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1991 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||
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Current team
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Porto | ||||||||
| Number | 22 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 1999–2005 | Arsenal 72 | ||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Estoril | ||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Benfica | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 2010–2013 | Parma | 5 | (0) | ||||||
| 2011 | → Aris (loan) | 5 | (2) | ||||||
| 2012–2013 | → Roda (loan) | 31 | (1) | ||||||
| 2013–2015 | Marítimo | 57 | (4) | ||||||
| 2015– | Porto | 59 | (10) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2009 | Portugal U18 | 5 | (1) | ||||||
| 2009–2010 | Portugal U19 | 17 | (0) | ||||||
| 2010–2011 | Portugal U20 | 19 | (3) | ||||||
| 2012 | Portugal U21 | 3 | (0) | ||||||
| 2015– | Portugal | 18 | (1) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017 |
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Danilo Luís Hélio Pereira (born 9 September 1991) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for FC Porto as a defensive midfielder.
Born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau as the oldest child of Quinta Djata, a nurse, Pereira and his family moved to Portugal when he was five. He played his youth football with three clubs in the Lisbon area, finishing his formation with S.L. Benfica.
Benfica subsequently decided against signing Pereira to a professional contract, and Italian side Parma F.C. acquired him on a free transfer. He spent the second half of the 2010–11 season on loan to Aris Thessaloniki F.C. in Greece and, upon his return to the Stadio Ennio Tardini, made his first appearance in Serie A on 21 December 2011, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–3 home draw against Catania Calcio.
Pereira was loaned again for 2012–13, spending the campaign with Roda JC Kerkrade in the Eredivisie and being first-choice to help his team narrowly avoid relegation. On 1 August 2013 he broke all ties with Parma and returned to Portugal, joining C.S. Marítimo.
On 2 July 2015, after two seasons in Madeira as first-choice, Danilo signed a four-year contract with FC Porto also from the Primeira Liga, with a release clause of €40 million.
Pereira chose to represent Portugal internationally. He was part of the under-20 side that finished second at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia, playing all seven games (six complete) and scoring in the 2–0 semifinal win over France.
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