Denílson Pereira Neves
Denilson playing for Arsenal
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Denílson Pereira Neves | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Cruzeiro | ||
| Number | 88 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2005 | São Paulo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | São Paulo | 13 | (0) |
| 2006–2013 | Arsenal | 96 | (7) |
| 2011–2013 | → São Paulo (loan) | 45 | (1) |
| 2013–2015 | São Paulo | 93 | (1) |
| 2015– | Al-Wahda | 25 | (1) |
| 2016– | → Cruzeiro (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | Brazil U17 | 6 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:23, 17 May 2014 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:00, 6 July 2011 (UTC) |
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Denílson Pereira Neves (born 16 February 1988) is a Brazilian footballer plays for Cruzeiro on loan from Al-Wahda F.C. mainly as a central midfielder but also as a defensive midfielder. He is the former captain of the Brazil national under-17 team.
Denílson has been described as being adept at "short passing and reading of the game. He is very effective at retaining possession".
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Denílson is the second of four sons born to José Neves and Luciene Pereira. His father José is a former midfielder at Botafogo in Northeast Brazil. However, he was forced to quit football in order to support his family. Denílson and his family survived extreme poverty as his parents struggled to raise him and his brothers in the dangerous favelas of São Paulo. Many of Denílson's childhood friends have since died due to their involvement in the drug trade.
He started his career at São Paulo, where he was part of the side that won the 2005 Copa Libertadores and the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup. However, he was underutilized for São Paulo FC, having only made twelve appearances for the club, eight of those coming off the substitutes' bench.
On 31 August 2006, Denílson joined English club Arsenal for a fee of £3.4 million, choosing 15 as his shirt number. Many were surprised by his transfer to Arsenal because of his lack of experience in club football. He has been described as "a little bit in between Tomáš Rosický and Gilberto" by Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger. Denílson was included in Arsenal's 19-man squad that travelled to face CSKA Moscow in the UEFA Champions League on 17 October 2006; he was named on the substitutes bench for the match, but did not play. He had to wait until 24 October 2006 for his first-team debut, when he started a League Cup third round match against West Bromwich Albion. He was ever-present in Arsenal's 2006–07 League Cup campaign.
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