Danilo (footballer, born 1999)
Brazilian footballer (born 1999)
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Danilo Pereira da Silva (born 7 April 1999) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Botafogo, on loan from Scottish Premiership club Rangers.
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Danilo playing for Feyenoord in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Danilo Pereira da Silva[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 April 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Botafogo (on loan from Rangers) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| São Caetano | |||
| Portuguesa | |||
| 2010–2014 | Corinthians | ||
| Ponte Preta | |||
| Vasco da Gama | |||
| 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) |
| 2022–2023 | Feyenoord | 34 | (10) |
| 2023– | Rangers | 49 | (12) |
| 2026 | → NEC Nijmegen (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2026– | → Botafogo (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2020 | Brazil U23 | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 May 2026 | |||
After playing youth football for several clubs in Brazil, Danilo joined Dutch club Ajax in 2017. He scored nine goals in 20 first-team appearances for Ajax, and had a loan spell at Twente. Danilo joined Feyenoord on a free transfer in 2022, winning the Eredivisie title in his only season at the club. Rangers signed him in July 2023.
Danilo played youth international football for Brazil at under-23 level.
Club career
Youth career
Born in São Paulo,[3] Danilo played youth football for São Caetano, Portuguesa, Corinthians, Ponte Preta and Vasco da Gama, before joining the academy of Santos.[4][5] He scored seven goals and provided seven assists for the Santos under-20 team in the Paulista U-20 Championship in 2017.[6]
Ajax
On 7 September 2017, Danilo signed for Dutch club Ajax after agreeing to a five-year deal.[7] Ajax paid Santos a transfer fee of around €2 million.[8] He was initially assigned to the Ajax under-19 team and the Jong Ajax squad (the club's reserve team).[6][9]
On 25 March 2018, Danilo made his debut for Jong Ajax in a 1–0 defeat against Jong AZ.[10] He scored his first goal for Jong Ajax on 10 September 2018, in a game in Alkmaar against Jong AZ.
He made his first-team debut for Ajax on 23 February 2020, as a substitute in an Eredivisie game against Heracles Almelo.[11][12] Four days later, he scored on his first start for the club, in a UEFA Europa League match against Getafe.[13] Danilo apologised to Ajax fans on social media after he was seen swapping shirts with Getafe player Deyverson at half-time.[14]
On 14 August 2020, Danilo joined fellow Eredivisie side Twente on a season-long loan deal.[15] He scored 17 goals in the 2020–21 Eredivisie season, which was the fourth-highest total in the league that season.[16]
On 20 January 2022, he scored four goals for Ajax in a 9–0 win against Excelsior Maassluis in the round of 16 of the KNVB Cup.[17]
Feyenoord
On 19 May 2022, Feyenoord announced that Danilo would sign a four-year contract with the club, joining on a free transfer.[18] 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.[19] Feyenoord won the Eredivisie title in the 2022–23 season, with Danilo scoring 10 goals and providing three assists in 34 appearances in the league.[20]
Rangers
2023–24
On 28 July 2023, Rangers announced that Danilo had joined the club and signed a five-year contract for an undisclosed transfer fee.[21] He made his debut for the club in a 1–0 defeat away to Kilmarnock on 5 August 2023, as a 62nd minute substitute for Cyriel Dessers.[22] He scored his first goal for Rangers during a league match at home to Livingston on 12 August 2023.[23] Following this match Danilo scored against Greenock Morton in the Scottish League Cup.[24]
On 16 September 2023, Danilo suffered a collision with a St Johnstone defender while scoring a goal and was taken to hospital with a suspected compound fracture in his skull.[25] He scored what turned out to be winning goal against Hearts in the Scottish Premiership in October 2023 and followed this up with a goal in a five nil win over Dundee in November 2023.[26] Danilo scored his first European goal for Rangers in a 2-1 win over Sparta Prague in the Europa League in November 2023.[27] In a season curtailed through injury Danilo scored six goals in 21 appearances from all competitions.
2024–25
Danilo scored his first goal of the season against Ross County in a 6-0 win in August 2024.[28] On 4 December 2024, Danilo scored Rangers second goal in a 6-0 win against Kilmarnock. Danilo followed this goal up with another strike in a 3-0 win over Ross County.[29] On 15 December 2024, Danilo scored a late equaliser in the League Cup final to take the game to extra-time. Danilo turned provider for team mate Cerny to score the winning goal against Dundee in December 2024.[30] Another goal came for Danilo in a league match against St Mirren in December 2024 with the assist coming from Niko Raskin.[31] Danilo scored Rangers third goal in a 3-0 win over Celtic in January 2025, the assist for the goal came from team mate Jefte.[32]
On 3 February 2026, NEC Nijmegen announced Danilo joined them on loan with an option to buy until the end of the season. [33]
International career
Danilo was called up to the Brazil under-23 team in November 2020, for friendly games against South Korea and Egypt.[34] He made his debut, and only appearance at under-23 level, against South Korea on 14 November.[35]
Personal life
Career statistics
- As of match played 17 May 2026[38]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong Ajax | 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 33 | 19 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 19 | |||||
| 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 8 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 5 | |||||
| 2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 9 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 7 | |||||
| Total | 51 | 31 | — | — | — | — | 51 | 31 | ||||||
| Ajax | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 17 | 8 | ||
| Total | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 9 | |||
| Twente (loan) | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 33 | 17 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 34 | 17 | |||
| Feyenoord | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 34 | 10 | 4 | 2 | — | 10[c] | 2 | — | 48 | 14 | ||
| Rangers | 2023–24 | Scottish Premiership | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7[e] | 1 | — | 21 | 6 | |
| 2024–25 | Scottish Premiership | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1[f] | 0 | — | 27 | 6 | ||
| 2025–26 | Scottish Premiership | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8[g] | 1 | — | 14 | 3 | ||
| Total | 40 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 2 | — | 62 | 15 | |||
| Rangers B | 2024–25 | — | — | — | — | — | 1[h] | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| NEC (loan) | 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 183 | 72 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 228 | 88 | ||
- Includes Scottish League Cup
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
- Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance in UEFA Europa League
- Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup