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Danilo Fernando Avelar (born 9 June 1989) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back and centre back.

Full name Danilo Fernando Avelar
Date of birth (1989-06-09) 9 June 1989 (age 37)
Place of birth Paranavaí, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
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Danilo Avelar
Avelar playing for Karpaty Lviv in 2011
Personal information
Full name Danilo Fernando Avelar
Date of birth (1989-06-09) 9 June 1989 (age 37)
Place of birth Paranavaí, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Left-back
Youth career
2004–2005 Paranavaí
2006 Joinville
2007 Paraná
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Rio Claro 28 (2)
2010–2012 Karpaty Lviv 23 (2)
2011 → Schalke 04 (loan) 3 (0)
2011 → Schalke 04 II (loan) 4 (0)
2012–2015 Cagliari 71 (4)
2016–2019 Torino 9 (0)
2017–2018 → Amiens (loan) 21 (1)
2018–2019 → Corinthians (loan) 40 (5)
2019–2022 Corinthians 34 (5)
2022 → América Mineiro (loan) 23 (1)
2023–2024 América Mineiro 42 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:24, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
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Club career

Early career

Avelar began his career in Brazil. Avelar played for Paranavaí, Joinville, Paraná Clube and Rio Claro.

Karpaty Lviv

On 10 May 2010, he joined Karpaty Lviv in Ukrainian Premier League on loan until December 2010. Avelar impressed enough and signed for the club permanently in 2010.[1]

Schalke (loan)

In January 2011, he joined FC Schalke 04 on loan, the new head coach of FC Schalke 04 announced on 23 March 2011 that the club would not be taking up the option to sign Avelar on a permanent deal, during his time at FC Schalke 04, Avelar won the DFB-Pokal Cup. Avelar returned on 30 June 2011 to his club Karpaty Lviv.[2]

Cagliari

On 17 July 2012, Avelar transferred to Cagliari on loan with the option of a permanent transfer. He made his debut in Serie A on 26 August 2012 in a 2–0 loss against Genoa. After going through a difficult start (the then Sardinian coach Massimo Ficcadenti preferred the defender Francesco Pisano in his role) with the arrival of the coaches Ivo Pulga and Diego López he won a permanent place among the starters thanks to his gradually more convincing performances. In the latter part of the season he was dropped in favour of the young full-back Nicola Murru, due to small physical problems and the exponential growth of the latter. At the end of the season the option to buy was exercised by the Sardinian club at a cost of 1 million euros.

In the 2013–2014 season, he lost the starting spot again to Murru, finding scant attention in the first half of the season. On 31 January 2014 a loan move to Sky Bet Championship side Leeds United failed due to logistic problems between the two companies involved.[3][4][5] However, in the second half of the season he made 15 appearances, starting in the match against Inter Milan on match day 25th of the Italian Serie A. His starting spot duel with Murru continued till the end of the season.

On 19 October 2014 he scored his first goal for Cagliari in their Serie A match at home to Sampdoria which ended 2–2, turning in the penalty that opened the scoring for Cagliari, at which point they were behind 2–0. A week later, however, he scored his first brace in the Italian top flight - the first goal a free kick, the second a penalty - in the 4–0 win which saw the Rossoblu impose themselves on Empoli.

Torino

On 17 June 2015, Torino released a statement confirming they had signed Avelar to a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee and an option on Antonio Barreca.[6][7]

On 31 August 2017, Avelar was loaned to Ligue 1 side Amiens for one season.[8]

Style of play

Naturally left-footed, he plays mainly on the left side of defence in a full back role or in a more attacking role as a wide midfielder, given his offensive skills.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 March 2023[10]
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Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rio Claro 2008 Paulista —00——0000
2009 Paulista A2 —152———152
2010 Paulista —130———130
Total —282———282
Karpaty Lviv 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League 180—2011[a]0—310
2011–12 52—211[a]0—83
Total 232—41120—393
Schalke 04 (loan) 2010–11 Bundesliga 30————30
Schalke 04 II (loan) 2010–11 Regionalliga West 40————40
Cagliari 2012–13 Serie A 200—10——210
2013–14 200—00——200
2014–15 314—10——324
Total 714—20——734
Torino 2015–16 Serie A 60—20——80
2016–17 30—00——30
Total 90—20——120
Amiens (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 1 211—40——251
Corinthians 2018 Série A 191—612[b]0—272
2019 202164618[c]0—507
2020 132610000—193
2021 00000000—00
Total 525225122100—9612
América Mineiro 2022 Série A 190—41——231
2023 00301000—40
Total 190305100—271
Career total 192125372942200030123
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  1. All appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. All appearances in Copa Libertadores
  3. All appearances in Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Club

Schalke 04
Corinthians

Individual

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