Denílson (footballer, born 1995)

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Dení Jr
Personal information
Full name Denílson Pereira Júnior
Date of birth (1995-07-18) 18 July 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
Hatta
Youth career
Fluminense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Fluminense 2 (1)
2015–2018 Granada B 38 (10)
2016Neftçi (loan) 9 (1)
2017Avaí (loan) 3 (0)
2017São Paulo (loan) 12 (1)
2018Vitória (loan) 6 (2)
2018–2021 Atlético Mineiro 8 (0)
2019Al-Faisaly (loan) 10 (6)
2019–2020Tondela (loan) 12 (3)
2020Paços de Ferreira (loan) 13 (3)
2020–2021Al Dhafra (loan) 12 (3)
2021–2022 Paços de Ferreira 30 (6)
2022– Hatta 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:36, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Denílson Pereira Júnior (born 18 July 1995), known simply as Dení Jr, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Hatta.

Club career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Denílson graduated with Fluminense's youth setup. He made his first team – and Série A – debut on 9 June 2013, coming on as a second half substitute for Biro-Biro and scoring the winner in a 2–1 home success over Goiás.[1]

Denílson appeared in only one more match before returning to the youth setup. On 31 January 2015 he joined Granada CF, being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[2][3]

On 9 August 2016, Denílson signed a season-long loan deal with Neftchi Baku,[4] scoring once in nine appearances before having his loan deal terminated by Neftchi Baku on 18 November 2016.[5] He then returned to Brazil and had a series of loan spells at Avaí, São Paulo and Vitória between 2017 and 2018.

On 20 June 2018, Denílson joined Atlético Mineiro on a five-year deal.[6]

On 3 January 2019, Denílson joined Saudi club Al-Faisaly on a six-month loan deal from Atlético.[7]

References

  1. ^ Fluminense vira para cima do Goiás com um jogador a menos (Fluminense completes comeback over Goiás with one player less); Globo Esporte, 9 June 2013 (in Portuguese)
  2. ^ Rumo ao Granada, Denilson se despede do Flu: "Vou para ficar" (Going to Granada, Denilson bids farewell to Flu: "I am going to stay"); Globo Esporte, 31 January 2015 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ El Granada incorpora como cedido al joven brasileño Denilson (Fluminense) (Granada signs on loan the young Brazilian Denilson (Fluminense)) Archived 2015-02-04 at the Wayback Machine; ABC, 4 February 2015 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ "Braziliyalı hücumçu Denilson Pereyra Neftçi də". neftchipfk.com (in Azerbaijani). Neftchi Baku. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Neftçi PFK Denilsonla müqaviləyə xitam verdi". neftchipfk.com (in Azerbaijani). Neftchi Baku. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Atlético-MG anuncia atacante Denílson; contrato tem duração de cinco anos" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Denilson é emprestado pelo Atlético-MG para o Al Faisaly, da Arábia Saudita, até o meio do ano" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

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