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Brazilian footballer (born 1999) "Danilo Pereira da Silva" redirects here. For the footballer born in 1989, see Danilo (footballer, born 1989). In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is da Silva.

Danilo
Danilo playing for Feyenoord in 2022
Personal information
Full name Danilo Pereira da Silva
Date of birth (1999-04-07) 7 April 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team Rangers
Number 99
Youth career
São Caetano
Portuguesa
2010–2014 Corinthians
Ponte Preta
Vasco da Gama
0000–2017 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 22 (9)
International career
2020 Brazil U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:20, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Danilo Pereira da Silva (born 7 April 1999) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership club Rangers.

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, Danilo played youth football for São Caetano, Portuguesa, Corinthians, Ponte Preta and Vasco da Gama, before joining the academy of Santos. He scored seven goals and provided seven assists for the Santos under-20 team in the Paulista U-20 Championship in 2017.

Ajax

On 7 September 2017, Danilo signed for Dutch club Ajax after agreeing to a five-year deal. Ajax paid Santos a transfer fee of around €2 million. He was initially assigned to the Ajax under-19 team and the Jong Ajax squad (the club's reserve team).

On 25 March 2018, Danilo made his debut for Jong Ajax in a 1–0 defeat against Jong AZ. 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. Four days later, he scored on his first start for the club, in a UEFA Europa League match against Getafe. Danilo apologised to Ajax fans on social media after he was seen swapping shirts with Getafe player Deyverson at half-time.

On 14 August 2020, Danilo joined fellow Eredivisie side Twente on a season-long loan deal. He scored 17 goals in the 2020–21 Eredivisie season, which was the fourth-highest total in the league that season.

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.

Feyenoord

On 19 May 2022, Feyenoord announced that Danilo would sign a four-year contract with the club, joining on a free transfer. 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. 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.

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. 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. He scored his first goal for Rangers during a league match at home to Livingston on 12 August 2023. Following this match Danilo scored against Greenock Morton in the Scottish League Cup.

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. 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. Danilo scored his first European goal for Rangers in a 2-1 win over Sparta Prague in the Europa League in November 2023. In a season curtailed through injury Danilo scored six goals in 21 appearances from all competitions.

Season 2024-2025

Danilo scored his first goal of the season against Ross County in a 6-0 win in August 2024. 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. 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 againts Dundee in December 2024. Another goal came for Danilo in a league match against St Mirren in December 2024 with the assist coming from Niko Raskin. 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.

International career

Danilo was called up to the Brazil under-23 team in November 2020, for friendly games against South Korea and Egypt. He made his debut, and only appearance at under-23 level, against South Korea on 14 November.

Career statistics

As of match played 2 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup 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 1 0 0 3 1
2021–22 Eredivisie 13 2 3 6 — 0 0 1 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 2 — 48 14
Rangers 2023–24 Scottish Premiership 12 4 0 0 2 1 7 1 — 21 6
2024–25 Scottish Premiership 10 5 0 0 3 1 0 0 — 13 6
Total 22 9 0 0 5 2 7 1 — 34 12
Rangers B 2024–25 — — — — — 1 1 1 1
Career total 154 69 9 8 5 2 18 4 2 1 188 84
  1. Includes KNVB Cup
  2. Includes Scottish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  5. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  6. Appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

Jong Ajax

Ajax

Feyenoord

Rangers F.C.

Individual

References

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External links

  • Profile at the Rangers F.C. website
Rangers F.C. – current squad
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