Dannyu Francisco dos Santos (born 28 October 1984), commonly known as Dão, is a Brazilian football defender who currently plays for Barra Futebol Clube.[1]

Dão
Personal information
Full name Dannyu Francisco dos Santos
Date of birth (1984-10-28) 28 October 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Penedo, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Barra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Recife
2008 CRB
2009 Mirassol
2009–2010 Guarani 22 (0)
2010 Spartak Trnava 0 (0)
2011 Botafogo SP 0 (0)
2011–2012 Red Bull Brasil 0 (0)
2012 Luverdense 16 (2)
2013 Chapecoense 22 (1)
2014–2015 Vitória 4 (0)
2015–2016 Paysandu 5 (0)
2016 Piracicaba 0 (0)
2016 Ríver 7 (0)
2017 Cruzeiro 0 (0)
2017 América RN 7 (0)
2018 URT 0 (0)
2018 Noroeste 0 (0)
2019 Pelotas 0 (0)
2019– Barra
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 March 2018

Career

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Dão began his professional career with Recife, before making moves to CRB and Mirassol. In 2009, he joined Guarani where he made 22 appearances before leaving Brazil for the first time to join Slovakian club Spartak Trnava in summer 2010.[2] He returned to his homeland a year later, without playing for Trnava, to sign for Botafogo. He failed to register an appearance for Botafogo before signing for Red Bull Brasil, he again didn't make an appearance.[1]

2012 saw a move to Luverdense where he stayed for one season, during his time in Lucas do Rio Verde he played 16 times and scored twice. After a relatively successful period with Luverdense, Dão was on the move again as he joined Chapecoense, he played in 22 Chapecoense matches and scored one goal. Between 2014 and 2015, Dão completed transfers firstly to Vitória and secondly to Paysandu, overall he made nine appearances for the two aforementioned clubs before signing for Piracicaba at the beginning of 2016.[1] His spell with Piracicaba was short as he left on 12 April.[3]

Honours

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Recife
Luverdense

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Dão profile". Soccerway. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  2. ^ TASR. "Dannyu novou akvizíciou Trnavy". denniksport.sk.
  3. ^ "XV inicia conversas com grandes clubes visando a disputa da Copa Paulista". Piracicaba. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Campeonato Pernambucano 2006". bolanaarea.com (in Portuguese). 9 April 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Campeonato Pernambucano 2007". bolanaarea.com (in Portuguese). April 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Luverdense vence nos pênaltis e se torna primeiro campeão estadual 2012". bolanaarea.com (in Portuguese). 3 May 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
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