Daniel "Dani" Filipe Faria Coelho (born 17 January 1990) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for Berço as a

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Club career

A youth product of

S.C. Braga Sporting Clube de Braga () (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese f ...

, Dani only managed to appear once for the first team in official matches, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 away win against S.U. 1º de Dezembro for

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in the

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, on 10 October 2010. He was also loaned to C.F. Estrela da Amadora,

S.C. Covilhã Sporting Clube da Covilhã, commonly known as just Sporting da Covilhã, is Portuguese association football, football club from the city of Covilhã that plays in the second-tier Liga Portugal 2. The club was founded in 1923. Their nickname is the ...

and

F.C. Vizela Futebol Clube de Vizela is a Portuguese football club based in Vizela, Braga District. Founded in 1939, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal Bwin, holding home games at the Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela, with a capacity for 6,100 spect ...

during his spell, the latter being the

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. In the summer of 2012, Dani signed for

F.C. Arouca Futebol Clube de Arouca () is a football club based in Arouca, Porto Metropolitan Area, Portugal. Founded in 1951, the club plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Estádio Municipal de Arouca, with a 5,000-seat capacity. History Founde ...

of the

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, starting in 26 of his 27 league appearances as the club

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to the

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for the first time in its history. One year later, he moved to fellow league side

F.C. Penafiel Futebol Clube de Penafiel ( or ) is a Portuguese Association football, football club founded on 8 February 1951 and based in the city of Penafiel, Portugal, Penafiel. Brief history Penafiel first reached the Portuguese Liga, first division in Po ...

on a free transfer.

Honours

CFR Cluj *

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: 2015–16

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coelho, Dani 1990 births Living people Footballers from Barcelos, Portugal Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players S.C. Braga players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players F.C. Vizela players S.C. Covilhã players F.C. Arouca players F.C. Penafiel players C.D. Santa Clara players Lusitânia F.C. players GS Loures players Berço SC players Liga I players CFR Cluj players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania