Daniel da Silva Carvalho (born 1 March 1983 in

Jaguarão Jaguarão () is a municipality in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul located on the shores of the Jaguarão River, bordering Uruguay. It lies a short distance inland from the Mirim Lagoon. Geographical and historical proximity to ...

, Rio Grande do Sul), more commonly known as Daniel Carvalho, is a Brazilian football

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for

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Career

Club

Carvalho started his career in his native state of Rio Grande do Sul at Sport Club Internacional before transferring to

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet era, it was a central piece of the big So ...

. In 2005, he became the first foreign player to be named Russian Footballer of the Year by '' Futbol'' and ''

Sport-Express ''Sport-Express'' (russian: Спорт-Экспресс) is a Russian daily sports newspaper founded by Vladimir Kuchmiy. Printed in 31 cities of Russia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the United States, it is the biggest-selling spor ...

''. Carvalho's brilliant play during the 2005 UEFA Cup was the key to success of his team, who won the competition, defeating Sporting Lisbon in the Final. This made CSKA the first

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n club to ever win a UEFA competition. He was Man of the Match in the final as he was involved in all three of CSKA's goals. He scored in the 3–1

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lost to then European Champions

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, but despite this defeat, Carvalho had shown he could cope on the European stage. In November 2007, Carvalho signed a new contract with CSKA until summer 2010, according to CSKA president Yevgeni Giner (or until December 2009, according to CSKA Press Office), with the option of further prolongation and the minimum fee release clause. However, he went on a six-month loan back to SC Internacional in July 2008. Since then he has returned to CSKA and hopes to recapture the form which propelled the Muscovite club to UEFA Cup honours in 2005. On 4 January 2010,

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i club Al-Arabi Sports Club have signed the

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ian attacking midfielder from

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English: ...

. In May 2010, he was signed by

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, and once again returned to Brazil. In March 2013, Carvalho signed for

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. Carvalho's Criciúma contract was cancelled in October 2013. Carvalho went on to retire from professional football, and join Brazilian

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side DC Futsal. On 22 April 2015, Carvalho signed for

ian side

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International career

Carvalho was called up for a friendly between

and

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on 16 August 2006 for the first time. He started the match and scored on his debut, and took part in the following 3–0 defeat of Argentina on 3 September. He also scored in the 4–0 win in an unofficial friendly match against

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i club Al Kuwait on 7 October 2006.

Career statistics

Club

International career

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Honours

Club

Internacional *

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...

: 2002, 2003 * Copa Sudamericana:

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CSKA Moscow *

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

: 2005, 2006 * Russian Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09 *

Russian Super Cup The Russian Super Cup () is a one-match football annual competition. Its official sponsored name is ''OLIMPBET Russian Supercup'' (). The two participating clubs are the Russian Premier League champions and the Russian Cup winners. If the Premie ...

: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009 *

UEFA Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, clay ...

: 2004–05 Palmeiras *

Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil ( en, Brazil Cup) is a knockout football competition played by 92 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. It is the Brazilian domestic cup and the Brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça de P ...

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Botafogo * Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2015 Goiás *

Campeonato Goiano The Campeonato Goiano is the football league of the state of Goiás, Brazil. Format First Division First stage *Teams are divided in two groups of six teams. *Double round-robin, in which all teams home-and-away games against the team fr ...

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International

;Brazil U-20 *

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: 2003

Individual

* Footballer of the Year in Russia (Sport-Express): 2005 *

Footballer of the Year in Russia (Futbol) Footballer of the Year in Russia was an annual award given by '' Futbol'' weekly to the Russian Premier League player of the season. The title was awarded according to the results of a poll conducted by the newspaper. Players of each Premier Leagu ...

: 2005 * In the list of 33 best football players of the championship of Russia: 2005, 2006 *

2005 UEFA Cup Final The 2005 UEFA Cup Final was the final match of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, the 34th season of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second-tier club football tournament. The match was contested by Sporting CP and CSKA Moscow; CSKA won the match 3–1. Sporting CP ope ...

: Man of the match

References

External links

Profile at Galo Digital
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Daniel Carvalho
at ZeroZero {{DEFAULTSORT:Carvalho, Daniel 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Sul Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers PFC CSKA Moscow players UEFA Cup winning players Sport Club Internacional players Brazil under-20 international footballers Brazil international footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Russian Premier League players Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) players Clube Atlético Mineiro players Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Qatar Stars League players Goiás Esporte Clube players Association football midfielders