Danildo José São Pedro Accioly Filho (born 30 March 1981), known as Accioly, is a Brazilian former

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who played as a

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, currently

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of Portuguese club Santa Clara. He spent the better part of his professional career with Portuguese club Santa Clara, competing mainly in the Segunda Liga (270 matches).

Club career

Born in

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, Accioly was a youth graduate of hometown side

Esporte Clube Bahia Esporte Clube Bahia (), known familiarly as Bahia, is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Salvador, capital city of the Brazilian state of Bahia. They play in the Campeonato Baiano, Bahia's state league, and the Campeonato Bras ...

. He was promoted to the first team in 1999, and suffered relegation from the Série A in

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as dead last. On 13 April 2004, he signed for Série B team

Associação Portuguesa de Desportos Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, commonly referred to as Portuguesa, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the district of Pari, São Paulo, that competes in the Campeonato Paulista, the top tier of the São Paulo state foo ...

. After failing to impress, Accioly subsequently represented

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(two stints),

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and Associação Atlética Portuguesa before moving abroad in 2006 and joining Portuguese club

C.D. Santa Clara Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. They play in the 13,277-seat Estádio de São Miguel. They are the most successful football team from the Azores Islands as the only team from the archipelag ...

. He made his debut in the Segunda Liga on 27 August that year, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away win against

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and being booked in the process. After being a regular starter, Accioly moved to the

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with

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. In July 2009, he appeared in both legs of the

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against

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(5–2 aggregate loss). Accioly returned to

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' Santa Clara in the 2012 off-season. He achieved promotion to the

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at the end of the 2017–18 campaign, contributing 17 matches to the feat. On 12 August 2018, aged 37, Accioly made his debut in the Portuguese top division by playing the entire 1–0 away defeat to

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. He was the oldest player in the league that season, and became the club's assistant manager at its conclusion. Accioly was named

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of Santa Clara when Mário Silva was sacked on 6 January 2023, though

Jorge Simão António Jorge Rocha Simão (born 12 August 1976) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a midfielder, currently a manager. Having played only as an amateur, he began work as an assistant manager at 26, before his first outright positi ...

was hired before he could lead them in a match. When the latter was dismissed after no wins and two draws from seven games on 26 February, the Brazilian was put in charge until the end of the campaign. On his debut a week later, the team lost 3–1 at home to

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. Following relegation as last, Accioly returned to his position as assistant.

Career statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours

ABC *

Campeonato Potiguar The Campeonato Potiguar is the football league of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Format First Division First stage: standard round-robin, in which all teams play each other once. Second stage: home-and-away playoffs between the to ...

: 2005 *

Copa RN The Copa RN is a trophy organized by the Federação Norte-rio-grandense de Futebol (FNF) who currently represents the winners of the second round of the Campeonato Potiguar. Champions List of the champions of the Copa RN of 2008 to 2022: T ...

: 2005

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Accioly, Danildo 1981 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from Salvador, Bahia Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Esporte Clube Bahia players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players ABC Futebol Clube players Vila Nova Futebol Clube players Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players C.D. Santa Clara players Azerbaijan Premier League players Shamakhi FK players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Brazilian football managers Primeira Liga managers C.D. Santa Clara managers Brazilian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Portugal