Danilo Teodoro Soares (born 29 October 1991) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a left back for club

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. Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Soares started his career in Austria with

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in 2010. He joined

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of the

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in summer 2013 and was promoted to the Bundesliga with the club in 2015, but injury issues limited him to just a single Bundesliga appearance and his left the club at the end of the season. He spent the 2016–17 season with

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but failed to make an appearance, with Soares joining

in summer 2017. He was promoted to the Bundesliga with Bochum at the end of the 2020–21 season.

Career

Austria Lustenau

Born in Belo Horizonte, Soares went to schools in the Venda Nova neighbourhood of Belo Horizonte. His parents separated when he was a child and he experienced depression as a result. Having previously had an unsuccessful trial at Cruzeiro at around age 16, he spent a month on trial in the Netherlands, before signing a three-year contract with Austrian First League (second tier) club

in 2010. He made 26 appearances during the 2010–11 season, 34 appearances in the 2011–12 season, and 31 appearances during the 2012–13 season, scoring once.

FC Ingolstadt

In summer 2013, Soares joined

, having signed a pre-contract agreement during the previous season. He made his debut for the club on 19 July 2013, starting in a 2–1

defeat at home to

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. He made 27 league appearances and two

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appearances across the 2013–14 season. On 2 March 2015, Soares scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with

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. Despite suffering an injury in his left foot in early April, he appeared in 6 of 8 matches across April and May 2015, as Ingolstadt pushed for promotion. The 2014–15 season saw Ingolstadt promoted to the

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as champions of the 2. Bundesliga with 64 points. Soares started 32 of the club's 34 league matches that season, and scored once. Following the end of the season, he had surgery on his

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, ruling him out for an extended period of time. Having returned from injury, Soares made his first Bundesliga appearance on 19 December 2015 in a 1–0 defeat to

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, and he committed to seeing out the season with Ingolstadt in January 2021. However, he did not make a further appearance during the 2015–16 season, and was released at the end of the season, with Soares continuing to suffer injury to his left toe, including the onset of

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1899 Hoffenheim

After a second operation on his toe in summer 2016, following which he rehabilitated at

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, Soares joined Hoffenheimin November 2016 on a "performance-related contract" until summer 2017. He did not play during the 2016–17 season and he left the club at the end of his contract.

VfL Bochum

In summer 2017, Soares joined

club

on a three-year contract following the expiry of his contract at Hoffenheim. He made his debut for the club on 28 July 2017 in a 1–0 defeat to

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and went on to make 30 league appearances and two cup appearances during the 2017–18 season, whilst he made 23 league and one cup appearance during the 2018–19 season. He scored his first Bochum goal on 4 November 2019 in a 3–1 win over 1. FC Nürnberg, and made 32 league appearances and two cup appearances that season. With Danilo's contract with Bochum having expired on 30 June 2020, it was announced that he had signed a new four-year contract with the club on 4 July 2020. At the end of the 2020–21 season, Bochum were promoted to the Bundesliga after finishing top of the 2. Bundesliga, with Soares having made 32 league appearances, scoring twice and providing three assists.

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