Richard Danilo Maciel Sousa Campos (born 13 January 1990), known as just Danilo, is a Belgian professional

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who plays as an

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Club career

Danilo signed a youth contract with Dutch club

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in June 2007, and was a member of their squad for the

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. He made his professional debut for Belgian club

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during the 2010–11 season, before moving to Ukrainian team

Metalurh Donetsk Football Club Metalurh Donetsk ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Доне́цьк, ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015. History Club predecessor Football ...

in February 2012. He signed for

Mordovia Saransk FC Mordovia Saransk (russian: ФК Мордовия Саранск) is a Russian association football club from Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. In its current state it was formed in 2005, through the merge of Biokhimik-Mordovia and Lisma-Mordovia ...

in July 2014, and for

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club was owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv. In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced in ...

in 2015. He signed for Turkish club

Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Antalya. The club's colours are red and white. They play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the club won the First League twice in 1982 and 1 ...

in January 2016. After a brief spell with Al Wahda, in February 2019 he signed for Dinamo Minsk. On 29 June 2020, he left the club as his contract expired. He then signed for

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL also maintain ...

. After playing with

, he signed for

APOEL APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

in July 2021.

International career

Danilo represented Belgium at youth international level.Belgium Stats
at Belgian FA

Personal life

His father is former player Wamberto. His brother Wanderson is also a footballer who plays for

FC Krasnodar FC Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the Ru ...

References

1990 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian emigrants to Belgium Belgian footballers Belgium youth international footballers Belgium under-21 international footballers Belgian people of Brazilian descent Association football midfielders Belgian expatriate footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Russia Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Turkey Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate footballers in Belarus Belgian expatriates in Belarus Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Belgian Pro League players Ukrainian Premier League players Russian Premier League players Süper Lig players UAE Pro League players AFC Ajax players Standard Liège players FC Metalurh Donetsk players FC Mordovia Saransk players FC Dnipro players Antalyaspor footballers Al Wahda FC players FC Dinamo Minsk players AEL Limassol players APOEL FC players People from São Luís, Maranhão Sportspeople from Maranhão {{Belgium-footy-midfielder-stub