Davi Ribeiro de Carvalho (born 31 August 1979), known simply as Davi, is a Brazilian

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who last played for the French club Sporting de Paris as a defender.

Career

Born in

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, twelfth most populous city in the country ...

, Brazil, Davi started developing his futsal skills at

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (), known simply as Cruzeiro, is a Brazilian sports club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Cruzeiro is mostly known for its association football team. It plays ...

, playing in the futsal section from age 7 to age 11, then shifting to the football section, until he was 14. Two years later, at 16, he joined América Mineiro, still as a footballer, leaving when he was 19. Unable to find a football club, his fitness coach at América, arranged a tryout for him at

Minas Tênis Clube Minas Tênis Clube (short, just ''Minas'') is a social, recreational and sports club from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. By 2013, it has more than 73,000 members. Its patrimony comprises two urban units, the Minas I and Minas II, and two country units, ...

, which he successfully passed. In 2003, Davi joined the Belgian team Kickers Charleroi, reuniting with a number of friends, before moving to the larger Action 21 in the following year. In his first year at Action 21, he conquered the 2004–05 UEFA Futsal Cup by beating Dinamo Moskva in the final. A year later, impressed by his performance against them,

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...

, contacted him and brought him to Portugal, where he would spend three years with the ''Lions'', winning two titles. On 2 April 2009, Davi agreed to trade Sporting for crosstown rivals, Benfica for the following season. At Benfica, he made an immediate impact, scoring the decisive goal against Interviu at the

2009–10 UEFA Futsal Cup The 2009–10 UEFA Futsal Cup was the 24th edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament and the 9th edition under the current UEFA Futsal Cup format. Teams th Title Holder Preliminary round Group A Group B :' Group C : ...

Final, on 25 April 2010, and being honoured with

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award. In the following three years, he conquered his first

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title in Portugal, also winning another Portuguese Cup, plus three more supercups. On 30 June 2013, Davi, together with César Paulo and Diego Sol, were released by Benfica, The 34-year-old then moved to

Araz Naxçivan Araz Naxçıvan is a futsal club based in Nakhchivan City, Azerbaijan. The club is very dominant in Azeri futsal, as they won ten consecutive Premier League titles from 2004 to 2014. Araz is one of the strongest teams in Europe, having reached ...

in the Azerbaijan

, reaching a third place in the

2013–14 UEFA Futsal Cup The 2013–14 UEFA Futsal Cup was the 28th edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament and the 13th edition under the current UEFA Futsal Cup format. Preliminary round The draw for the preliminary round and the main roud took place on 3 J ...

. On 30 October 2014, he moved to Sporting de Paris, progressing no further than the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Futsal Cup.

Honours

;Action 21 Charleroi *

UEFA Futsal Cup The UEFA Futsal Champions League is an annual futsal competition for European club teams organized by UEFA. It was founded as the UEFA Futsal Cup in 2001 and replaced the Futsal European Clubs Championship, an unofficial competition held since 1984 ...

: 2004–05 ;Sporting CP *

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: 2007–08 * Supertaça de Portugal: 2008 ;Benfica *

: 2009–10 * Liga Portuguesa: 2011–12 *

: 2011–12 * Supertaça de Portugal: 2009, 2011, 2012 ;Araz Naxçivan *

Azerbaijan Futsal Premier League Azerbaijan Futsal Premier League is the premier futsal league in Azerbaijan. It was founded in 1994. Organized by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan and is played under UEFA rules, currently consists of 8 teams. History Araz Naxç ...

: 2013—14

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Davi 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Porto Alegre Brazilian men's futsal players Minas Tênis Clube players Sporting CP futsal players S.L. Benfica futsal players Araz Naxçivan players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France