Dawhan Fran Urano da Purificação Oliveira (born 3 June 1996), simply known as Dawhan, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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or a

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for Japanese club

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, on loan from Santa Rita.

Club career

Born in

Aracaju Aracaju () is the capital of the state of Sergipe, Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country on the coast, about 350 km (217 mi) north of Salvador. According to the 2020 estimate, the city has 664,908 inhabitants, which re ...

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, Dawhan represented Vitória,

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and

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as a youth, before making his senior debut while on loan at Corinthians' partner club Flamengo-SP in 2015. He subsequently returned to ''Timão''s under-20 squad after the 2015

Campeonato Paulista Série A3 Campeonato Paulista Série A3 (also referred to as Paulistão A3 for short) is the third level of the São Paulo state professional football championship, one of the Brazilian state championships. The tournament has been known as Série A3 since ...

, but left the club in the end of 2016 as his contract expired; he subsequently agreed to a deal with

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. Dawhan featured regularly for CSA during the following seasons, achieving two consecutive promotions and reaching the Série A, aside from winning the 2017 Série C and two

Campeonato Alagoano The Campeonato Alagoano is the football league of the state of Alagoas, Brazil. Format 2020 First Division The Campeonato Alagoano is divided into three stages. *First stage: simple round-robin, in which all eight teams play each other once. ...

titles in a row. He made his top tier debut on 28 April 2019, starting in a 0–4 away loss against

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. After suffering relegation, Dawhan agreed to a contract with Ponte Preta for the 2020 season. On 20 July 2021, he returned to the top tier after signing for Juventude.

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