Denílson Custódio Machado (born 28 March 1943), best known as Denílson, is a Brazilian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a

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. He played entire career (1962–1974) at

Fluminense Fluminense Football Club (), known as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, th ...

, and won four Rio de Janeiro State Championship (1964, 1969, 1971, 1973), and three Guanabara Rio Cup (1966, 1969, 1971). At international level, he made 9 appearances for the

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, scoring 1 goal, and participated at the 1966 FIFA World Cup, making two appearances against

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and

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. He is known as the 'king of step-overs'.

Honours

;Fluminense * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A:

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* Campeonato Carioca: 1964, 1969, 1971, 1973

References

People from Campos dos Goytacazes 1943 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian football managers Men's association football midfielders Brazil men's international footballers 1966 FIFA World Cup players Madureira Esporte Clube players Fluminense FC players Atlético Rio Negro Clube players Esporte Clube Vitória players Esporte Clube Vitória managers Goytacaz Futebol Clube managers Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (state) {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub