Domilson Cordeiro dos Santos (born 17 November 1998), commonly known as Dodô, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian club

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Club career

Coritiba

Born in

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, Dodô started his career at hometown club

in 2012, as a forward. In 2014, he moved to

Coritiba Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as "Coxa-Branca" or "Coxa", is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest f ...

and was promoted to the first team in 2016. Dodô made his first team debut on 11 March 2016, starting in a 3–0 home win against

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, for the year's Primeira Liga competition. He made his Série A debut on 14 May, starting in a 1–0 home win against Cruzeiro. Dodô established himself as a starter at ''Coxa'', contributing with 26 league appearances during his first season, as his side narrowly avoided relegation; his contract was also renewed until June 2018 in September.

Shakhtar Donetsk

Amidst interest from German club FC Schalke 04 and Portuguese club

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, Dodô joined Ukrainian club

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

on 22 November 2017, for a fee of

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2 million. He made his debut abroad on 7 April 2018, coming on as a late substitute for fellow countryman Alan Patrick in a 2–0 away defeat of

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Vitória de Guimarães (loan)

On 29 July 2018, Dodô was loaned to Portuguese club

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. He made his debut for the club on 6 August, starting in a 2–0 away loss against

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, for the campaign's Taça da Liga. Dodô scored his first professional goal on 19 December 2018, netting the game's only in an away success over Boavista FC, for the

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championship.

Fiorentina

On 22 July 2022, Dodô signed with

in Italy.

International career

A Brazilian youth international, Dodô played for the under-17 squad in the

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, and was a part of the under-20s for

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. He played nine matches in the latter tournament, eight as a starter.

Career statistics

Honours

Coritiba * Campeonato Paranaense:

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Shakhtar Donetsk *

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: 2017–18 *

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: 2017–18 *

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* * 1998 births Living people People from Taubaté Brazilian footballers Footballers from São Paulo (state) Association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Ukrainian Premier League players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Serie A players Primeira Liga players FC Shakhtar Donetsk players Vitória S.C. players ACF Fiorentina players Brazil youth international footballers Brazil under-20 international footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy {{Brazil-footy-defender-1990s-stub