Danilo Pereira da Silva

As of match played 17 May 2026

Youth career

Born in São Paulo, Danilo played youth football for São Caetano, Portuguesa, Corinthians, Ponte Preta and Vasco da Gama, before joining the academy of Santos. He scored seven goals and provided seven assists for the Santos under-20 team in the Paulista U-20 Championship in 2017.

Ajax

On 7 September 2017, Danilo signed for Dutch club Ajax after agreeing to a five-year deal. Ajax paid Santos a transfer fee of around €2 million. He was initially assigned to the Ajax under-19 team and the Jong Ajax squad (the club's reserve team). On 25 March 2018, Danilo made his debut for Jong Ajax in a 1–0 defeat against Jong AZ. He scored his first goal for Jong Ajax on 10 September 2018, in a game in Alkmaar against Jong AZ. He made his first-team debut for Ajax on 23 February 2020, as a substitute in an Eredivisie game against Heracles Almelo. Four days later, he scored on his first start for the club, in a UEFA Europa League match against Getafe. Danilo apologised to Ajax fans on social media after he was seen swapping shirts with Getafe player Deyverson at half-time. On 14 August 2020, Danilo joined fellow Eredivisie side Twente on a season-long loan deal. He scored 17 goals in the 2020–21 Eredivisie season, which was the fourth-highest total in the league that season. On 20 January 2022, he scored four goals for Ajax in a 9–0 win against Excelsior Maassluis in the round of 16 of the KNVB Cup.

Feyenoord

On 19 May 2022, Feyenoord announced that…

Danilo was called up to the Brazil under-23 team in November 2020, for friendly games against South Korea and Egypt. He made his debut, and only appearance at under-23 level, against South Korea on 14 November.

Danilo is a Christian and was baptised in a Scottish loch by a pastor from the Temple of Fire church in Brazil. Danilo is known to speak five languages including his native Portuguese and English.