Danilo Soares

Austria Lustenau

Born in Belo Horizonte, Soares went to schools in the Venda Nova neighbourhood of Belo Horizonte. His parents separated when he was a child and he experienced depression as a result. Having previously had an unsuccessful trial at Cruzeiro at around age 16, he spent a month on trial in the Netherlands, before signing a three-year contract with Austrian First League (second tier) club Austria Lustenau in 2010. He made 26 appearances during the 2010–11 season, 34 appearances in the 2011–12 season, and 31 appearances during the 2012–13 season, scoring once.

FC Ingolstadt

In summer 2013, Soares joined FC Ingolstadt, having signed a pre-contract agreement during the previous season. He made his debut for the club on 19 July 2013, starting in a 2–1 2. Bundesliga defeat at home to FC Erzgebirge Aue. He made 27 league appearances and two DFB-Pokal appearances across the 2013–14 season. On 2 March 2015, Soares scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with 1860 Munich. Despite suffering an injury in his left foot in early April, he appeared in 6 of 8 matches across April and May 2015, as Ingolstadt pushed for promotion. The 2014–15 season saw Ingolstadt promoted to the Bundesliga as champions of the 2. Bundesliga with 64 points. Soares started 32 of the club's 34 league matches that season, and scored once. Following the end of the season, he had surgery on his metatarsophalangeal joint, ruling him out for an extended period of time. Having…

As of match played 19 February 2022