Danilo Pereira da Silva, the Brazilian forward, was born on the 7th of April, 1999 making him a grand old age of 26. A short fellow, he stands at 5ft 8in (1.74m) and weighs in at 11st 9lb (74kg). He currently spends his days larking about in a number 99 jersey for Rangers over in our neck of the woods. Fantastic!
Just to give a little history lesson, back in the long lost summer of 2017, Danilo decided to swap the sunny shores of Brazil for a stint in the Dutch Eredivisie, where he joined Ajax from Santos for a 'hefty' sum of £1.8m. His first season saw him make a grand total of... one first team appearance! But, fear not, by the 2021 - 2022 season he managed to pull on the Ajax kit 13 times and added two goals to his CV.
The fun didn't stop there for our Brazilian friend, as in 2020 he bagged himself a loan to FC Twente. Here he was definitely not 'loanely', making 33 first team appearances and scoring 17 goals. On return to Ajax, he repeated his previous performance, one appearance in 2019 - 2020 and slightly stepped up the game in the season after with 13 appearances and two goals.
Running with the Dutch theme, by 2022 he'd become a fully-fledged 'cloggie' and cemented his stay in the Eredivisie by moving to Feyenoord. Here he netted ten times in 34 appearances.
In July 2023, Danilo made a bolt to bonny Scotland, joining Rangers with a price tag around the £6m mark. Since then, he's bagged himself four goals in 12 appearances during the 2023 - 2024 season, and a further five goals thus far in the current 2024 - 2025 season.
Along his journey, Danilo has graced the League Cup and the Europa League for Rangers. His score sheet in the League Cup 2024 - 2025 season reads one goal in three appearances (one start, two as substitute)' and in the Europa league, one goal in three appearances (two starts, one as substitute) in the 2023-24 season, and one appearance as a substitute in the 2024-25 season.
Quite the jetsetter our friend Danilo, let's see how long Rangers can keep their mitts on him!
