Danilo (footballer, born 1999)

Danilo
Danilo playing for Feyenoord in 2022
Personal information
Full name Danilo Pereira da Silva
Date of birth (1999-04-07) 7 April 1999
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
NEC Nijmegen
(on loan from Rangers)
Number 9
Youth career
São Caetano
Portuguesa
2010–2014 Corinthians
Ponte Preta
Vasco da Gama
Santos
2017–2018 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Jong Ajax 51 (31)
2020–2022 Ajax 14 (2)
2020–2021Twente (loan) 33 (17)
2022–2023 Feyenoord 34 (10)
2023– Rangers 49 (12)
2026–NEC Nijmegen (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2020 Brazil U23 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 February 2026

Danilo Pereira da Silva (born 7 April 1999) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Dutch Eredivisie club NEC Nijmegen on loan from Scottish club Rangers.

After playing youth football for several clubs in Brazil, Danilo joined Dutch club Ajax in 2017. He scored nine goals in 20 first-team appearances for Ajax, and had a loan spell at Twente. Danilo joined Feyenoord on a free transfer in 2022, winning the Eredivisie title in his only season at the club. Rangers signed him in July 2023.

Danilo played youth international football for Brazil at under-23 level.