Background
Danilo was born in Caruaru, a city located in the eastern of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco.
Danilo was born in Caruaru, a city located in the eastern of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco.
Football career
Danilo started his career in the Sport Recife"s low divisions. Danilo had received an offer to play in the Spanish club Numancia, but he wasn"t signed because this team already had three foreign players. He also has been linked to play in the Chinese football.
Danilo is naturalized Equatoguinean since 2006, when Antônio Dumas (Brazilian coach who naturalized Brazilian football players for Togo and Equatorial Guinea) was the coach of the Equatorial Guinea national football team
Since that time, Danilo has been consolidated in the goal of his new home. His better moment with the Nzalang Nacional (Equatorial Guinea national team"s nickname) was against Cameroon in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, on 9 September 2007.
He played in unofficial matches versus the Region of Murcia and Extremadura in 2007 and against Brittany in 2011.