Danilo Cardoso

Danilo Cardoso
Personal information
Full name	Danilo Cardoso Novais da Silva
Date of birth	27 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Umuarama, Brazil
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Náutico
Youth career
2016	Palmeirinha
2017	Villa Nova
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018	Villa Nova
2018	Athletic-MG
2019–2020	Coimbra
2020–2023	Athletic-MG
2021	→ Inter de Limeira (loan)
2021	→ Betim Futebol (loan)
2021	→ Boston City Brasil [pt] (loan)
2022	→ Vitória (loan)
2022	→ Goiás (loan)
2023	→ Londrina (loan)
2023–	Náutico
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 July 2023

Danilo Cardoso Novais da Silva (born 27 March 1997), known as Danilo Cardoso or just Danilo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Náutico.

Club career

Danilo was born in Umuarama, Paraná, and was a Villa Nova youth graduate. After being a part of the first team squad in the 2018 Campeonato Mineiro, he moved to Athletic-MG and achieved promotion from the Campeonato Mineiro Segunda Divisão.

In 2019, Danilo moved to Coimbra, and won the year's Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II with the club. In September 2020, he returned to Athletic, and again achieved promotion with the side.

On 1 June 2021, Danilo moved to Inter de Limeira on loan until the end of the Série D.^[1] He left the club for personal reasons on 28 July,^[2] and subsequently represented Betim Futebol and Boston City Brasil [pt] before returning to Athletic on 15 December 2021.^[3]

On 5 May 2022, Danilo was presented at Vitória.^[4] He asked to leave the club on 12 July,^[5] and joined Goiás six days later.^[6]

Danilo made his Série A debut on 23 July 2022, starting and scoring his team's second in a 3–3 away draw against São Paulo.

Career statistics

As of 9 August 2022^[7]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Villa Nova	2018	Mineiro	—		0	0	—		—		—		0	0
Athletic-MG	2018	Mineiro 2ª Divisão	—		15	0	—		—		—		15	0
Coimbra	2019	Mineiro Módulo II	—		4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	2020	Mineiro	—		0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	Subtotal		—		4	0	—		—		—		4	0
Athletic-MG	2020	Mineiro Módulo II	—		9	1	—		—		—		9	1
	2021	Mineiro	—		12	1	—		—		—		12	1
	2022	Mineiro	—		13	0	—		—		—		13	0
	Subtotal		—		34	2	—		—		—		34	2
Inter de Limeira (loan)	2021	Série D	6	0	—		—		—		—		6	0
Betim Futebol (loan)	2021	Mineiro Módulo II	—		5	0	—		—		—		5	0
Boston City Brasil [pt] (loan)	2021	Mineiro 2ª Divisão	—		8	0	—		—		—		8	0
Vitória (loan)	2022	Série C	6	1	—		1	0	—		—		7	1
Goiás (loan)	2022	Série A	2	1	—		—		—		—		2	1
Career total			14	2	66	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	81	4

Honours

Coimbra

Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II: 2019

References

^ "Inter de Limeira contrata jogador umuaramense para disputar o Brasileirão" [Inter de Limeira sign umuaramense player for the Brasileirão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Bem Dito. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ "Série D: Por problemas pessoais, zagueiro deixa a Inter de Limeira e volta para time mineiro" [Série D: Due to personal problems, stopper leaves Inter de Limeira and returns to Minas Gerais team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ "Athletic confirma retornos de goleiro e zagueiro herói do acesso ao Módulo 1 em 2020" [Athletic confirm returns of goalkeeper and stopper hero of the promotion to the Módulo 1 in 2020] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ "Apresentado no Vitória, Danilo Cardoso garante estar preparado e diz: "Oportunidade da minha vida"" [Presented at Vitória, Danilo Cardoso ensures being prepared and says: "Opportunity of my life"] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ "Zagueiro Danilo Cardoso não vai mais defender o Vitória" [Stopper Danilo Cardoso will no longer play for Vitória] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Correio 24 Horas. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ "Goiás acerta contratação do zagueiro Danilo Cardoso" [Goiás sign stopper Danilo Cardoso] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ Danilo Cardoso at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 August 2022.