DenÃlson de Oliveira Araújo
Denílson de Oliveira Araújo or short Denílson ( born August 24, 1977 in Ipiranga / Brazil ) is a Brazilian footballer.
Career
Association
Denilson began his career with São Paulo FC in 1994, from their youth department, he was appointed to the first team and asserted itself after a short time as a regular player. In 1998 he was the Spanish club Real Betis for the then most expensive transfer of all time, for the equivalent of 31.500.000 Euros, obliged. He signed a 10-year contract he was not fulfilled, since he joined the club after five years. The club -actuated so that the largest bad investment in its history. Although the dribbler Denilson dominated tricks such as the step-over, but increased with Betis in Spanish league from the second. In 2005, he won the Spanish Cup Copa del Rey.
After that he played in the French club Girondins Bordeaux. There, the Brazilian scored the fastest goal of the French league after 11 seconds against OGC Nice. Due to its high content costs but his contract in Bordeaux could not be extended. It was followed by a stint with Al -Nasr in Saudi Arabia before moving to the American League for FC Dallas in August 2007.
In February 2008 he moved free transfer back to his native Sao Paulo SE Palmeiras. With Palmeiras he managed under coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo in the Brazilian championship in fourth place, thus qualifying for the Copa Libertadores. He scored three league goals in 27 games. At the end of the year he retired from free transfer from the association.
At the beginning of 2009, he trained in England at short notice Premier League club Bolton Wanderers, but it came to no conclusion. Later in January, he joined the national champion of the Brazilian state of Goiás, the Itumbiara EC to assist it in the title.
In June 2009 he signed a contract for the second round in Hai Phong Cement in the vietnamnesischen V-League championship. The former Brazilian international star has terminated his contract with Hai Phong Cement after only one game, a goal and an injury to his right leg. As a result, he was in January 2010 at the Greek first division club AO Kavala under contract. In April 2010, he received but due to his poor health condition, and the lack of will shown, to change anything, the part of his club release, without even having played only one minute.
National
After his first Cup victory with the Brazilian national team in the Confederations Cup in 1997 against Australia ( 6-0 ) - in this tournament Denilson was awarded the Golden Boot as the best tournament player - followed the success as runner-up in France in 1998. His other successes include the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, in Brazil as world champions emerged ( World Cup 2002/Brasilien ). Overall, Denilson came on at the World Championships in 1998 and 2002 in twelve games eleven times. Only when ultimately meaningless 1:2 in the first round against Norway in 1998 he was in the starting. In the final 2002 he came to Germany in the 90th minute for the two -goal Ronaldo. Besides, you could see Denilson in times of world championships in various Nike football commercials occur.
Play
Among its strengths is the offensive game over the wings. His ball handling is similar to Jay Jay Okocha or Djalminha. In addition, he has a very accurate shot and is both.
Achievements
- Copa Conmebol 1994 with São Paulo FC
- Copa Conmebol Master: 1996 with São Paulo FC
- São Paulo Federal Country Cup: 1998 with São Paulo FC
- Campeonato Carioca: 2000 with Flamengo Rio de Janeiro
- Copa del Rey: 2005 Betis Sevilla
- Confederations Cup: 1997 with Brazil
- World Cup: 2002 with Brazil
- Vice World Champion: 1998 Brazil
- Copa América: 1997 Brazil
Quote
- "I 'm twice as good as the number 10 (then Rivaldo ). " On the question of why he has the number 20 is selected in the Brazilian national team.