Denni Rocha dos Santos

Denni in the jersey of the jets (2007)

Denni Rocha dos Santos, shortly Denni, ( born August 21, 1983 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian footballer.

Career

Denni comes from the youth of the EC Santo André and won with the youth team in 2003, the Copa São Paulo de Juniores. In the following years he played for the first team from Santo André, but also had several guest appearances on loan at other clubs. In addition to staying at the Brazilian teams AD São Caetano and Ituano FC, ​​he also played for the Japanese club Montedio Yamagata in the J. League Division 2 and Dorados de Tijuana in Mexico.

After a further station at EC Barreira moved in summer 2007 in the Australian A-League for the Newcastle United Jets. Denni came during the regular season on the offensive led by Joel Griffiths used regularly, but lost to the play-offs towards his place. In the 1-0 win in the championship final against the Central Coast Mariners he came on in the third minute of injury time.

His end of the season expiring contract was not renewed on the part of the Jets and Denni found only in the winter break of 2008/ 09 with the Maltese first division club Tarxien Rainbows a new club. In 2010 he was honored as the best foreign player in the Malta Premier League and joined the 2010/11 season for FC Valletta.

Achievements

  • Australian champion: 2007/ 08
  • Maltese champions: 2010/ 11, 2011/12
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