Born in Brazil on 7th April 1999, Danilo Pereira da Silva, or simply 'Danilo', as he's endearingly called, primed himself as one of the nippy prospects in the football fray. Currently throwing his weight around at Rangers as a persistent striker having the mystifying skill of scoring goals. Mind you, he's a bit on the leaner side, measuring 5ft 8in (1.74m) and weighing but 11st 9lb (74kg). Look for the lad in a utterly non-baffling number 99 jersey.
The boy from Brazil cut his teeth at the Santos Football Club in the Serie A in his homeland, before the Dutch side Ajax splashed nearly £1.8m to secure his signature in August 2017, if I remember rightly. Amid his busy time basking in the glory of Dutch tulips, he's made sporadic appearances for Ajax.
Naturally, like any aspiring prospect starved of regular appearances, Danilo was knocked around the Eredivisie a bit. He took a detour and wound up going on loan to FC Twente in August 2020 where, must say, he found his footing rather impressively. Mainly spent around 33 games trying to put a spherical piece of leather into a rectangular net and managed it on 17 occasions. Not too shoddy, eh?
With his loan time up, he was shipped back to Ajax in June 2021 before Feyenoord took a punt on him a year later, in July 2022. Now, whether it was the change of scenery or just maturity, our man Danilo found himself becoming a more consistent goal threat. Played around 34 matches and scored a handy tally of 10 goals before our Scottish pals over at Rangers quarters decided that it was about time he experienced the erratic climate of Scotland and took him under their wing for, well, a figure circling £6m in July 2023.
Over at Rangers, Danilo has been chipping in with goals in his usual quiet manner. So far, in the current season 2025 - 2026, he has made 13 appearances and found the back of the net twice. Apart from occasionally letting loose in the league, he's also been spotted in the League Cup, Champions League qualifiers, and the Europa League, confusing opposition defenders with his darting moves.
In closing, whether or not Danilo has got his money's worth in his relentless pursuit for footballing supremacy is a narrative best left for the ensuing chapters of his career. Can't say I'm eagerly waiting to find out, I've got other fish to fry. But for now, he continues to be another name on a teamsheet in a game that's as baffling as it's beautiful. Toodle pip.
