Danilo (footballer, born 1979)

Danilo Gabriel de Andrade (born 11 June 1979), simply known as Danilo, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as an attacking midfielder.

Danilo

Danilo as head coach of Corinthians U20 in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Danilo Gabriel de Andrade
Date of birth	(1979-06-11) 11 June 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth	São Gotardo, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1996–1999	Goiás
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2003	Goiás	144	(31)
2003–2006	São Paulo	144	(30)
2007–2009	Kashima Antlers	77	(6)
2010–2018	Corinthians	284	(27)
2019	Vila Nova	11	(1)
Total		665	(95)
Managerial career
2021	Corinthians U23
2022–2024	Corinthians U20
2023	Corinthians (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Danilo made over 450 appearances in a 20-year playing career, during which he was mainly associated with São Paulo and Corinthians. He twice won the Copa Libertadores and the FIFA Club World Cup, as is a four-time Brazilian league champion.

Danilo is considered by pundits to be the greatest player who was never called up to the Brazil national team.^[2][3] He was known for his technique, vision and goalscoring abilities, which earned him the nickname Zidanilo, in homage to Zinedine Zidane.^[4]

Coaching career

In January 2021, Danilo was appointed as Corinthians' new U23 coach.^[5] He took over the under-20 side on 31 January of the following year, replacing sacked Diogo Siston.^[6]

On 28 April 2023, Danilo was named interim head coach of the first team, after Cuca resigned.^[7]

Career statistics

^[8][9]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goiás	1999	Série B	1	0	4	0	2	0	—		—		7	0
	2000	Série A	15	1	21	3	5	1	—		5[a]	0	46	5
	2001		23	3	18	9	4	3	—		10[b]	2	55	17
	2002		24	2	6	2	2	0	—		20[c]	6	52	10
	2003		22	2	15	9	9	3	—		—		46	14
	Total		85	8	64	23	22	7	—		35	8	206	46
São Paulo	2004	Série A	40	8	9	0	—		16[d]	1	—		65	9
	2005		31	6	16	4	—		13[e]	3	2[f]	0	62	13
	2006		29	4	19	8	—		14[e]	3	2[g]	0	64	15
	Total		100	18	44	12	—		43	8	4	0	191	37
Kashima Antlers	2007	J1 League	26	0	—		4	0	—		9[h]	0	39	1
	2008		28	4	—		1	1	8[i]	5	2[h]	0	39	10
	2009		23	2	—		3	2	3[i]	0	2[h]	0	31	4
	Total		77	6	—		8	3	11	5	13	0	109	15
Corinthians	2010	Série A	31	2	7	1	—		7[e]	0	—		45	3
	2011		36	3	13	1	—		2[e]	0	—		51	4
	2012		24	5	12	2	—		14[e]	4	2[f]	0	52	11
	2013		30	0	15	4	4	0	8[e]	1	2[g]	1	59	6
	2014		23	2	13	0	5	0	—		—		41	2
	2015		29	0	11	3	1	0	8[e]	0	—		49	3
	2016		6	1	14	1	0	0	4[e]	0	—		24	2
	2017		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2018		13	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	—		18	2
	Total		194	15	90	12	10	0	43	5	4	1	341	33
Vila Nova	2019	Série B	0	0	11	1	4	2	—		—		15	3
Career total			456	47	209	48	44	12	97	18	56	9	862	134

1. Four appearances in Copa Centro-Oeste, one appearance in Copa dos Campeões
2. Eight appearances and two goals in Copa Centro-Oeste, two appearances in Copa dos Campeões
3. Sixteen appearances and six goals in Copa Centro-Oeste, four appearances in Copa dos Campeões
4. Twelve appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores, four appearances in Copa Sudamericana
5. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
6. Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Cup
7. Appearance(s) in Recopa Sudamericana
8. Appearance(s) in J.League Cup
9. Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League

Honours

Danilo with Corinthians in 2011

Player

Goiás

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 1999
• Campeonato Goiano: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
• Copa Centro-Oeste: 2000, 2001, 2002

São Paulo

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2006
• Campeonato Paulista: 2005
• Copa Libertadores: 2005
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2005

Kashima Antlers

• J. League Division 1: 2007, 2008, 2009
• Emperor's Cup: 2007
• Japanese Super Cup: 2009

Corinthians

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2011, 2015, 2017
• Campeonato Paulista: 2013, 2017, 2018
• Copa Libertadores: 2012
• Recopa Sudamericana: 2013
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2012

Manager

Corinthians U20

• Copa São Paulo de Futebol Jr.: 2024