Dener (footballer, born 1991)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Assunção and the second or paternal family name is Braz.

Dener Assunção Braz (28 June 1991 – 28 November 2016), simply known as Dener, was a Brazilian footballer who last played as a left back for Chapecoense.

Dener

Personal information
Full name	Dener Assunção Braz
Date of birth	(1991-06-28)28 June 1991
Place of birth	Bagé, Brazil
Date of death	28 November 2016(2016-11-28) (aged 25)
Place of death	La Unión, Colombia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
2009–2011	Grêmio
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Grêmio	4	(0)
2012	→ Veranópolis (loan)	16	(0)
2012	→ Vitória (loan)	2	(0)
2012–2013	→ Caxias (loan)	32	(0)
2014	Ituano	18	(0)
2014–2016	Coritiba	12	(1)
2015	→ Chapecoense (loan)	54	(1)
2016	Chapecoense	38	(3)
Total		186	(5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dener was one of the victims when LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crashed on 28 November 2016.

Club career

Born in Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Dener finished his youth formation with Grêmio. He made his first team debut on 20 January 2011, coming on as a substitute in a 1–1 Campeonato Gaúcho away draw against Ypiranga.

After loan stints at Veranópolis,^[1] Vitória^[2] and Caxias, Dener signed a permanent one-year deal with Ituano on 13 January 2014.^[3] An undisputed starter, he only missed one match in the club's Campeonato Paulista winning campaign.

On 17 April 2014, Dener joined Coritiba.^[4] He made his Série A debut on 11 May, replacing Carlinhos in a 0–1 home loss against Sport Club do Recife, and scored his first professional goal late in the month in a 3–0 home win against Goiás.^[5]

On 23 December 2014, Dener was loaned to fellow top tier club Chapecoense.^[6] An ever-present figure during the season, he signed a permanent three-year contract with the club on 13 January 2016.^[7]

Death

On 28 November 2016, whilst at the service of Chapecoense, Dener was among the fatalities of the LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 accident in the Colombian village of Cerro Gordo, La Unión, Antioquia.^[8]

Career statistics

As of 27 November 2016^[9]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Grêmio	2010	Série A	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2011		0	0	4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
	2012		0	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		1	0
	Subtotal		0	0	4	0	1	0	—		—		5	0
Veranópolis (loan)	2012	Gaúcho	—		16	0	—		—		—		16	0
Vitória (loan)	2012	Série B	2	0	—		—		—		—		2	0
Caxias (loan)	2012	Série C	3	0	—		—		—		—		3	0
	2013		15	0	14	0	1	0	—		—		30	0
	Subtotal		18	0	14	0	1	0	—		—		33	0
Ituano	2014	Série D	0	0	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
Coritiba	2014	Série A	12	1	—		2	0	—		—		14	1
Chapecoense	2015	Série A	35	0	19	1	2	0	5[a]	0	—		61	1
	2016		29	3	19	0	3	0	7[a]	0	—		58	3
	Subtotal		64	3	38	1	5	0	12	0	—		119	4
Career total			96	4	90	1	9	0	12	0	0	0	207	5

1. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Ituano

• Campeonato Paulista: 2014

Chapecoense

• Campeonato Catarinense: 2016
• Copa Sudamericana: 2016 (posthumously)^[10]