Denis Silva (footballer, born 1985)

Denis Silva Cruz (born 28 December 1985), commonly known as Denis Silva or Denis is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Imperatriz-MA.^[1]

Denis Silva

Personal information
Full name	Denis Silva Cruz
Date of birth	(1985-12-28) 28 December 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Rio Branco-ES
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007	Imperatriz
2007–2008	Gama
2008–2010	Khazar Lankaran	42	(3)
2010	Grêmio Barueri	12	(0)
2010–2012	Neftchi Baku	59	(2)
2012	Grêmio Barueri	5	(0)
2013–2015	Neftchi Baku	58	(4)
2015–2019	Keşla	112	(5)
2020	São Caetano	0	(0)
2020–	Rio Branco-ES	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:33, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Career

Denis started out at Imperatriz, before moving to Gama in 2008.^{[citation needed]} After that, he moved to Khazar Lankaran.

Denis scored two goals during the 2008-2009 campaign, against MOIK Baku and Bakili Baku.^[2]

On 24 December 2012, Denis Silva re-signed with Neftchi Baku for 6 months, seeing him stay with the second till the end of the 2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League season.^[3] Denis Silva left Neftchi in June 2015.^[4]

In December 2019 it was confirmed, that Denis had joined São Caetano.^[5] He then joined Rio Branco-ES in February 2020.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics

As of match played 5 May 2019^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		State League		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Khazar Lankaran[6]	2007–08[7]	Azerbaijan Premier League	11	0	11	0	-		0	0	-		11	0
	2008–09[8]		15	3		0	-		2	0	-		17	3
	2009–10[9]		16	0		0	-		0	0	-		16	0
	Total		42	3	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	55	3
Grêmio	2010	Série B	5	0	0	0	7	0	–		–		12	0
Neftchi Baku	2010–11[10]	Azerbaijan Premier League	29	1	2	0	-		-		-		31	1
	2011–12[11]		30	1	6	0	-		2	0	-		38	1
	Total		59	2	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	69	2
Grêmio	2012	Série B	5	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		5	0
Neftchi Baku	2012–13[12]	Azerbaijan Premier League	14	1	5	0	-		0	0	-		19	1
	2013–14		25	1	5	0	-		2	0	1	0	33	1
	2014–15		19	2	5	1	-		2	2	-		26	5
	Total		58	4	15	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	78	7
Inter Baku/Keshla	2015–16	Azerbaijan Premier League	34	1	4	0	-		4	0	-		42	1
	2016–17		25	2	3	0	-		-		-		28	2
	2017–18		27	0	5	0	-		4	1	-		36	1
	2018–19		26	2	2	0	-		2	0	-		30	2
	Total		112	5	14	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	136	6
Career total			281	14	48	1	7	0	18	3	1	0	355	18