Danilo Pereira (Portuguese footballer)

Danilo Pereira (Portuguese footballer)

Danilo Luís Hélio Pereira is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, on loan from Porto. He came through Benfica’s youth academy, before signing with Italian Serie A side Parma in 2010. He was consecutively loaned to various clubs, before being signed by Marítimo in 2013. In July 2015 he joined FC Porto for a reported fee of €4. 5 million. In October 2020, he moved to French side PSG on an initial one-year loan.

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Summary Danilo Pereira (Portuguese footballer)Danilo Luís Hélio Pereira is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, on loan from Porto. He came through Benfica’s youth academy, before signing with Italian Serie A side Parma in 2010. He was consecutively loaned to various clubs, before being signed by Marítimo in 2013. In July 2015 he joined FC Porto for a reported fee of €4. 5 million, winning two Primeira Liga titles and one Taça de Portugal while being part of the squad that won a domestic double in 2020.

He made his senior international debut in 2015, and was part of squads that won UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals on home soil. Pereira was born in Guinea-Bissau, and represented Portugal at youth level at under-18, under-19,. under-20 and under-21 levels, reaching the final of the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. In October 2020, he moved to French side PSG on an initial one-year loan.