Danilo Avelar

Danilo Avelar

Avelar playing for Karpaty Lviv in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Danilo Fernando Avelar
Date of birth	(1989-06-09) 9 June 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth	Paranavaí, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
2004–2005	Paranavaí
2006	Joinville
2007	Paraná
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Rio Claro	28	(2)
2010–2012	Karpaty Lviv	23	(2)
2011	→ Schalke 04 (loan)	3	(0)
2011	→ Schalke 04 II (loan)	4	(0)
2012–2015	Cagliari	71	(4)
2016–2019	Torino	9	(0)
2017–2018	→ Amiens (loan)	21	(1)
2018–2019	→ Corinthians (loan)	40	(5)
2019–2022	Corinthians	34	(5)
2022	→ América Mineiro (loan)	23	(1)
2023–2024	América Mineiro	42	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:24, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Danilo Fernando Avelar (born 9 June 1989) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back and centre back.

Club career

Early career

Avelar began his career in Brazil. Avelar played for Paranavaí, Joinville, Paraná Clube and Rio Claro.

Karpaty Lviv

On 10 May 2010, he joined Karpaty Lviv in Ukrainian Premier League on loan until December 2010. Avelar impressed enough and signed for the club permanently in 2010. ^[1]

Schalke (loan)

In January 2011, he joined FC Schalke 04 on loan, the new head coach of FC Schalke 04 announced on 23 March 2011 that the club would not be taking up the option to sign Avelar on a permanent deal, during his time at FC Schalke 04, Avelar won the DFB-Pokal Cup. Avelar returned on 30 June 2011 to his club Karpaty Lviv. ^[2]

Cagliari

On 17 July 2012, Avelar transferred to Cagliari on loan with the option of a permanent transfer. He made his debut in Serie A on 26 August 2012 in a 2–0 loss against Genoa. After going through a difficult start (the then Sardinian coach Massimo Ficcadenti preferred the defender Francesco Pisano in his role) with the arrival of the coaches Ivo Pulga and Diego López he won a permanent place among the starters thanks to his gradually more convincing performances. In the latter part of the season he was dropped in favour of the young full-back Nicola Murru, due to small physical problems and the exponential growth of the latter. At the end of the season the option to buy was exercised by the Sardinian club at a cost of 1 million euros.

In the 2013–2014 season, he lost the starting spot again to Murru, finding scant attention in the first half of the season. On 31 January 2014 a loan move to Sky Bet Championship side Leeds United failed due to logistic problems between the two companies involved. ^{[3] [4] [5]} However, in the second half of the season he made 15 appearances, starting in the match against Inter Milan on match day 25th of the Italian Serie A. His starting spot duel with Murru continued till the end of the season.

On 19 October 2014 he scored his first goal for Cagliari in their Serie A match at home to Sampdoria which ended 2–2, turning in the penalty that opened the scoring for Cagliari, at which point they were behind 2–0. A week later, however, he scored his first brace in the Italian top flight - the first goal a free kick, the second a penalty - in the 4–0 win which saw the Rossoblu impose themselves on Empoli.

Torino

On 17 June 2015, Torino released a statement confirming they had signed Avelar to a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee and an option on Antonio Barreca. ^{[6] [7]}

On 31 August 2017, Avelar was loaned to Ligue 1 side Amiens for one season. ^[8]

Style of play

Naturally left-footed, he plays mainly on the left side of defence in a full back role or in a more attacking role as a wide midfielder, given his offensive skills. ^[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 March 2023 ^[10]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rio Claro	2008	Paulista	—		0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2009	Paulista A2	—		15	2	—		—		—		15	2
	2010	Paulista	—		13	0	—		—		—		13	0
	Total		—		28	2	—		—		—		28	2
Karpaty Lviv	2010–11	Ukrainian Premier League	18	0	—		2	0	11 [lower-alpha 1]	0	—		31	0
	2011–12		5	2	—		2	1	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	—		8	3
	Total		23	2	—		4	1	12	0	—		39	3
Schalke 04 (loan)	2010–11	Bundesliga	3	0	—		—		—		—		3	0
Schalke 04 II (loan)	2010–11	Regionalliga West	4	0	—		—		—		—		4	0
Cagliari	2012–13	Serie A	20	0	—		1	0	—		—		21	0
	2013–14		20	0	—		0	0	—		—		20	0
	2014–15		31	4	—		1	0	—		—		32	4
	Total		71	4	—		2	0	—		—		73	4
Torino	2015–16	Serie A	6	0	—		2	0	—		—		8	0
	2016–17		3	0	—		0	0	—		—		3	0
	Total		9	0	—		2	0	—		—		12	0
Amiens (loan)	2017–18	Ligue 1	21	1	—		4	0	—		—		25	1
Corinthians	2018	Série A	19	1	—		6	1	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	—		27	2
	2019		20	2	16	4	6	1	8 [lower-alpha 3]	0	—		50	7
	2020		13	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	—		19	3
	2021		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		52	5	22	5	12	2	10	0	—		96	12
América Mineiro	2022	Série A	19	0	—		4	1	—		—		23	1
	2023		0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	—		4	0
	Total		19	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	—		27	1
Career total			192	12	53	7	29	4	22	0	0	0	301	23

1. All appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. All appearances in Copa Libertadores
3. All appearances in Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Club

Schalke 04

• DFB-Pokal: 2010–11

Corinthians

• Campeonato Paulista: 2019

Individual

• Campeonato Paulista Team of the Year: 2019 ^[11]

References

1. "Карпати" підсилились захисником і хавбеком (in Ukrainian). FC Karpaty. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
2. Kitsch, Christian (23 March 2011). "Rangnicks Streichliste" (in German). bild.de. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
3. "Cagliari loan duo to Leeds, Italian press report". HITC Sport. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
4. "Cagliari, Avelar ammette: "Sono stato vicino all'addio, ora voglio la salvezza"". Tutto Mercato. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
5. "Leeds United preparing for big summer clearout". Yorkshire Evening Post. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
6. "Avelar al Toro". torinofc.it (in Italian). Torino Football Club. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
7. "Official: Torino sign Avelar - Football Italia". www.football-italia.net.
8. "Avelar all'Amiens". torinofc.it.
9. "-Cagliari Calcio". www.cagliaricalcio.net. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
10. Danilo Avelar at Soccerway
11. "Corinthians, Jean Mota e Martinelli dominam premiação do campeonato" [Corinthians, Jean Mota and Martinelli dominate the tournament's awards] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Federação Paulista de Futebol. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

External links

• Profile at FFU Official Site Archived 22 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)