Dener (footballer, born 1971)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Dener Augusto de Sousa | ||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Date of death | 18 April 1994 (aged 23) | ||
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988 | São Paulo | ||
| 1988–1989 | Portuguesa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1994 | Portuguesa | 106 | (22) |
| 1993 |
→ Grêmio (loan) | 15 | (4) |
| 1994 | → Vasco da Gama (loan) | 10 | (3) |
| Total | 131 | (29) | |
| International career | |||
| 1991–1994 | Brazil | 2 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Brazil U23 | 9 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dener Augusto de Sousa (2 April 1971 — 18 April 1994), known simply as Dener,[1] was a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward.[2] He played twice for the Brazil national team.
Club career
Youth
Born in
Copa São Paulo de Juniores, and was elected the competition's best player.[3]
Professional
In 1989, he was promoted to Portuguesa's first team squad, where he stayed until 1993, playing 47
Vasco of Rio de Janeiro, where he played two Copa do Brasil matches and scored a goal,[4] and posthumously won the Rio de Janeiro State Championship.[5]
International career
Dener played two matches for the Brazil national team, managed by Paulo Roberto Falcão. On March 27, 1991, he played against Argentina, and two months later, on May 28, he played against Bulgaria.[2]
Death
On 18 April 1994, in
Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas district. The car's driver was Dener's friend, Otto Gomes de Miranda, who lost both legs in the accident. Dener was strangled by the car's seat belt.[3]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Portuguesa | 1989 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1990 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||||
| 1991 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | 34 | 3 | |||||
| 1992 | 12 | 1 | 29 | 13 | — | — | — | 41 | 14 | |||||
| 1993 | 14 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 5 | ||||||
| Total | 47 | 7 | 59 | 15 | — | — | — | 106 | 22 | |||||
Grêmio (loan)
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1993 | Série A | — | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 4 | |||
| Vasco da Gama (loan) | 1994 | Série A | — | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 47 | 7 | 84 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 30 | ||
International
| Brazil | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 |
Honours
Portuguesa
Grêmio
- Campeonato Gaúcho: 1993
Vasco da Gama
References
- ^ (in Portuguese) "Dener Augusto de Sousa" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2008-04-02. [dead link]
- ^ a b c "Dener". Sambafoot. 2006-03-28. Archived from the original on 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
- ^ a b c (in Portuguese) "Dener - O gênio dos dribles mágicos" (in Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
- ^ a b c d "Dener - todos os jogos" (in Portuguese). Futpédia. Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
- ^ "Dener" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol 80. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Dener". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
External links
- (in Portuguese) Dener profile at the Brazilian FA database[permanent dead link]
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