Danilo Pereira

**Danilo Luís Hélio Pereira**  (; born 9 September 1991), sometimes known as simply **Danilo**, is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad and the Portugal national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Parma|2010–11|Serie A|0|0|0|0|—|—|—|0|0||||
|2011–12|Serie A|5|0|0|0|—|—|—|5|0||||||
|Aris (loan)|2010–11|Super League Greece|5|2|—|—|—|—|5|2||||||
|Roda (loan)|2012–13|Eredivisie|31|1|1|0|—|—|4|0|36|1||||
|rowspan="3"|Marítimo|2013–14|Primeira Liga|28|1|2|0|2|0|—|—|32|1|||
|2014–15|Primeira Liga|29|3|4|0|5|0|—|—|38|3|||||
|rowspan="7"|Porto|2015–16|Primeira Liga|33|6|5|0|0|0|7|0|—|45|6||
|2016–17|Primeira Liga|28|4|2|0|1|0|10|0|—|41|4||||
|2017–18|Primeira Liga|19|1|3|2|2|0|6|1|—|30|4||||
|2018–19|Primeira Liga|26|2|4|1|3|0|10|0|0|0|43|3|||
|2019–20|Primeira Liga|26|2|3|0|2|0|9|0|—|40|2||||
|2020–21|Primeira Liga|3|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|3|0||||
|Paris Saint-Germain (loan)|2020–21|Ligue 1|23|2|6|0|—|12|0|1|0|42|2|||
|rowspan="4"|Paris Saint-Germain|2021–22|Ligue 1|27|5|2|0|—|7|0|1|0|37|5||
|2022–23|Ligue 1|33|2|3|0|—|7|0|1|0|44|2||||
|2023–24|Ligue 1|26|0|5|1|—|4|0|0|0|35|1||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|Portugal|2015|7|0|
|2016|10|1|||
|2017|10|0|||
|2018|4|0|||
|2019|6|1|||
|2020|7|0|||
|2021|11|0|||
|2022|9|0|||
|2023|6|0|||
|2024|4|0|||

_Score and results list Portugal's score first, score column indicates score after each Pereira goal._
|scope=col|No.|scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date|scope=col|Venue|scope=col|Cap|scope=col|Opponent|scope=col|Score|scope=col|Result|scope=col|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 June 2016|Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal|12||**4**–0|7–0|Friendly||||||||||
|25 March 2019|32||**1**–1|1–1|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying|||||||||||

## Honours

**Porto**
- Primeira Liga: 2017–18, 2019–20
- Taça de Portugal: 2019–20

**Paris Saint-Germain**
- Ligue 1: 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- Coupe de France: 2020–21, 2023–24
- Trophée des Champions: 2020, 2022, 2023

**Portugal U20**
- FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2011

**Portugal**
- UEFA European Championship: 2016
- UEFA Nations League: 2018–19
- FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2017

**Individual**
- SJPF Young Player of the Month: August/September 2015
- SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year: 2016, 2017
- FC Porto Player of the Year – Dragão de Ouro Award: 2016
- Primeira Liga Midfielder of the Month: September 2017, December 2017

**Orders**
- Knight of the Order of Prince Henry
- Commander of the Order of Merit

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Danilo Pereira
- **image**: Danilo Pereira PSG.jpg
- **caption**: Pereira playing for Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain in 2021
- **full name**: Danilo Luís Hélio Pereira
- **birth place**: Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
- **height**: 1.88 m
- **position**: Defensive midfielder, centre-back
- **currentclub**: Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah), Al-Ittihad
- **clubnumber**: 2
- **youthyears1**: 1999–2005
- **youthclubs1**: Arsenal 72
- **youthyears2**: 2005–2008
- **youthclubs2**: G.D. Estoril Praia, Estoril
- **youthyears3**: 2008–2010
- **youthclubs3**: S.L. Benfica (youth), Benfica
- **years1**: 2010–2013
- **clubs1**: Parma Calcio 1913, Parma
- **caps1**: 5
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2011
- **clubs2**: → Aris Thessaloniki F.C., Aris (loan)
- **caps2**: 5
- **goals2**: 2
- **years3**: 2012–2013
- **clubs3**: → Roda JC Kerkrade, Roda (loan)
- **caps3**: 31
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2013–2015
- **clubs4**: C.S. Marítimo, Marítimo
- **caps4**: 57
- **goals4**: 4
- **years5**: 2015–2021
- **clubs5**: FC Porto, Porto
- **caps5**: 135
- **goals5**: 15
- **years6**: 2020–2021
- **clubs6**: → Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain (loan)
- **caps6**: 23
- **goals6**: 2
- **years7**: 2021–2024
- **clubs7**: Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain
- **caps7**: 86
- **goals7**: 7
- **years8**: 2024–
- **clubs8**: Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah), Al-Ittihad
- **caps8**: 2
- **goals8**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2009
- **nationalteam1**: Portugal national under-18 football team, Portugal U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 5
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2009–2010
- **nationalteam2**: Portugal national under-19 football team, Portugal U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 17
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2010–2011
- **nationalteam3**: Portugal national under-20 football team, Portugal U20
- **nationalcaps3**: 19
- **nationalgoals3**: 3
- **nationalyears4**: 2012
- **nationalteam4**: Portugal national under-21 football team, Portugal U21
- **nationalcaps4**: 3
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 2015–
- **nationalteam5**: Portugal national football team, Portugal
- **nationalcaps5**: 74
- **nationalgoals5**: 2
- **club-update**: 22:07, 21 September 2024 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 20:53, 26 June 2024 (UTC)