page_title: Douglas Franco Teixeira
section_title: Dynamo Moscow
hierarchical_section_title: Douglas Franco Teixeira / Career / Dynamo Moscow
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Ду́глас Фра́нко Тейше́йра
context_page_description: Douglas Franco Teixeira, simply known as Douglas, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre back.
  Born in Brazil, he is also a naturalized citizen of the Netherlands, holding Dutch citizenship and being eligible to represent the Netherlands national team at international level.
context_section_description: On 17 July 2013, Douglas signed for Russian side Dynamo Moscow on a three-year contract and was given a number five shirt upon joining the club.
  Douglas made his Dynamo Moscow debut, where he played 90 minutes, in a 1–1 draw against Rostov on 1 September 2013. Three weeks after making his debut on 21 September 2013, Douglas was sent-off in the 74th minutes, for a foul in the penalty spot, resulting Lokomotiv Moscow score the second goal in the game, in a 3–1 loss against them. In his first season at Dynamo Moscow, Douglas made twenty appearance for the club, which resulted the club finishing fourth place and earning a Europa League next season. Douglas also experienced playing football in snowy weather, to which he managed to adapt, rather finding it as a problem.
  In the 2014–15 season, Douglas started well, having remained in the first team regular this season and scored his first Dynamo Moscow goal, in a 2–1 win over Arsenal Tula on 17 August 2014. However, Douglas find himself in the pecking order, under manager Stanislav Cherchesov, as he compete for centre-back position with Tomáš Hubočan and Christopher Samba. He then scored his second goal of the season on 12 April 2015, in a 2–1 win over Mordovia Saransk. His third goal later came on 3 May 2015, in a 3–1 win over Kuban Krasnodar. In his second season, Douglas made twenty-three appearance and scoring three times.
  Ahead of the 2015–16 season, Douglas was linked with a move to Köln and Sporting Lisbon. But Douglas insisted his main focus was on Dynamo Moscow despite the club's financial problem. Douglas wasn't included in the first few games due to injury he sustained in the training camp. Douglas made his first team return on 16 August 2015 against Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast, where he came on as a substitute for Yuri Zhirkov in the 80th minutes, which Dynamo Moscow won 1–0.
caption: Douglas in 2013 at Dynamo Moscow.
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