Danny Alves

Danny Alves

Infobox Football biography
playername = Danny


fullname = Daniel Miguel Alves Gomes
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|8|7
cityofbirth = Caracas
countryofbirth = Venezuela
height = height|meters=1.78
nickname = Danny
position = Attacking midfielder
currentclub = FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
clubnumber = 19
youthyears = 1999-2000
youthclubs = Marítimo
years = 2000-2002
2002-2005
2003-2004
2005-2008
2008-
clubs = C.S. Marítimo
Sporting LisbonC.S. Marítimo (loan)
FC Dynamo Moscow
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
caps(goals) = 10 (5)
12 (0)
11 (1)
97 (16)
4 (2)
nationalyears = 2008-
nationalteam = Portugal
nationalcaps(goals) = 2 (0)
pcupdate = October 6, 2008
ntupdate = September 11, 2008

Daniel Miguel Alves Gomes [His surname is "Alves Garcia", former from mother, latter from father.] , commonly known as "Danny", (born 7 August 1983, in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Portuguese football (soccer) attacking midfielder. He currently plays for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Born into a Portuguese family, Danny moved to the island of Madeira at a young age. It is here where he developed his football skills in the youth teams of CS Marítimo. Danny made his break-through into the first team at the end of the 2001/02 season, where he scored 5 goals in 20 games. He later signed for Sporting Clube de Portugal for €2.1 million but later returned to Marítimo on loan. In February 2005, he joined Russia's FC Dynamo Moscow, where he was awarded the best Dynamo player of the 2005 season.

Danny has also made numerous appearances for the Portugal U-21 and participated at the Summer Olympic Games in Athens 2004. He made his debut for Portugal on August 20, 2008 in a friendly against Faroe Islands. On August 24 2008 he was bought by Zenit for a fee of €30 million which makes him the most expensive player of the Russian Premier League. cite news|url=http://www.fcdynamo.ru/material.php?id=3253|title=Danny leaves Dynamo" (in Russian)] Danny made his debut for Zenit Saint Petersburg in the 2008 UEFA Super Cup game against Manchester United, where he scored the second goal and was named Man of the Match. Zenit went on to win the game 2-1. [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/supercup/news/kind=1/newsid=744004.html]

References

External links

* [http://www.fc-zenit.ru/eng/person.phtml?id=325 Player profile at Official Zenit website]


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