&sq=&lang=&file=File:Gent-Zenit_(18).jpg) Danny at Zenit in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Daniel Miguel Alves Gomes[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 August 1983[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Caracas, Venezuela | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Marítimo | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Marítimo B | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Marítimo | 20 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Sporting CP | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Sporting CP B | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | → Marítimo (loan) | 29 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | → Marítimo B (loan) | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Dynamo Moscow | 97 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2017 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 172 | (52) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Slavia Prague | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Marítimo | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 389 | (77) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Portugal U21 | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2016 | Portugal | 38 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Daniel Miguel Alves Gomes (born 7 August 1983), commonly known as Danny, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Also a winger, he was known for his dribbling and key passes.[2]
He spent most of his career in Russia in service of Dynamo Moscow and Zenit, after arriving at the age of 21 from Sporting CP. He won seven items of silverware with Zenit, including three Russian Premier League titles.
Danny represented Portugal at the 2010 World Cup and the 2004 Olympics.