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.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 1991–1992 | Brazil U23 | 9 | (0) |
| 1991–1994 | Brazil | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editYouth
editBorn in São Paulo, Dener started his career at São Paulo FC's youth squad, in 1988, but after just two months he moved to Portuguesa's youth squad. In 1991, playing for Portuguesa, he won the Copa São Paulo de Juniores, and was elected the competition's best player.[3]
Professional
editIn 1989, he was promoted to Portuguesa's first team squad, where he stayed until 1993, playing 47 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A matches, and scoring seven goals.[4] In 1993, Corinthians failed to sign him, and then he was loaned to Grêmio of Porto Alegre,[3] where he won the Rio Grande do Sul State Championship,[2] and played four Copa do Brasil matches in that year.[4] In the following year he was loaned to 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
editDener 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
editOn 18 April 1994, in Rio de Janeiro, Dener died in an accident when his Mitsubishi Eclipse crashed into a tree at Borges de Medeiros Avenue, in the 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
editClub
edit| 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) | 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
edit| Brazil | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 |
Honours
editPortuguesa
Grêmio
- Campeonato Gaúcho: 1993
Vasco da Gama
References
edit- ^ (in Portuguese) "Dener Augusto de Sousa" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 16 November 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2008. [dead link]
- ^ a b c "Dener". Sambafoot. 28 March 2006. Archived from the original on 2 April 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2008.
- ^ a b c (in Portuguese) "Dener - O gênio dos dribles mágicos" (in Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2008.
- ^ a b c d "Dener - todos os jogos" (in Portuguese). Futpédia. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 55. 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
edit- (in Portuguese) Dener profile at the Brazilian FA database[permanent dead link]