- 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 Lisbon →C.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, 2008Daniel Miguel Alves Gomes [His surname is "
Alves Garcia ", former from mother, latter from father.] , commonly known as "Danny", (born7 August 1983 , inCaracas ,Venezuela ) is a Portuguesefootball (soccer) attacking midfielder . He currently plays forFC 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 ofCS 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 forSporting Clube de Portugal for €2.1 million but later returned to Marítimo on loan. In February 2005, he joinedRussia 'sFC 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 inAthens 2004. He made his debut for Portugal onAugust 20 ,2008 in a friendly against Faroe Islands. OnAugust 24 2008 he was bought by Zenit for a fee of €30 million which makes him the most expensive player of theRussian Premier League . cite news|url=http://www.fcdynamo.ru/material.php?id=3253|title=Danny leaves Dynamo" (in Russian)] Danny made his debut forZenit Saint Petersburg in the2008 UEFA Super Cup game againstManchester United , where he scored the second goal and was namedMan 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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