Danilo Pereiro da Silva grew up in the slums of São Paulo, switched to the youth academy at the age of seventeen. Ajax and will play on a rental basis next season FC Twente. He had an eventful childhood in Brazil.
“With us you came into contact with drugs and weapons every day. You didn’t have to do anything for that, it was just there”, Danilo begins to tell about his remarkable life story, in conversation with TC/Tubantia. “When we played football on the square, we had to flee regularly because all kinds of things were happening around us.”
Where many boys ended up in crime, Danilo was only concerned with one thing: he wanted to become a professional football player. In the end he succeeded. “When I was 17 I was in Amsterdam at Ajax. Difficult? Well no. If you start something with all kinds of negative feelings, it will not work out. But if you believe in something, then something is not difficult. Europe is Valhalla for the Brazilian soccer player. Life is good here. “
Danilo played his matches last season mainly for Young Ajax, but the Brazilian wanted more. “Ajax has so many good players and I didn’t want to play in Jong Ajax anymore. FC Twente’s interest came at the right time”, said Danilo, who previously indicated with Twente that he wanted to play the championship. “And yet this was a serious message. I wanted to indicate that I did not come to Twente for fun. We must have the mentality that we want to win every game. Fight, survive.”
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