Dener (footballer, born 1971)

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.

Dener
Personal information
Full name Dener Augusto de Sousa
Date of birth (1971-04-02)2 April 1971
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death 18 April 1994(1994-04-18) (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 Brazil 2 (0)
1991–1992 Brazil U23 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Youth

Born 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

In 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

Dener 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

On 18 April 1994, in Rio de Janeiro, Dener died in a car 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, Oto Gomes de Miranda, who lost both legs in the accident. Dener was strangled by the car's seat belt.[3]

Career statistics

Club

[6][4]

Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Portuguesa 1989 Série A 1000———10
1990 20140———160
1991 181162———342
1992 1212913———412
1993 145————145
Total 4775915———10622
Grêmio (loan) 1993 Série A —15440——194
Vasco da Gama (loan) 1994 Série A —10321——124
Career total 47784761000013730

International

[7]

Brazil
YearAppsGoals
199120
Total20

Honours

Portuguesa

Grêmio

Vasco da Gama

References
  1. (in Portuguese) "Dener Augusto de Sousa" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
  2. "Dener". Sambafoot. 2006-03-28. Archived from the original on 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
  3. (in Portuguese) "Dener - O gênio dos dribles mágicos" (in Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
  4. "Dener - todos os jogos" (in Portuguese). Futpédia. Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  5. Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 55. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
  6. "Dener" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol 80. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  7. "Dener". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
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