Footballer Miguel Danny: biography and photos

Miguel Danny, whose photo you can see in the article, is a Portuguese midfielder, one of the leaders of the club "Zenith" from St. Petersburg. Throughout his career, he played for Portuguese and Russian clubs, as well as for the youth, Olympic and national teams of his country. On the football field, as already mentioned, he plays at the position of the midfielder, and also feels well on the forward.

Childhood

The father of the football player was originally from the Portuguese city of Madeira. In 1979, he left his homeland together with two of his friends and moved to the capital of Venezuela, Caracas, where he opened a restaurant and married a local woman. On August 7, 1983 Miguel Danny was born. In childhood, the boy was very interested in cycling and football. Since he was too small to ride a bicycle , his parents decided to send their son to a local football school. He started very quickly, and soon the guy became the best player here. His talent was noticed by scouts of the team "Maritimo", who offered Miguel to transfer to the club school. To do this, it was necessary to go to Portugal, Madeira. Father and mother were categorically against such an idea, but the persuasions of the grandmother who lived there helped them to change their minds.

First soccer moves

Miguel Danni, whose biography as a professional football player began in 1990 with the club "Maritimo", moved to Portugal at the age of seven. Ten years later, his parents also moved there. The official debut of the football player in the composition of his team took place on October 1, 2001. Then in the national championship match against "Zhil Vicente" he came on as a substitute in the 62nd minute of the game. His first goal, he scored in two and a half months at the gate "Salgeyrusha". During his debut season in Portugal, the player took part in 20 matches. They scored five goals scored. "Maritim" finished sixth in the final standings.

Sporting

At the age of eighteen, Miguel Danny was interested in the country's leading clubs, in particular, "Porto" and "Sporting". Since the player himself was a big fan of the first of the mentioned teams, he gave the preliminary consent to go to it. However, the managers of "Maritimo" did not accept the transfer amount. As a result, for the amount of 2.1 million euros the player moved to the Lisbon club. Here he played for one year, but did not achieve tangible success. In this regard, the next season, on loan, the athlete returned to his native team. At that time, the coach "Maritim" was a native specialist Anatoly Byshovets. The coach once said these words about Danny: "Miguel - a very talented and hardworking football player, so, no doubt, he will succeed." The player himself later admitted repeatedly that the Russian mentor had taught him a lot.

"Dynamo"

In 2005, the sportsman received an offer from the Moscow "Dynamo", so he moved to Russia. The first match in his lineup he played on March 9. It was a cup meeting against the Samara "Wings of the Soviets." As a result of the debut season as part of his club, he was named the best player. In total, in a T-shirt Dynamo football player spent 94 games, which scored 16 goals. It should be noted and the fact that in 2007 his ball into the goal of "Rostov" on the basis of voting was recognized as the best in the Russian championship.

"Zenith"

To get a player like Miguel Danny, Zenit in August 2008 was forced to pay Dynamo a sum of 30 million euros. At that time it was the most expensive internal transition in the history of Russian football. For the St. Petersburg team, the athlete debuted in a meeting against the English club Manchester United in the UEFA Super Cup. The Russian team won then with a score of 2: 1, and Miguel scored the decisive goal and was voted the best player of the match. In the following season, the player was awarded the tenth game room in the club.

In May 2009, Danny suffered a serious injury in training, because of which he could not go to the football field for 10 months. His return took place on March 13, 2010. Then he helped his team to defeat "Rostov", scoring the only goal in the match. June 14, 2011 the player extended the employment agreement with Zenit, and on September 29 played the hundredth fight in the St. Petersburg team. Noteworthy was the fact that the rival of the Russian club in that match was the Portuguese "Porto", and the football player himself scored a scored ball. In 2012, the player once again seriously injured. This time, Miguel was forced to miss 8 competitive months. Whatever it was, after returning to the field, he continued to demonstrate a bright and enchanting game. As a result, the football player remains the leader of the St. Petersburg club to the present day.

National team

In 2007, the player received an invitation to the national team of Venezuela, but rejected him, because he dreamed of playing for Portugal. Miguel Danny held his debut match in the national team on August 20, 2008. Then he went on to replace the Faroe Islands. During the 2010 World Championship in South Africa, he played three matches, including a 1/8 final match against Spain, in which the Portuguese lost 1-0. For the World Cup in 2014 in Brazil, despite the great season at the club, for unknown reasons the head coach of the team of Paulo Bento, he was not invited.

Interesting Facts

His first hat-trick career football player issued on August 3, 2012 in a meeting against the "Volga" from Nizhny Novgorod within the championship of Russia.

In November 2012, the player was chosen as the captain of Zenit.

After the end of the 2012/2013 season. Miguel Danny changed his game number from 10 to 35. He explained this unexpected decision by the fact that it was with such a figure on his back that he performed at the beginning of his professional career with Maritimo.

August 13, 2014, after a goal in the gates of the "Ural", he entered the list of top ten scorers in the history of the St. Petersburg club.

As for private life, Miguel is married. His wife's name is Peter. A couple has two sons (twins).