Denílson Pereira Júnior (born 18 July 1995), commonly known as Denílson Júnior, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Super League club Dewa United Banten.
Club career Born in Rio de Janeiro, Denílson graduated with Fluminense's youth setup. He made his first team – and Série A – debut on 9 June 2013, coming on as a second half substitute for Biro-Biro and scoring the winner in a 2–1 home success over Goiás.Fluminense vira para cima do Goiás com um jogador a menos (Fluminense completes comeback over Goiás with one player less); Globo Esporte, 9 June 2013
Denílson appeared in only one more match before returning to the youth setup. On 31 January 2015 he joined Granada, being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.Rumo ao Granada, Denilson se despede do Flu: "Vou para ficar" (Going to Granada, Denilson bids farewell to Flu: "I am going to stay"); Globo Esporte, 31 January 2015 El Granada incorpora como cedido al joven brasileño Denilson (Fluminense) (Granada signs on loan the young Brazilian Denilson (Fluminense)) ; ABC, 4 February 2015
On 9 August 2016, Denílson signed a season-long loan deal with Neftchi Baku, scoring once in nine appearances before having his loan deal terminated by Neftchi Baku on 18 November 2016. He then returned to Brazil and had a series of loan spells at Avaí, São Paulo and Vitória between 2017 and 2018.
On 20 June 2018, Denílson joined Atlético Mineiro on a five-year deal.
On 3 January 2019, Denílson joined Saudi club Al-Faisaly on a six-month loan deal from Atlético.
On 30 January 2023, Denílson returned to Portugal and signed a year-and-a-half contract with Famalicão.
Hanoi On 2 November 2023, Denílson joined Vietnamese club Hanoi, signing a contract that expires in the end of the 2023–24 season. He was due to appear in a match against Becamex Binh Duong on 24 November 2023, but had to serve a two-match ban incurred while he was still at Avai for receiving a red card in a 0–2 home loss against Atlético Goianiense in September 2023.
On 10 December, Denílson made his debut for Hanoi, scoring a goal in a 2–0 league victory against Song Lam Nghe An. He scored again in Hanoi's next league match, a 2–0 away win to local rivals Viettel on 17 December. The next week, he scored for a third successive league game to equalise the score at Hong Linh Ha Tinh.
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