Derlei

Derlei
Derlei in 2005
Personal information
Full name Vanderlei Fernandes Silva
Date of birth (1975-07-14) 14 July 1975
Place of birth São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 América-RN 56 (21)
1997–1998 Guarani 25 (7)
1999 Madureira 14 (4)
1999–2002 União Leiria 91 (42)
2002–2005 Porto 57 (19)
2005–2007 Dynamo Moscow 41 (20)
2007 → Benfica (loan) 12 (1)
2007–2009 Sporting CP 27 (8)
2009–2010 Vitória 1 (1)
2010 Madureira 3 (1)
Total 327 (124)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Vanderlei Fernandes Silva (born 14 July 1975), known as Derlei, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker.

He spent most of his 16-year professional career in Portugal (one full decade), having represented all three most important clubs in the country and amassing Primeira Liga totals of 187 matches and 70 goals.

With Porto, Derlei won eight major titles including two leagues, one Champions League and one UEFA Cup.

Club career

Born in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Derlei began playing in the lower levels of Brazilian football, but joined Portugal's U.D. Leiria in 1999, going on to appear in 92 competitive games for the club. In his last season, as they overachieved for a final seventh place in the Primeira Liga led by young manager José Mourinho, he scored 21 goals.[1]

Derlei signed with FC Porto in the summer of 2002, playing an important part in a successful squad that was also managed by Mourinho. He was one of the top scorers in a side that conquered the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League in consecutive seasons – he netted twice in the 2003 UEFA Cup final against Celtic (adding another brace in the 4–1 semi-final win over S.S. Lazio)[2][3]– being nicknamed "Ninja" while playing for the northern side; the following campaign, as he was leading the domestic goalscoring chart, he suffered a severe knee injury which rendered him unavailable for several months.[4]

In January 2005, after disciplinary problems related to his lateness in arriving from the winter break, Derlei was sold to FC Dynamo Moscow for €7 million,[5] being granted Portuguese citizenship shortly after. After two years of Russian football where he was always one of the top five scorers, he moved to S.L. Benfica on loan in January 2007;[6] on 2 February he played his first league match for the club, a 0–0 home draw against Boavista FC.

In late June 2007, Derlei left Benfica for Lisbon rivals Sporting Clube de Portugal, signing a one-year deal with the option for another after being freed from his two-year contract with Dynamo Moscow – he was, therefore, one of the few players to have represented the Big Three of Portugal.[7][8] However, he would spend most of 2007–08 on the sidelines, with another serious knee injury.[9]

Derlei made a comeback to competition when, on 16 April 2008, he entered the field for Leandro Romagnoli in the 61st minute during the semi-final of the Taça de Portugal against Benfica, scoring only 18 minutes later to make it 3–2 to Sporting, in a match which eventually ended with a 5–3 win[10] as the team went on to win the tournament against another former acquaintance of the player, Porto.[11]

In his second season, Derlei fought with Hélder Postiga for a chance to play alongside Liédson, and scored some goals including an important one in a 1–0 home triumph over FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League, which sealed Sporting's group stage qualification on 4 November 2008.[12] At the end of the campaign he declined the club's offer for a contract extension on the grounds the compensation was insufficient, thus being made a free agent.[13]

On 27 August 2009, 34-year-old Derlei joined Esporte Clube Vitória on a one-year deal.[14] He made his competitive debut on 13 September in a match against Campeonato Brasileiro Série A leader Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras: having taken the pitch in the second half, he scored the 3–2 winner;[15] he transferred to modest Madureira Esporte Clube shortly after, returning to a team he had represented more than one decade prior.[16]

Club statistics

[17][18]

Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
União Leiria 1999–00 268––268
2000–01 3213––3213
2001–02 332110––3421
Total 914210––9242
Porto 2002–03 26711–13124020
2003–04 181211–832716
2004–05 13000–50180
Total 571922–26158536
Dynamo Moscow 2005 181300––1813
2006 151120––1511
Total 332420––3324
Benfica 2006–07 12100–40161
Total 12100–40161
Sporting 2007–08 4121000062
2008–09 205001272289
Total 2462112723411
Career total 2189273123717266114

Honours

Club

América-RN

Porto

Sporting

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Derlei puts Porto first; UEFA, 16 September 2003
  2. ↑ Porto stun lacklustre Lazio; UEFA, 11 April 2003
  3. ↑ "Uefa Cup final player ratings". BBC Sport. 21 May 2003. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Derlei dealt Christmas blow; UEFA, 24 December 2003
  5. ↑ Derlei leads Dynamo influx; UEFA, 10 January 2005
  6. ↑ Benfica seal Derlei and Fernandes deals; UEFA, 29 January 2007
  7. ↑ "Derlei assina às 17 horas" [Derlei signs at 5 P.M.]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 June 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Sporting: documento do Dínamo chegou, Derlei já é "leão"" [Sporting: Dynamo document has arrived, Derlei is already a "lion"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 25 June 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  9. ↑ Dire outcome for Sporting's Derlei; UEFA, 9 September 2007
  10. ↑ "Taça de Portugal: Sporting derrota Benfica por 5–3" [Portuguese Cup: Sporting beat Benfica 5–3]. Público (in Portuguese). 16 April 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Sporting vence Taça de Portugal" [Sporting win Portuguese Cup]. Expresso (in Portuguese). 18 May 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  12. ↑ Derlei sparks Sporting celebrations; UEFA, 4 November 2008
  13. ↑ "Derlei diz adeus ao Sporting" [Derlei bids farewell to Sporting]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 11 June 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  14. ↑ "Derlei é o novo atacante do Vitória" [Derlei is the new forward of Vitória] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "VÍDEO: Vitória bate Palmeiras no Barradão e bota ainda mais fogo no Brasileiro" [VIDEO: Vitória beat Palmeiras at the Barradão and set Brasileiro even more ablaze] (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 13 September 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  16. ↑ "RJ: BOMBA! Madureira contrata ex-atacante de Porto e Guarani" [RJ: BOMB! Madureira sign former Porto and Guarani forward] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  17. ↑ "Derlei". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  18. ↑ "Derlei". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
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