Dionatan Teixeira

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This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Do Nascimento and the second or paternal family name is Teixeira.

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Dionatan Teixeira
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Teixeira with Dukla Banská Bystrica in 2013
Personal information
Full name Dionatan do Nascimento Teixeira[1]
Date of birth (1992-07-24) 24 July 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Londrina, Brazil
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Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Stoke City
Number 23
Youth career
2006–2008 Londrina
2008–2009 Košice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Košice 2 (0)
2011–2012 → Slovan Bratislava (loan) 0 (0)
2012 Baník Ružiná 9 (1)
2013–2014 Dukla Banská Bystrica 35 (3)
2014– Stoke City 2 (0)
2015 → Fleetwood Town (loan) 8 (0)
International career‡
Brazil U17 9 (1)
2013–2014 Slovakia U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:14, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:52, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Dionatan do Nascimento Teixeira (born 24 July 1992) is a Brazilian-born Slovak footballer who plays as a defender for Stoke City.

Teixeira began playing football with local side Londrina EC in Brazil before he was given the opportunity to play in Europe with Slovakian side MFK Košice in 2008. He played in the youth teams at Košice and went on trials with a number of clubs in England. A failure to gain a work permit ended any chances of him joining an English club and after playing on loan for Slovan Bratislava in 2011–12 he was released by Košice. After briefly playing amateur football he moved on to Baník Ružiná and then to Slovak Super Liga side Dukla Banská Bystrica. In 2013 Teixeira was granted Slovakian citizenship and after impressing Stoke City whilst on trial he joined them on a three-year contract in June 2014.

Career

Early career

Teixeira began his career with local team Londrina EC in his native Brazil.[3] At the age of 16 he decided to move into European football and earned a youth contract with Slovakian side MFK Košice.[3] In 2009 Teixeria went on trial with a number of English teams inducing Middlesbrough, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and Manchester City.[4]

He returned to Košice in April 2009 and made his first team debut on 18 April 2009 against MFK Dubnica.[5] After a lack of opportunity at Košice he went on loan to Slovan Bratislava for the 2011–12 season but spent his time in Bratislava playing in the B team. He left Košice in the summer of 2012 and after spending time playing for local amateur side Slovan Čeľadice he joined 2. Liga side Baník Ružiná. In March 2013 he joined Slovak Super Liga side Dukla Banská Bystrica.

In January 2014 Teixeira had a trial at Reading and at Stoke City in March 2014.[6]

Stoke City

On June 11 2014 he signed a three-year contract with Stoke City, with Chief Executive Tony Scholes saying — "We have been following Dionatan's progress for some time and we're delighted to have secured his services because there's no doubt he's a talented player with a great deal of potential."[7][8] Stoke manager Mark Hughes stated that whilst on trial Teixeira reminded him of Ryan Nelsen who played for Hughes at Blackburn Rovers. —"Dionatan came in on trial and I've done that before with the likes of Chris Samba and Ryan Nelsen, who we had the opportunity to bring in at Blackburn. When you can look at players close up you get a better impression of what their capabilities are. We did it with Dionatan and he looked really good".[9]

Teixeira's start to his Stoke City career was hampered after he broke his foot in training which ruled him out for most of the 2014–15 season.[10] He made his Premier League debut for Stoke on 21 February 2015, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 victory against Aston Villa.[11]

On 3 October 2015 he joined League One side Fleetwood Town on loan.[12] He spent three months with the Cod Army making ten appearances before returning to Stoke.[13] Teixeira again featured just once as a substitute for Stoke in 2015–16, away at Bournemouth in February 2016.[14] In May 2016 he had a trial at MLS side Orlando City.[15]

International career

Teixeira played with Brazil U-17 squad before gaining a Slovakian passport in August 2013.[16]

Style of play

Stoke City manager Mark Hughes described Teixeira as a left-sided centre-back who has a big physique but is mobile and compared him to Ryan Nelsen who played under Hughes at Blackburn.[9]

Career statistics

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Teixeira playing for Dukla Banská Bystrica in 2013
As of match played 13 February 2016[17]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MFK Košice 2009–10 Slovak Super Liga 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2010–11 Slovak Super Liga 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2011–12 Slovak Super Liga 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Baník Ružiná 2012–13 Slovak 2. Liga 9 1 0 0 — — 9 1
Dukla Banská Bystrica 2012–13 Slovak Super Liga 13 0 0 0 — — 13 0
2013–14 Slovak Super Liga 22 3 0 0 — — 22 3
Stoke City 2014–15 Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
2015–16 Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Fleetwood Town (loan) 2015–16 League One 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
Career total 56 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 58 4

References

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  4. ↑ DIONATHAN NO MANCHESTER CITY ! 10.07.2009, jorgejr9.blogspot.com
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