Botafogo star Danilo enjoying his most prolific start to a season | OneFootball

Despite experiencing turbulent backstage moments, Botafogo has a great weapon this season. The midfielder Danilo, formerly of Palmeiras, is having the most goal-scoring start of his career and has been the main highlight of the Glorioso.

Danilo joined Botafogo in 2025, after a stint with Nottingham Forest in England. Since returning to Brazilian football, the midfielder has been performing very well, with five goals and four assists in 22 games.

This season, the midfielder has already scored four times in five matches and is having his second-best year in offensive numbers in his career. At Palmeiras, he also scored four goals in 2021, only behind 2022, when he scored seven goals.

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However, Danilo had never scored so many goals so quickly. Of the six goals he scored in English football, all came only at the end of the seasons.

Even at Palmeiras, where he had his most goal-scoring period, he did not find the net so frequently. In 2022, his best year, Danilo only scored his fourth goal in May, against Juazeirense, in the Copa do Brasil.

Midfielder on the rise, team on the decline

Despite his great individual phase, Danilo is dealing with Botafogo's fluctuations. The Glorioso lost the last two games in the Brasileirão and needs to find the path to victories again.

Currently, the team occupies the eighth position in the competition, with three points. Now, Botafogo turns its attention to the Campeonato Carioca. Already qualified, the team faces Vasco, away from home, this Sunday at 6 PM (Brasília time), in the last round of the first phase of the State Championship.

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