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Vanderlei Fernandes Silva, aka Derlei (born July 14, 1975 in São Bernardo do Campo), is a Brazilian-Portuguese footballer, currently playing for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a striker.
ei started playing in the lower levels of football in Brazil, but joined Portugal's União de Leiria in 1999, going on to achieve 91 league games, scoring 42 goals. In his last season, as Leiria overachieved for a final 7th place, led by manager José Mourinho, Derlei netted 21 goals.
Derlei joined FC Porto in the summer of 2002, playing an important part in a successful squad that was also managed by Mourinho.
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Vanderlei Fernandes Silva, aka Derlei (born July 14, 1975 in São Bernardo do Campo), is a Brazilian-Portuguese footballer, currently playing for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a striker.
Football career
Derlei started playing in the lower levels of football in Brazil, but joined Portugal's União de Leiria in 1999, going on to achieve 91 league games, scoring 42 goals. In his last season, as Leiria overachieved for a final 7th place, led by manager José Mourinho, Derlei netted 21 goals.
Derlei joined 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. Derlei scored twice for Porto in the 2003 UEFA Cup final against Celtic F.C, being nicknamed "ninja" while playing for the northern side.
In January 2005, after disciplinary problems related to his lateness in arriving from the winter break, he was sold to FC Dynamo Moscow for €7 million, being granted Portuguese citizenship shortly thereafter. After two years of Russian football where he was always one of the top five best goalscorers, Derlei joined Sport Lisboa e Benfica on loan, in January 2007. On February 2, he played his first league match for Benfica, against Boavista F.C. (0-0 home draw).
In June 2007, he left Benfica for Lisbon rivals Sporting Clube de Portugal, signing a contract until 2009, 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. He would, however, spend most of 2007-08 on the sidelines, severely injured.
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