Danny , 25 years old, was playing for Dinamo Moscow when Carlos Queiroz called him up for Portugal 5-0 Faroe Islands (August 20, 2008). Then I read he moved to FC Zenith on August 26, 2008. Same team that Euro 2008 surprise, Arshavin plays in!
Danny's first game with Zenith was today's UEFA Supercup, and what a debut!!! Danny wears the #19 Zenith jersey. He scored the winning goal against -none other than- Manchester United! Transfer cost of 30 million Euro, which was stated in the contract of Daniel Migel Alves Danny as a release clause allowed him to change club.
FC Zenit President, Mr. Alexander Dyukov said,
"For us it was principal to purchase that particular player, which our head coach wanted to see in the squad."
About choosing Danny over other European top-class players:
"First of all, this is player of high level, capable to play virtually on any position in the midfield, – says presidents counselor Konstantin Sarsania, - Danny's obvious advantage is that he adapted to life in Russia, to Russian Championship and shows very good perfomance here. Also, he is just 25 years old, so there is probability of his transfer sum increasing in future."
August 24, 2008- Video RTP (Portuguese TV) news
English translation:
Danny will leave Dinamo Moscow to go to Zenit St. Petersburg. The Portugal international player, expensive transfer. Zenith will need to pay 30 million euros. The contract will be signed tomorrow. Danny is a 25 year-old forward. He's in Russia since 2005. He has a past in Maritimo and Sporting.
Complete Zenit 2008-2009 team:Goalkeepers:
1 Kamil Contofalsky -- Slovakia -- 03.06.1978 --190 cm height
16 Vyacheslav Malafeev Russia -- 04.03.1979 185 cm height
Defenders:
22 Alexander Anyukov -- Russia -- 28.09.1982
5 Kim Dongjin -- Korea Republic -- 29.01.1982
14 Tomas Hubocan -- Slovakia -- 17.09.1985
4 Ivica Krizanac -- Croatia -- 13.04.1979
40 Ivan Lapin -- Russia -- 08.05.1988
6 Nicolas Lombaerts -- Belgium -- 20.03.1985
28 Sebastien Puygrenier -- France -- 28.01.1982
Midfielders
19 Danny Miguel -- Portugal -- 07.08.1983
27 Igor Denisov -- Russia -- 17.05.1984
20 Victor Fayzulin -- Russia -- 22.04.1986
88 Alexander Gorshkov -- Russia -- 08.02.1970
17 Lee Ho -- Korea Republic -- 22.10.1984
57 Alexey Ionov -- Russia -- 18.02.1989
2 Vladislav Radimov -- Russia -- 26.11.1975
25 Fernando Ricksen -- Netherlands -- 27.07.1976
15 Roman Shirokov -- Russia -- 06.07.1981
11 Radek Sirl -- Czech Republic -- 20.03.1981
44 Anatoliy Tymoschuk -- Ukraine -- 30.03.1979
18 Konstantin Zyrianov -- Russia -- 05.10.1977
Forwards:
10 Andrey Arshavin -- Russia -- 29.05.1981
7 Alejandro Dominguez -- Argentina -- 10.06.1981
8 Pavel Pogrebnyak -- Russia -- 08.11.1983 (Scored 1st goal in UEFA Supercup
9 Fatih Tekke -- Turkey -- 09.09.1977
After watching the UEFA supercup, he definitely earned a few minutes in Portugal's next game Malta v. Portugal on September 6, 2008.
- Your thoughts on Danny's move? Danny in the Portugal national team?
