Dionatan Teixeira
Dionatan do Nascimento Teixeira (24 July 1992 – 5 November 2017) was a professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Born in Brazil, he represented Slovakia at youth level.
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Teixeira with Dukla Banská Bystrica in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dionatan do Nascimento Teixeira | ||
| Date of birth | 24 July 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Londrina, Brazil | ||
| Date of death | 5 November 2017 (aged 25) | ||
| Place of death | Londrina, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| 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) |
| 2014–2017 | Stoke City | 2 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Fleetwood Town (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2017 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 10 | (0) |
| Total | 66 | (4) | |
| International career | |||
| 2013–2014 | Slovakia U21 | 8 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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 Slovak citizenship and after impressing Stoke City whilst on trial he joined them on a three-year contract in June 2014. However, he failed to make any impact at Stoke and left in January 2017 and later joined Moldovan side Sheriff Tiraspol.