Dionatan Teixeira facts for kids
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Teixeira with Dukla Banská Bystrica in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| 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) | ||
| Playing position | 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) | |
| National team | |||
| 2013–2014 | Slovakia U21 | 8 | (0) |
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Dionatan do Nascimento Teixeira (born July 24, 1992 – died November 5, 2017) was a professional footballer. He was born in Brazil but later became a citizen of Slovakia. He played as a centre-back, which is a defensive position in football.
Dionatan started his football journey in Brazil with a local team called Londrina EC. When he was 16, he got the chance to play in Europe for a Slovakian team, MFK Košice, in 2008. He played in their youth teams and even tried out for several big clubs in England. However, he couldn't get a work permit, which meant he couldn't join an English club.
After playing on loan for Slovan Bratislava, he left Košice. He then played for some smaller teams before joining Slovak Super Liga side Dukla Banská Bystrica. In 2013, Dionatan became a Slovak citizen. He impressed Stoke City during a trial and signed a three-year contract with them in June 2014. However, he didn't play many games for Stoke and left in January 2017. He then joined a Moldovan team, Sheriff Tiraspol.
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Football Career
Starting Out
Dionatan Teixeira began his football career with his local team, Londrina EC, in Brazil. When he was 16, he moved to Europe to play for the youth team of MFK Košice in Slovakia. In 2009, Dionatan had trials with several famous English teams. These included Middlesbrough, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United, and Manchester City.
He went back to Košice in April 2009 and played his first game for the senior team. He didn't get many chances to play at Košice, so he went on loan to Slovan Bratislava for the 2011–12 season. There, he mostly played for their reserve team. He left Košice in the summer of 2012. After playing for a local amateur team, he joined 2. Liga team Baník Ružiná. In March 2013, he moved to Slovak Super Liga team Dukla Banská Bystrica.
In early 2014, Dionatan had trials with Reading and Stoke City.
Playing for Stoke City
On June 11, 2014, Dionatan signed a three-year contract with Stoke City. The club's chief executive, Tony Scholes, said they had been watching Dionatan for a while. He added that Dionatan was a talented player with a lot of potential. Stoke manager Mark Hughes compared Dionatan to another player, Ryan Nelsen, whom he had coached before. Hughes said that seeing players up close during trials helps you understand their skills better.
Dionatan's time at Stoke City started with a setback. He broke his foot during training, which meant he missed most of the 2014–15 season. He finally made his first Premier League appearance for Stoke on February 21, 2015. He came on as a substitute in a 2–1 win against Aston Villa.
On October 3, 2015, he joined League One team Fleetwood Town on loan. He played ten games for them over three months before returning to Stoke. Dionatan played only one more game for Stoke in the 2015–16 season, as a substitute against Bournemouth in February 2016. In May 2016, he also had a trial with MLS team Orlando City.
Dionatan's contract with Stoke City ended in January 2017. He had only played two games as a substitute for the club.
Moving to Sheriff Tiraspol
On February 17, 2017, Dionatan Teixeira signed with Sheriff Tiraspol, a club in Moldova.
His Passing
On November 5, 2017, Dionatan Teixeira sadly passed away in Londrina, Brazil. He suffered a heart attack.
International Football
Dionatan received a Slovak passport in August 2013. After that, he regularly played for the Slovak U21 team.
Family Life
Dionatan had a younger brother named Marcão, who also became a professional footballer.
Images for kids
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Teixeira playing for Dukla Banská Bystrica in 2013
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