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Davi Ribeiro de Carvalho

Davi
Personal information
Full name Davi Ribeiro de Carvalho
Date of birth (1979-08-31) 31 August 1979 (age 37)
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Sporting de Paris
Number 8
Youth career
1986–1993 Cruzeiro
1995–1998 América Mineiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2003 Minas Tênis Clube
2003–2004 Kickers Charleroi
2004–2006 Action 21
2006–2009 Sporting CP
2009–2013 Benfica
2013–2014 Araz Naxçivan
2014– Sporting de Paris
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 December 2014.

Davi Ribeiro de Carvalho (born 31 August 1979), known simply as Davi, is a Brazilian futsal player who plays for the French club Sporting de Paris as a defender.

Born in Porto Alegre,Brazil, Davi started developing his futsal skills at Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, playing in the futsal section from age 7 to age 11, then shifting to the football section, until he was 14. Two years later, at 16, he joined América Mineiro, still as a footballer, leaving when he was 19. Unable to find a football club, his fitness coach at América, arranged a tryout for him at Minas Tênis Clube, which he successfully passed.

In 2003, Davi joined the Belgian team Kickers Charleroi, reuniting with a number of friends, before moving to the larger Action 21 in the following year. In his first year at Action 21, he conquered the 2004–05 UEFA Futsal Cup by beating Dinamo Moskva in the final. A year later, impressed by his performance against them, Sporting CP, contacted him and brought him to Portugal, where he would spend three years with the Lions, winning two titles.

On 2 April 2009, Davi agreed to trade Sporting for crosstown rivals, Benfica for the following season. At Benfica, he made an immediate impact, scoring the decisive goal against Interviu at the 2009–10 UEFA Futsal Cup Final, on 25 April 2010, and being honoured with Most Valuable Player award. In the following three years, he conquered his first league title in Portugal, also winning another Portuguese Cup, plus three more supercups.


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