Derlei

Derlei fascinates me as a Brazilian striker who found his legend not at home but in Portugal. Spending a full decade there and representing all three of the country's biggest clubs, then totaling 187 league matches and 70 goals, shows a finisher who thrived far from his comfort zone. The two seasons at Dynamo Moscow add a touch of restless adventure I genuinely like. To me he represents that classic football wanderer who plants roots wherever the game calls, turning displacement into opportunity. There's a quiet romance to a career built on scoring goals in foreign stadiums.

Name (English)

Derlei

Name (Japanese)

ヴァンデルレイ・フェルナンデス・シルヴァ

Reading

ゔぁんでるれい・ふぇるなんです・しるゔぁ

Born

July 14, 1975 (age 51)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

Origin

São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil

Height

175 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1

Tags

• São Paulo
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.