Ilsinho

Ilsinho is the sort of footballer who exists to make the game fun. Born in Sao Bernardo do Campo, he began as a right-back, then reinvented himself as a winger at Shakhtar Donetsk, dazzling crowds with raw pace and trickery. I love that arc: a defender blossoming into an attacking entertainer is no small feat of self-belief. His improvisational, unmistakably Brazilian dribbling is the kind of thing that makes you grin just imagining it. He was never built to be a leading goalscorer, but his gift for delighting the people watching is rare. I genuinely cherish free-spirited players like him.

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Name (English)

Ilsinho

Name (Japanese)

イウソン・ペレイラ・ディアス・ジュニオール

Reading

いうそん・ぺれいら・でぃあす・じゅにおーる

Born

October 12, 1985 (age 41)

Origin

São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Ox

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilsinho
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A6%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455804

Tags

• São Paulo
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.