Dênis Oliveira de Souza

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Dênis
Full name	Dênis Oliveira de Souza
Date of birth	September 21, 1983 (1983-09-21) (age 24)
Place of birth	Ipatinga, Brazil
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Right Back
Club information
Current club	Santos
Youth clubs
2000-2003	Ponte Preta
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004 2005 2005-2006 2006 - present	Ponte Preta União Barbarense Ipatinga Santos	4 (0) 43 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Dênis Oliveira de Souza or simply Dênis (born September 21, 1983 in Ipatinga), is a Brazilian right back. He currently plays for Santos.

Denis was discovered by Santos when his team Ipatinga eliminated them from Brazil Cup on penalty shootout, in 2006. Denis was signed right after this elimination game.

He conquered the right-back spot and played well in 2006 until a knee injury knocked him out of the season. When he recovered, already in 2007, his spot was covered by new signing Pedro.

When he finally displaced Pedro (who ended up being released and joined Sporting), he injured himself again against Caracas FC. He is expected to return in 2008.