Denni Rocha dos Santos

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Denni

Full name	Denni Rocha dos Santos
Date of birth	August 21, 1982 (1982-08-21) (age 25)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Newcastle Jets
Number	10
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003 2003 2004 2005 2005-2006 2006 2007-2008	Santo André → São Caetano (loan) → Montedio Yamagata (loan) → Ituano (loan) → Dorados de Tijuana (loan) Santo André Newcastle Jets	-- 11 (1) 20 (2) -- -- -- 20 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Denni Rocha dos Santos, usually known as Denni (born 21st August 1983 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian footballer who plays an attacking midfielder role. He most recently played for the Newcastle Jets in the Australian A-League before being released.

1 Club career
2 Honours
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Club career

Denni had a contract with Santo André until 2008, and played for a number of other clubs on loan.

Denni trialled with French side RC Strasbourg at the end of 2006 but was unsuccessful in gaining a position at the club.^[1] He did not have permission to leave Santo André and the club stated that they would take legal action against him.^[2]

The Jets formally announced Denni's signing on 17 August 2007 at a press conference in Newcastle.^[3] He made his A-League debut on 26 August 2007 against Perth Glory.^[4]

Denni impressed at Newcastle, despite being small in height. The Hyundai A-League is considered a very physical league. His first goal came from a cross from Matt Thompson to set him up with a volley against Melbourne Victory.

Newcastle released Denni after finishing the season as champions.