Derlei

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Derlei
Personal information
Full name	Vanderlei Fernandes Silva
Date of birth	July 14, 1975 (1975-07-14) (age 32)
Place of birth	São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Sporting CP
Number	11
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994–1997 1997–1998 1999 1999–2002 2002–2005 2005–2007 2007 2007–	América (RN) Guarani Madureira UD Leiria FC Porto FC Dynamo Moscow SL Benfica Sporting CP	56 (21) 25 (7) 14 (4) 091 (42) 076 (29) 041 (20) 012 0(1) 003 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Vanderlei Fernandes Silva, simply known as Derlei (born July 14, 1975 in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil), is a Brazilian-Portuguese football player. He currently plays for Portuguese team Sporting C.P., as a striker.

Derlei started playing in the lower levels of football in Brazil, but joined U.D. Leiria in 1999, going on to achieve 91 league games, scoring 42 goals.

Derlei joined FC Porto in the summer of 2002. He was a big part of José Mourinho's hugely successful squad, since he was one of the top scorers in a side that conquered the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League in consecutive seasons. He scored twice for Porto in the 2003 UEFA Cup final against Celtic F.C.

In January 2005, after disciplinary problems related to his lateness in arriving from the winter break, he was sold to Dynamo Moscow for 7 million euros, being granted Portuguese citizenship shortly thereafter. He was nicknamed "ninja" while playing for the northern side. After two years of Russian football where he was always one of the top five best goalscorers, Derlei joined SL Benfica on loan, in January 2007. On February 2, he played his first Superliga match for Benfica against Boavista F.C..

In June of 2007, he left Benfica for Lisbon rivals Sporting Clube de Portugal, signing a contract until 2009, after being freed from his two-year contract with Dynamo Moscow. He was, therefore, one of the few players to have represented the Big Three.

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