Douglas Franco Teixeira

Quick Facts

Full Name	Douglas Franco Teixeira
Occupation	Brazilian footballer
Date Of Birth	Jan 12, 1988(1988-01-12)
Age	36
Birthplace	Florianópolis
Country	Brazil
Birth City	State of Santa Catarina
Horoscope	Capricorn

Douglas Franco Teixeira Biography

Douglas Franco Teixeira is one of the most popular and richest Brazilian footballer who was born on January 12, 1988 in Florianópolis, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Douglas Franco Teixeira (born 12 January 1988), simply known as Douglas, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre back.

In the 2009–10 season, Douglas played in both legs of the Champions League’s third qualifying round against Sporting Lisbon and scored in the second leg, but was eliminated in the Champions League, as a result of away goal. After missing the opening game of the season, due to suspension, Douglas scored his first goal in his first appearance of the 2009–10 season, in a 1–1 draw against PSV Eindhoven. Eleven days later, Douglas scored in the play-off round of Europa League, in a 3–1 win over Qarabağ and eventually went through in the second leg after a 0–0 draw. Then on 26 September 2009, Douglas scored his second league goal of the season, in a 2–1 win over VVV-Venlo. Douglas established himself in the first team and throughout the season, he continued to top the league in the latter part of the season, holding off the likes of renowned competitors PSV and Ajax. Eventually, the club was later crowded champions of Eredivisie for the first time in its history after beating NAC Breda 2–0 on the last game of the season despite not playing, due to suspension. Douglas went on to make thirty-one appearances in the 2009–10 season, having missed three matches due to suspension. At the end of the 2009–10 season, Douglas was among three players to be named Algemeen Daglad’s National Team of the Year.

Ahead of the 2010–11 season, his impressive form over the next season drew the attention of Italian team Juventus, as well as German teams Hamburger SV and VfL Wolfsburg. He dismissed interest from fellow Dutch clubs PSV and Ajax as he felt it was “inconceivable” for him to play for any team in the Netherlands other than Twente. Following Steve McClaren’s departure to Wolfsburg, Douglas, along with Bryan Ruiz, were linked with a move to Wolfsburg to join him. Nevertheless, Douglas remained at Twente and continued to remain in the first team, where provided assist for Nacer Chadli, who scored the only goal for Twente, in a 4–1 loss against Tottenham Hotspur on 29 September 2010. Douglas then scored his first goal of the season, in a 3–1 win over Willem II on 27 October 2010. Douglas was then sent-off in a match against N.E.C. on 20 November 2010, for fouling on Maarten Martens, in a 2–1 loss against AZ. After the match, Douglas received a one match ban. Three months later on 24 February 2011, Douglas scored in the second leg of Round of 32 of Europa League, in a 2–2 draw against Rubin Kazan. Four days later on 28 February 2011, Douglas was suspended for six matches by the Dutch FA. The suspension related to an incident in Twente’s previous match against AZ Alkmaar in which he was sent off for what initially looked like a punch on AZ midfielder Pontus Wernbloom, but after replays it was discovered there was no contact. In protest he proceeded to push match referee Ruud Bossen and then push Pontus Wernbloom whilst being escorted off. Douglas had already been fined and suspended by Twente for the original sending off. After the announcement was made, Douglas said he vowed never got into this situation again. Though serving six matches, including the semi-final in KNVB Bekker, Douglas continued to make an appearance in the Europa League, but made his return to the first team, in a 1–1 draw against De Graafschap on 17 April 2011. Two weeks later on 1 May 2011, Douglas scored his second league goal against Willem II for the second time this season, with a 4–0 win. Douglas played in the final of KNVB Cup, where he played 120 minutes, in a 3–2 win over Ajax. Douglas finished the 2010–11 season, with twenty-eight appearance and scoring two times.

In March 2011, Douglas passed his Dutch citizenship exams, receiving his passport in November of that year.

In the 2008–09 season, Douglas played in both legs of the Champions League play-offs against Arsenal, but they proved to be too strong and failed to win either legs losing 2–0 and 4–0 respectively. Douglas scored his first goal of the 2008–09 season, in a 2–0 win over Willem II on 21 December 2008. But during a match against Willem II, Douglas suffered a knee injury, resulting surgery and fear over whether or not Douglas played again this season. Eventually, Douglas overcome his fears from surgery and returning to training, Douglas made his return in a reserve match against PSV, which ended a 2–2 draw. Douglas then made his return to the first team, where he came on as a substitute for Ronnie Stam in the 83rd minutes, in a 4–1 win over NAC Breda on 4 February 2009. Two months later on 11 April 2009, Douglas scored his second goal of the season, in a 4–2 win over Roda JC. But in the next game against Feyenoord seven days later, Douglas was sent-off for a second bookable offense in the 78th minutes, which Twente lost 1–0. Despite being sent-off in the league, Douglas played in the semi-final of KNVB Bekker, where he set up a goal for Romano Denneboom to score the second, in a 3–1 win over NAC Breda. Douglas returned from suspension and was involved of providing assist for Peter Wisgerhof, who scored the second goal of the game, in a 3–0 win over AZ Alkmaar, with the win ensure Twente to earn a Champions League spot in the third qualifying round next season. Unfortunately, Douglas was unable to help win their first Dutch Cup in nine years after losing on penalty shoot-out to Heerenveen. Despite this, Douglas went on to make twenty-eight appearance and scoring two times in the 2008–09 season.

Douglas Franco Teixeira Net Worth

Douglas Franco Teixeira is one of the richest Brazilian footballer from Brazil. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Douglas Franco Teixeira 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After playing in the reserve for the first three months at the club, Douglas made his competitive Twente debut on 22 December 2007, coming on as a 90th- minute substitute in an Eredivisie match against Heerenveen. He then made his first start for the club came on 23 February 2008 against AZ Alkmaar, in a 0–0 draw. Douglas scored his first FC Twente goal two weeks later on 11 March 2008, in a 1–0 win over VVV-Venlo. Unfortunately, Douglas was sent-off in the 42nd minutes against Utrecht after a second bookable offense when he suspended of elbowing Mousa Dembélé, which Twente won 1–0. Because of elbow contact, Douglas was given a three-man ban by the Dutch FA, but won via appeal and missed one game. Douglas made twelve appearance and scoring once in his first season at the club. In May 2008, his playing form attracted interest from “several bigger clubs”. However, he opted to sign a contract extension until 2012.

Born in Florianópolis, Douglas began his career with Joinville at the age of

16. Douglas joined Dutch team Twente on trial prior to the 2007–08 season, playing his first match in a friendly against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 7 September 2007, which saw Twente drew 2–2. Douglas impressed the club’s management, resulting Douglas signing a three-year contract with Twente on 24 September 2007.

Despite being born in Brazil, in September 2010 Douglas spoke of his desire to play international football for the Netherlands. However, his hopes of playing for the Netherlands was threatened by politicians, who were trying to prevent Douglas from playing the national team, citing examples of Salomon Kalou. After gaining his Netherlands citizenship in March 2011, Douglas was not eligible to play for Netherlands, having yet met the requirement of FIFA rules.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Douglas made his Dynamo Moscow debut, where he played 90 minutes, in a 1–1 draw against Rostov on 1 September 2013. Three weeks after making his debut on 21 September 2013, Douglas was sent-off in the 74th minutes, for a foul in the penalty spot, resulting Lokomotiv Moscow score the second goal in the game, in a 3–1 loss against them. In his first season at Dynamo Moscow, Douglas made twenty appearance for the club, which resulted the club finishing fourth place and earning a Europa League next season. Douglas also experienced playing football in snowy weather, to which he managed to adapt, rather finding it as a problem.

Facts & Trivia

Markus Ranked on the list of most popular Brazilian footballer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Brazil. Douglas Franco Teixeira celebrates birthday on January 12 of every year.

Despite being keen to play for the Netherlands in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, he was not selected for the final 23-man squad.