Born in Brazil, he was a member, as a naturalized citizen, of the Equatorial Guinea national team.
Danilo was born in Caruaru, a city located in the eastern of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco.
[1] Danilo had received an offer to play in the Spanish club Numancia, but he wasn't signed because this team already had three foreign players.
[3] In 2013, while at the Alecrim ranks, Danilo was diagnosed with cerebral malaria and stayed in coma for 10 days, with doctors saying that he had 1% chance of surviving.
[4] Danilo is naturalized Equatoguinean since 2006, when Antônio Dumas (Brazilian coach who naturalized Brazilian footballers for Togo and Equatorial Guinea) was the coach of the Equatorial Guinea national football team.