Ismaily

Ismaily Goncalves dos Santos (born 11 January 1990), known simply as Ismaily, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Ukrainian club FC Shakhtar Donetsk as a left back.

After starting out at Ivinhema, and three and a half seasons in Portugal with three clubs, he went on to spend most of his career with Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League, winning several titles.

Club Career

Brazil

Born in Angelica, Mato Grosso do Sul, Ismaily started his career with Ivinhema Futebol Clube in 2007. A forward, he scored 11 goals to be his team's top scorer in the 2008 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense.

Ismaily subsequently moved to Desportivo Brasil, being immediately loaned to Esporte Clube Sao Bento until the end of the Copa Paulista. However, he failed to make an appearance for the club.

Back at Desportivo Brasil, Ismaily played for the under-20s in the 2009 Copa Sao Paulo de Futebol Junior and was converted to a left back, before being promoted to the first team. He made his competitive debut on 10 May of that year, coming on as a first-half substitute in a 1–2 Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisao home loss against Red Bull Brasil, and appeared in only eight first-team matches before departing.

Portugal

In the 2009–10 season, 19-year-old Ismaily moved to Portugal, signing for G.D. Estoril-Praia in the second division and playing all the games as a starter to help to an 11th-place finish. His first goal for his new club occurred on 8 November 2009, in a 2–0 home win over Gil Vicente FC.

Ismaily stayed in the country in summer 2010, joining Primeira Liga side S.C. Olhanense. He appeared in 25 matches in his second year, scoring in a 3–2 away defeat of Vitoria F.C. to help complete a comeback from 0–2.

On 16 June 2012, after an aborted transfer to C.D. Nacional, Ismaily joined fellow league team S.C. Braga for four years. He made his official debut at S.L. Benfica in the league opener, providing two assists i

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