Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Denílson mere egwuregwu mbụ ya maka Brazil na November 1996 mgbe ọ dị afọ 19, megide Cameroon. A kpọrọ ya maka ndị otu na-asọ mpi na 1998 FIFA World Cup, na-apụta na egwuregwu niile maka ndị na-agba ọsọ na-agba ọsọ; n'afọ gara aga, a họpụtara ya maka
1997 Copa América na 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, na-emeri asọmpi abụọ ahụ ma na-agbakọta ihe ngosi iri (ihe mgbaru ọsọ abụọ).