Ka kammala wannan jumla: Denílson ya buga wa Brazil wasa na farko a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1996 yana da shekara 19, a wasan da suka yi da Kamaru. An kira shi zuwa ga tawagar da ta yi gasa a gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 1998, yana bayyana a duk wasannin da za a yi na biyu; a shekarar da ta gabata, an kuma zaɓe shi don
1997 Copa América da 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, sun lashe gasar biyu kuma sun hada da wasanni goma (gobi biyu).