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Douglas da Silva

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “brazilian footballer playing for hapoel tel aviv”. Today it says “brazilian professional association football player who plays for brusque as a central defender”.
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Douglas da Silva (born 7 March 1984) is a Brazilian footballer playing for Hapoel Tel Aviv .1 Da Silva is part of the Hapoel Tel Aviv squad in the UEFA cup . He usually plays Center back or right back, and can be used as a defensive midfielder.2

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “brazilian footballer playing for hapoel tel aviv”. Today it says “brazilian professional association football player who plays for brusque as a central defender”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

brazilian footballer playing for hapoel tel aviv

Now

brazilian professional association football player who plays for brusque as a central defender

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