Early career Teixeira began his career with local team
Londrina EC in his native Brazil. At the age of 16 he decided to move into European football and earned a youth contract with Slovak side
MFK Košice. He returned to Košice in April 2009 and made his first team debut on 18 April 2009 against
MFK Dubnica. After a lack of opportunity at Košice he went on loan to
Slovan Bratislava for the 2011–12 season but spent his time in
Bratislava playing in the B team.
Stoke City On 11 June 2014, he signed a three-year contract with
Stoke City, with Chief Executive Tony Scholes saying — "We have been following Dionatan's progress for some time and we're delighted to have secured his services because there's no doubt he's a talented player with a great deal of potential." Stoke manager
Mark Hughes stated that whilst on trial Teixeira reminded him of
Ryan Nelsen who played for Hughes at
Blackburn Rovers. —"Dionatan came in on trial and I've done that before with the likes of Chris Samba and Ryan Nelsen, who we had the opportunity to bring in at Blackburn. When you can look at players close up you get a better impression of what their capabilities are. We did it with Dionatan and he looked really good". Teixeira's start to his Stoke City career was hampered after he broke his foot in training which ruled him out for most of the
2014–15 season. He made his
Premier League debut for Stoke on 21 February 2015, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 victory against
Aston Villa. On 3 October 2015, he joined
League One side
Fleetwood Town on loan. He spent three months with the club making ten appearances before returning to Stoke. Teixeira again featured just once as a substitute for Stoke in
2015–16, away at
Bournemouth in February 2016. In May 2016 he had a trial at MLS side
Orlando City. Teixeira's contract with Stoke was terminated in January 2017 after making just two appearances as substitute.
Sheriff Tiraspol On 17 February 2017, Teixeira signed for Moldovan club
Sheriff Tiraspol. ==Death==