Tininho

For the Portuguese footballer, see Tininho (Portuguese footballer).

Tininho

Personal information
Full name	Ronildo Pereira de Freitas
Date of birth	23 October 1977 (1977-10-23)
Place of birth	Montes Claros, Brazil
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder / Defender
Youth career
	Portuguesa
	Lierse
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995–1998	Portuguesa
1998–2001	Feyenoord	49	(1)
2002	América-MG	?	(?)
2002–2004	RBC	58	(1)
2004–2006	NEC	62	(7)
2006–2007	Den Haag	23	(2)
2007–2009	AEK Larnaca	18	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 1 April 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Ronildo Pereira de Freitas (born 23 October 1977 in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais), aka Tininho, is a retired Brazilian footballer. On the left side of the pitch, he operated as either a midfielder or a defender.

Football career

In May 2008, at the age of 20, Tininho left Brazil and Associação Portuguesa de Desportos to sign with Feyenoord in the Netherlands. In his first season with the Rotterdam club, he appeared in 28 games to help it win the Eredivisie after a six-year wait.

After a brief spell back in his country with América Futebol Clube (MG), Tininho returned to Holland, where he would remain for the following five seasons, always in the top flight, with RBC Roosendaal, NEC Nijmegen and ADO Den Haag. In 2007, aged nearly 30, he joined AEK Larnaca F.C. in Cyprus, playing two seasons with the club.

Honours

• Feyenoord:
  • Dutch League: 1998–99
  • Dutch Supercup: 1999

External links

• SambaFoot profile
• Beijen profile (Dutch)
• Voetbal International stats