Uidemar

Uidemar
Personal information
Full name	Uidemar Pessoa de Oliveira
Date of birth	January 8, 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Damolândia, Goiás, Brazil
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	defensive midfielder and midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1989	Goiás
1990–1993	Flamengo
1993–1995	León
1995	Goiás
1996	Botafogo
1996	Fluminense
1996	Araçatuba
1998	Ponte Preta
1999	São José-SP
1999	Paysandu
International career
1987–1989	Brazil
Managerial career
2011	Penarol
2012	Nacional de Manaus
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Uidemar Pessoa de Oliveira, usually known as Uidemar (born January 8, 1965^[2]), is a retired professional association footballer who played as a defensive midfielder and midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs Goiás, Flamengo and Fluminense, and for the Brazilian national team.^[3]

Career

Born in Damolândia, Goiás state,^[4] before becoming a professional footballer, Uidemar played for the youth clubs of União Inhumas, Aparecidense and Goiás.^[5] He started his professional career playing for Goiás, where he played 71 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A matches and scored 2 goals from 1986 to 1989.^[5] During that period he also won the Campeonato Goiano in 1986, 1987 and in 1989.^[3] In 1990, he moved to Flamengo, of Rio de Janeiro, where he played 145 matches and scored six goals from 1990 to 1993, winning during that time the Copa do Brasil in 1990, the Campeonato Carioca in 1991, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1992.^[3] On December 2, 1989, he scored a goal during Zico's farewell match, when Flamengo beat Fluminense 5-0 for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.^[6] He played for the Mexican side Club León, from 1993 to 1995.^[7] In 1995, he returned to Goiás, where he played 14 more Campeonato Brasileiro Série A matches, moving to Botafogo in the following year, where he briefly played, winning Taça Cidade Maravilhosa,^[8] then moving in the same year to Fluminense, where he played 19 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A matches.^[1] After leaving Fluminense, he played for Araçatuba and Ponte Preta from São Paulo state,^[5] then moving to Paysandu in 1999,^[9] when he retired.^[5]

Uidemar played two matches for the Brazilian national team, the first one on December 12, 1987, against West Germany,^[10] at Estádio Mané Garrincha, Brasília,^[11] in which Brazil and West Germany drew 1-1,^[10] and the other one on March 15, 1989, at Verdão, Cuiabá,^[12] when Brazil beat Ecuador 2-0.^[10]

After his retirement, Uidemar moved to Goiânia city, where he opened a sports and recreation center.^[5]

Uidemar won the following honors during his career:

Club	Competition	Seasons
Botafogo	Taça Cidade Maravilhosa	1996
Flamengo	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	1992
	Campeonato Carioca	1991
	Copa do Brasil	1990
Goiás	Campeonato Goiano	1986, 1987, 1989

Club	Competition	Seasons
Penarol	Campeonato Amazonense	2011

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