Nivaldo (footballer, born July 1988)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nivaldo Alves Freitas Santos | ||
Date of birth | 10 July 1988 | ||
Place of birth | São Nicolau, Cape Verde | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder / Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Concordia Chiajna | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2007 | Académica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2006 | Batuque | ? | (?) |
2007–2008 | Caniçal | 17 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Fátima | 8 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Ribeirão | 29 | (2) |
2010–2011 | Tourizense | 30 | (2) |
2011–2013 | Académica | 19 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Teplice | 48 | (7) |
2015 | Dinamo Minsk | 8 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Teplice | 20 | (1) |
2018– | Concordia Chiajna | 15 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2011–2015 | Cape Verde | 20 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2015 |
Nivaldo Alves Freitas Santos (born 10 July 1988), known simply as Nivaldo, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Romanian club Concordia Chiajna as a midfielder or left back.
Club career
Born in São Nicolau, Nivaldo started playing football in his country, with Batuque FC. Aged 18 he moved to Portugal to complete his formation, joining Portugal's Académica de Coimbra for his last year as a junior.
From ages 19–23, Nivaldo competed solely in the Portuguese third division, representing C.F. Caniçal, C.D. Fátima,[1] G.D. Ribeirão and G.D. Tourizense.[2]
On 16 August 2011, Nivaldo returned to Académica and thus moved straight into the top level, signing a three-year contract with the Students.[2] He made his debut in the competition on 12 September by coming in as a 62nd-minute substitute in a 4–0 home win against C.D. Nacional,[3] but spent most of his two-year spell with the side as understudy to Hélder Cabral.
Nivaldo moved to the Czech Republic in the 2013 summer, joining FK Teplice.[4] In January 2016, after a brief spell in the Belarusian Premier League, he returned to his previous club.[5]
Honours
- Académica
References
- ^ "Paez e André Santos emprestados ao Fátima" [Paez and André Santos loaned to Fátima]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 July 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Nivaldo: "Estou a concretizar um sonho"" [Nivaldo: "I am fulfilling a dream"]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 August 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ^ "Academica de Coimbra 4–0 CD Nacional de Madeira". ESPN FC. 12 September 2011. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
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External links
- Template:TheFinalBall
- Nivaldo at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Nivaldo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Nivaldo – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Nivaldo at Soccerway
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Cape Verdean footballers
- Association football defenders
- Association football midfielders
- Cape Verde international footballers
- 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Primeira Liga players
- Portuguese Second Division players
- Czech First League players
- Liga I players
- Batuque FC players
- C.D. Fátima players
- G.D. Ribeirão players
- G.D. Tourizense players
- Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players
- FK Teplice players
- FC Dinamo Minsk players
- CS Concordia Chiajna players
- Cape Verdean expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Cape Verdean expatriates in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic
- Cape Verdean expatriates in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate footballers in Belarus
- Cape Verdean expatriates in Belarus
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Cape Verdean expatriates in Romania
- Belarusian Premier League players