Erivaldo Saraiva

Erivaldo Saraiva
Personal information
Full name	Erivaldo Antonio Saraiva
Date of birth	22 November 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth	Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002	São Vicente
2003	Palmeiras
2004	Juventus AC
2004	Rio Branco EC
2005	Jataiense
2005	EC Pelotas
2006	Nova Iguaçu
2006	Moto Club
2007	Atlético Sorocaba
2007	Luziânia
2007	CS Hammam-Lif
2008–2009	Hangzhou Greentown
2010	Beijing Guoan
2010	Shonan Bellmare
2011	Liaoning Whowin
2012	Chengdu Blades
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 January 2012

Erivaldo Antonio Saraiva (born 22 November 1980), commonly known as Erivaldo Saraiva or sometimes Valdo, is a Brazilian football (soccer) striker .

Club career

Early career in Brazil

During his early career, Valdo played for São Vicente and then Palmeiras when they were in the Second Division. Unable to hold down a regular place within the team despite seeing them go back up in the First Division he was allowed to leave the club and would become a journeyman for several other lower league Brazilian teams, which included Juventus AC, Rio Branco EC, Jataiense, EC Pelotas, Nova Iguaçu, Moto Club, Atlético Sorocaba and Luziânia.

CS Hammam-Lif

In 2007, he moved from Brazil for a transfer to a Tunisian club CS Hammam-Lif where he played in the First Division.^[1] His time with the club wasn't an inspired spell, however, the skill he tactical awareness he did show brought him to the attention of Chinese club Hangzhou Greentown F.C.

Hangzhou Greentown

Valdo moved to Hangzhou Greentown F.C. during the 2008 league season and where he immediately made an impact, he was their top goal scorer having racked up 10 goals in 7 league games. However, even with Valdo's impressive goal-scoring ability, the club was relegated from the Chinese Super League. On 26 July 2009, he scored a goal for Hangzhou in a 2-8 friendly defeat against Manchester United during United's tour of Asia.

Beijing Guoan

At the beginning of the 2010 league season he joined the league defending champions Beijing Guoan.^[2] He scored his first goal for the club on 28 April, in a 2–0 home win against Kawasaki Frontale on the 6th round of 2010 AFC Champions League group stage. Valdo was released by Beijing in June 2010.

Shonan Bellmare

Valdo was signed by Shonan Bellmare on 16 July 2010.^[3] He was released in the end of the season.

Liaoning Whowin

Valdo returned to China and signed a contract with Liaoning Whowin in Match 2011.^[4]

References

^ http://www.persian-stars.com/user.php?id=43^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 国安官方宣布签下奥托中超铜靴正式加盟卫冕冠军(in Chinese)
^ ヴァウド選手加入のお知らせ(in Japanese)
^ 奥托正式签约辽足四大外援组成辽小虎中轴线 Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine(in Chinese)

External links

Erivaldo Saraiva at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Player stats at Sohu.com (in Chinese)

[1] ttp://www.persian-stars.com/user.php?id=43^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] 国安官方宣布签下奥托中超铜靴正式加盟卫冕冠军(in Chinese)

[3] ヴァウド選手加入のお知らせ(in Japanese)

[4] 奥托正式签约辽足四大外援组成辽小虎中轴线 Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine(in Chinese)

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