Nivaldo (footballer, born July 1988)

Nivaldo
Personal information
Full name	Nivaldo Alves Freitas Santos
Date of birth	10 July 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	São Nicolau, Cape Verde
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder / Left back
Team information
Current team	União de Coimbra
Youth career
2006–2007	Académica
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2006	Batuque
2007–2008	Caniçal
2008–2009	Fátima
2009–2010	Ribeirão
2010–2011	Tourizense
2011–2013	Académica
2013–2015	Teplice
2015	Dinamo Minsk
2016–2017	Teplice
2018–2020	Concordia Chiajna
2020–2022	Anadia
2022	Académica
2023–	União de Coimbra
International career
2011–2018	Cape Verde
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2024

Nivaldo Alves Freitas Santos (born 10 July 1988), known as Nivaldo, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder and left back for União de Coimbra.^[1]

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 development, joining 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,^[2] G.D. Ribeirão and G.D. Tourizense.^[3]

On 16 August 2011, Nivaldo returned to Académica and thus moved straight into the Primeira Liga, signing a three-year contract with the Students.^[3] 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,^[4] but spent most of his two-year spell with the side as understudy to Hélder Cabral. He moved to the Czech Republic in summer 2013, joining FK Teplice.^[5] In January 2016, after a brief spell in the Belarusian Premier League, he returned to his previous club.^[6]

Honours

Académica

Taça de Portugal: 2011–12^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Nivaldo, Nivaldo Alves Freitas Santos – Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ "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.
^ "Kapverdský reprezentant Nivaldo přichází do Teplic" [Cape Verdean international Nivaldo comes to Teplice] (in Czech). FK Teplice. 4 July 2013. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
^ "Nivaldo: Jsem moc rád, že se vracím do Teplic" [Nivaldo: I am very glad to be back to Teplice] (in Czech). FK Teplice. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Nivaldo at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Nivaldo at National-Football-Teams.com
Nivaldo – FIFA competition record (archived)
Nivaldo at Soccerway

[1] "Nivaldo, Nivaldo Alves Freitas Santos – Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[2] "Paez e André Santos emprestados ao Fátima" [Paez and André Santos loaned to Fátima]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 July 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2014.

[DREAM-3] "Nivaldo: "Estou a concretizar um sonho"" [Nivaldo: "I am fulfilling a dream"]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 August 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2014.

[4] "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.

[5] "Kapverdský reprezentant Nivaldo přichází do Teplic" [Cape Verdean international Nivaldo comes to Teplice] (in Czech). FK Teplice. 4 July 2013. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

[6] "Nivaldo: Jsem moc rád, že se vracím do Teplic" [Nivaldo: I am very glad to be back to Teplice] (in Czech). FK Teplice. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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