Geraldo (footballer, born 1974)

Geraldo Moreira da Silva Júnior, better known as Geraldo (Duque de Caxias, 6 February 1974) is a Brazilian footballer who acts as the attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Volta Redonda.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Moreira and the second or paternal family name is da Silva. "Júnior" is a generational suffix used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.
Geraldo
Personal information
Full name Geraldo Moreira da Silva Júnior
Date of birth (1974-02-06) 6 February 1974
Place of birth Duque de Caxias, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Volta Redonda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002 Sport
2006 Sport
2007 Coritiba
2007–2008 Náutico 40 (8)
2009 Ceará 37 (13)
2010 Itumbiara
2010–2011 Ceará 38 (8)
2011 Vitória 12 (1)
2012 Fortaleza
2013– Volta Redonda
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 September 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 September 2010

Career

Gerard has served in several clubs: Vasco EC (Sergipe), Confiança, Vitória de Guimarães (Portugal), Atlético Paranaense, Bahia, Al-Shabab (UAE), Sport, Coritiba and Náutico.

Arriving at the Náutico, caused controversy because it had been the idol archrival Sport in 2001, but was dismissed in 2005 for being with a football below expectations.

In 2009, he was hired by the Ceará to the disputes of the League of Ceará, Ceará, where he led the runner-up, even more so in the same year one of the biggest victory of the athlete, got together with a group players focused on the goal that was to take the Ceará the elite of Brazilian football and do not reach (club and athlete) to a financial arrangement for the Geraldo will Itumbiara.

In 2010, played in the Campeonato Goiano by Itumbiara was not any better in their presentations, the team was not going well, until the Ceará hired to try repairing your midfield has failed in the 2010 World Cup squads.

Contract

References
  1. CBF Registry Archived 2010-03-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
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