Nivaldo (footballer, born July 1988)

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]

Not to be confused with Nivaldo (footballer, born June 1988).

Nivaldo
Personal information
Full name Nivaldo Alves Freitas Santos
Date of birth (1988-07-10) 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
 União de Coimbra
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)
2018–2020 Concordia Chiajna 39 (3)
2020–2022 Anadia 48 (3)
2022 Académica 6 (0)
2023– União de Coimbra
International career
2011–2018 Cape Verde 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2023

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

References
  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.
  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.
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