Rinaldo (footballer, born 1966)

Antônio Rinaldo Gonçalves, commonly known simply as Rinaldo (born 31 October 1966) is a Brazilian former footballer. He played for several Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs.[1] He also played for Portuguese Liga clubs and for the Brazil national team.

Rinaldo
Personal information
Full name Antônio Rinaldo Gonçalves
Date of birth (1966-10-31) 31 October 1966
Place of birth Campina Grande, Brazil
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Campinense
Treze
1987–1988 Santa Cruz 36 (5)
1989–1990 Fluminense 21 (7)
1991–1992 São Paulo 15 (2)
1992–1993 Sport Recife
Portuguesa
1993 Gamba Osaka 4 (0)
Marítimo
Moreirense
Juventude
2004 Kärnten
International career
1990 Brazil 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Campina Grande, Paraíba state, Rinaldo started his professional career playing for Campinense, then moving to their rivals Treze.[2] He played 36 Série A games for Santa Cruz between 1987 and 1988, scoring five goals.[3] He then joined Fluminense, playing 21 Série A games and scoring seven goals for the Rio de Janeiro-based club.[3] With São Paulo, Rinaldo played 15 Série A games, scoring two goals, between 1991 and 1992.[3] Including other competition games, he played 28 games for São Paulo, and scored four goals.[4] In 1992, he played four Copa do Brasil games for Sport Recife, scoring four goals.[3] He left the club after the 1993 season.[2] After leaving Sport Recife, he played for Portuguesa, then Portuguese Liga clubs Marítimo and Moreirense, Juventude, and in 1994 Kärnten of Austria,[2] when he retired and moved to Recife city.[4]

National team

Rinaldo played only one game for the Brazil national team, in 1990.[5] It was a friendly game against a Rest of the World combined team to celebrate Pelé's 50th birthday.[4] The game was played on 31 October 1990, at Stadio San Siro, Milan, Italy, and Brazil was defeated 2–1.[5] The game is notorious because after Rinaldo received a pass from Pelé, instead of returning the ball to him, he shot the ball, missing the goal, and preventing Pelé from scoring his 1282nd goal.[4]

References
  1. "Rinaldo" (in Portuguese). Futpédia. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  2. "Rinaldo". Sambafoot. 13 November 2004. Archived from the original on 19 August 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  3. "Rinaldo – todos os jogos" (in Portuguese). Futpédia. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  4. "Rinaldo (ex-ponta do Santa Cruz, Flu, São Paulo, Sport, Treze e Campinense)" (in Portuguese). Milton Neves. November 21, 2007. Archived from the original on March 11, 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2009.
  5. Seleção Brasileira 1914–2006. São Paulo: Mauad X. 2006. pp. 292–293. ISBN 85-7478-186-X.
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