Evandro Carlos Escardalete

Evandro
Personal information
Full name Evandro Carlos Escardalete
Date of birth February 12, 1974 (1974-02-12) (age 38)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 Taubaté
1995–1996 Londrina
1996–1997 Criciúma
1997–1998 Mirassol
1998 União Bandeirante
1998–2000 ABC
2000–2010 Rio Ave 265 (75)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Evandro Carlos Escardalete (born 12 February 1974 in São Paulo), simply Evandro, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played mainly as a forward.

Football career

After playing with modest teams in native country (Esporte Clube Taubaté, Londrina Esporte Clube, Criciúma Esporte Clube, Mirassol Futebol Clube, União Bandeirante FC and ABC FC), Evandro moved in 2000–01 to Portugal, joining Rio Ave FC, by then in the second division. He became an instant first-choice, going on to amass more than 300 overall appearances for the Vila do Conde outfit.

In 2003–04, as Rio Ave had just been promoted to the top level, Evandro netted 15 goals in 26 contests, notably two in a 4–0 home routing of Sporting Clube de Portugal and another in a 1–1 home draw against S.L. Benfica, helping the side overachieve for a seventh place.

From 2008–10, he only appeared in 33 league matches combined - only six in the latter top division season - and did not manage to find the net. After one full decade at the service of the same team, Evandro retired from football at the age of 36.

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