Nivaldo Alves Freitas Santos

Nivaldo
Personal information
Full nameNivaldo Alves Freitas Santos
Date of birth10 July 1988
Place of birthSão Nicolau, Cape Verde
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionLeft back
Club information
Current team
Dinamo Minsk
Number26
Youth career
2006–2007Académica
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2005–2006Batuque
2007–2008Caniçal17(0)
2008–2009Fátima8(0)
2009–2010Ribeirão29(2)
2010–2011Tourizense30(2)
2011–2013Académica19(0)
2013–2015Teplice48(7)
2015–Dinamo Minsk
National team‡
2011–Cape Verde20(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 March 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 March 2015

Nivaldo Alves Freitas Santos (born 10 July 1988 in São Nicolau), simply known as Nivaldo, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Belarusian club Dinamo Minsk as a left back.

Club career

Nivaldo started playing football in his country, with Batuque FC. Aged 18 he moved to Portugal to complete his formation, joining Portugal's 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,[1] G.D. Ribeirão and G.D. Tourizense.[2]

On 16 August 2011 Nivaldo returned to Académica and thus moved straight into the top level, signing a three-year contract with the Students.[2] 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,[3] but spent most of his two-year spell with the club as understudy to Hélder Cabral.

Nivaldo moved to the Czech Republic in the 2013 summer, joining FK Teplice.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Paez e André Santos emprestados ao Fátima" [Paez and André Santos loaned to Fátima] (in Portuguese). Record. 9 July 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Nivaldo: "Estou a concretizar um sonho"" [Nivaldo: "I am fulfilling a dream"] (in Portuguese). Record. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Academica de Coimbra 4–0 CD Nacional de Madeira". ESPN FC. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Kapverdský reprezentant Nivaldo přichází do Teplic" [Cape Verdean international Nivaldo comes to Teplice] (in Czech). FK Teplice. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

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