Nei (footballer, born 1980)
| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Full name | Claudinei Alexandre Aparecido | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1980 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Avaré, Brazil | ||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | ||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||
Current team | Trindade | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | ||||||
| 2000–2001 | Guarani | ||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Ovarense | 88 | (23) | ||||||
| 2005–2006 | Moreirense | 42 | (15) | ||||||
| 2006–2007 | Naval | 28 | (6) | ||||||
| 2007–2008 | CSKA Sofia | 29 | (14) | ||||||
| 2008–2010 | Al-Shabab | 9 | (4) | ||||||
| 2009–2010 | → CFR Cluj (loan) | 20 | (5) | ||||||
| 2010–2011 | Changchun Yatai | 40 | (11) | ||||||
| 2012 | Chongqing Lifan | 11 | (4) | ||||||
| 2013 | Grémio Anápolis | 12 | (6) | ||||||
| 2013 | → Boa (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||
| 2013 | Chongqing | 13 | (10) | ||||||
| 2014–2015 | Tianjin Songjiang | 28 | (11) | ||||||
| 2016– | Trindade | 0 | (0) | ||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 November 2015. | |||||||||
Claudinei Alexandre Aparecido (born 2 May 1980 in Avaré, São Paulo), known as Nei, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Brazil club Trindade as a striker.
Football career
After solid performances in Portugal for A.D. Ovarense in the second division (he arrived in the country at the age of 21 from Guarani Futebol Clube), Nei moved in the January 2005 transfer window to Moreirense F.C. in the top level, making his club debut on the 9th in a 1–0 home win against Académica de Coimbra and scoring four goals in the season's last three games – including one in a 1–1 home draw against FC Porto – as his team eventually suffered releagation.
Nei played one more year in Portugal in 2006–07, with Associação Naval 1º de Maio, his ten league goals being good enough for joint-fifth in the scorers' list, as the Figueira da Foz club finished 11th and maintained its top division status. He then moved to Bulgaria with PFC CSKA Sofia, for €500.000: in his only season he netted a career-best 14 goals, also helping the capital side to the national championship.
Nei signed a two-year deal with Al-Shabab Riyadh of Saudi Arabia, being loaned to CFR Cluj in Romania in his second year and being a relatively important offensive unit as the team won the double. In July 2010, he was sold to Changchun Yatai F.C. from China.
On 11 January 2014, after having represented four clubs in quick succession, Nei returned to the Asian country, transferring to China League One's Tianjin Songjiang FC.[1]
Honours
- Cluj
- CSKA Sofia
References
- ↑ 松江内外援引进双丰收 克劳迪内夏宁宁联袂加盟; Sports Enorth, 12 January 2014 (Chinese)
External links
- SambaFoot profile
- Brazilian FA database (Portuguese)
- Nei at footballzz.co.uk
- Nei profile at ForaDeJogo
- Nei profile at Soccerway
- Romaniansoccer profile
- Slstat.com profile