Nivaldo Alves Freitas Santos

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)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current team
 Teplice
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– Teplice 3 (0)
National team‡
2011– Cape Verde 20 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 March 2016.

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

Nivaldo Alves Freitas Santos (born 10 July 1988), known simply as Nivaldo, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a left back.

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 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]

In January 2016, Nivaldo returned to FK Teplice.[5]

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. 1 2 "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.
  5. ↑ "Nivaldo: Jsem moc rád, že se vracím do Teplic". www.fkteplice.cz (in Czech). FK Teplice. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
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