Sebastião Pereira do Nascimento (born 24 February 1976), also known as Didi, is a Brazilian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
striker.
In 1999, German club
VfB Stuttgart
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...
signed him for $2.2 million, because they hoped he could fill the gap caused by
Fredi Bobic
Fredi Bobic ( sl, Fredi Bobič, born 30 October 1971) is a German football executive and former player who played as a striker. He is the sporting director of Bundesliga club Hertha BSC.
Club career
Bobic was born in Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia, ...
, who had left Stuttgart for fellow German club
Borussia Dortmund
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, but he was only substituted in twice, and because he always felt bad, he was finally forced to go into a medical control. There, the inability of the player was finally found out: cartilage damage in the knee. Stuttgart finally annulled the contract pretty quickly, and later on, various other clubs seemed to be unaware of his inability and signed him although the cartilage always remained.
He played for several clubs in the domestic leagues and
Busan I'Park
Busan IPark ( ko, 부산 아이파크) is a South Korean professional football club based in Busan that competes in K League 2, the second tier of the South Korean football pyramid. Its current home ground is Busan Gudeok Stadium.
The club was o ...
in South Korean
K-League
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History
Until the 1970s, South Korean football operated two major football leagues, the National S ...
. Above all, he spent the peak of his career at Mexican clubs including
Chiapas
Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...
,
Tigres and
San Luis.
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Living people
1976 births
Association football forwards
Brazilian footballers
Comercial Futebol Clube (Ribeirão Preto) players
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
Sport Club do Recife players
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players
Esporte Clube Juventude players
Joinville Esporte Clube players
Ituano FC players
Esporte Clube Bahia players
Paysandu Sport Club players
União São João Esporte Clube players
Busan IPark players
Chiapas F.C. footballers
Tigres UANL footballers
San Luis F.C. players
Salamanca F.C. footballers
VfB Stuttgart players
FC Aarau players
Bundesliga players
Liga MX players
Ascenso MX players
K League 1 players
Swiss Super League players
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Expatriate footballers in Mexico
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
Expatriate footballers in South Korea