Douglas de Medeiros Rinaldi (born 29 August 1979) is a former
Brazil
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ian
football
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er who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. He retired in 2013.
Career
Born in
Erval Seco,
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
, Rinaldi started his career at the youth team of
Criciúma
Criciúma is a city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. At , it is located 180 km south of Florianópolis, the state capital and around 900 km south of São Paulo. The city is the center of Brazil's flooring and home materials in ...
. After failing to become a professional footballer, Rinaldi decided to quit football. However, after a trial with
Santo Ângelo
Santo Ângelo is a municipality located in northwestern Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. It has about 77,568 inhabitants (according to 2020 IBGE estimate) and the total area of the municipality is about 679 km². It borders Giruá to the no ...
, he signed his first professional contract and stayed with the club until 2002 when he joined Italian side
Trento
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. He returned to Brazil in the following year and after acquiring a European passport, Rinaldi spent the following years playing for
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
based teams with brief overseas spells with
Mataró
Mataró () is the capital and largest town of the ''comarca'' of the Maresme, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia Autonomous Community, Spain. It is located on the Costa del Maresme, to the south of Costa Brava, between Cabrera de Mar and Sa ...
and
Apollon Kalamaria.
During the January 2007
transfer window
A transfer window is the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other playing staff into their playing staff. Such a transfer is completed by registering the player into the new club through FIFA. "Transfer win ...
, Rinaldi was signed on a six-month
loan
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deal by
Watford
Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne.
Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, a ...
from
Brazil
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ian club
Veranópolis
Veranópolis is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. As of 2020, the estimated population was 26,533.
Veranópolis, like most of its neighbouring towns, is known as one of the cities with highest standards of living in Brazi ...
.
He made his first appearance for Watford in a 3–1 defeat at
Tottenham Hotspur
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on 17 March 2007, coming on as a substitute. His performance gained praise from Watford
manager
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Management includes the activities o ...
Aidy Boothroyd
Adrian Neil Boothroyd (born 8 February 1971) is an English former footballer who is currently the manager of Indian Super League club Jamshedpur.
At club level, he was manager of Watford from 2005 to 2008. During his time with Watford, he was r ...
. Rinaldi scored his first professional goal for Watford on 18 April 2007 in another 3–1 defeat, this time to
Blackburn Rovers
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.
On 22 May 2007, Rinaldi signed a two-year contract with Watford for an initial fee of £250,000.
He found chances hard to come by since joining on a long term contract and only featured in two of the Hornets' games in the
2007–08 season, which came in the
League Cup
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against
Gillingham (in which he scored)
and
Southend United
Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...
. Rinaldi played in the
reserve team
In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...
during that season but failed to persuade Boothroyd to select him for the first team.
On 17 July 2008, Watford terminated Rinaldi's contract with immediate effect.
He later returned to Brazil and joined
Ehime FC
is a professional football club based in Matsuyama, the capital city of Ehime Prefecture of Japan. After winning the JFL championship in 2005, the club now plays in .
History
The club was founded in 1970 as Matsuyama Soccer Club and rename ...
in 2010. On 16 April 2010, Rinaldi left the club after only four months and returned to his native Brazil, playing a single match for the club from the island of
Shikoku
is the smallest of the four main islands of Japan. It is long and between wide. It has a population of 3.8 million (, 3.1%). It is south of Honshu and northeast of Kyushu. Shikoku's ancient names include ''Iyo-no-futana-shima'' (), '' ...
. He retired from football in 2013 after
União Frederiquense failed to achieve promotion to
Campeonato Gaúcho
The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...
.
References
External links
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ErvalSeco.comDouglas Rinaldiat playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br)
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1979 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Sul
Brazilian footballers
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England
Premier League players
Watford F.C. players
J2 League players
Ehime FC players
Expatriate footballers in England
Brazilian people of Italian descent
CE Mataró players
Expatriate footballers in Japan
Association football midfielders