Erivaldo Antonio Saraiva (born November 22, 1980), commonly known as Erivaldo Saraiva or sometimes Valdo, is a Brazilian

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striker .

Club career

Early career in Brazil

During his early career, Valdo played for São Vicente and then

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when they were in the

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. Unable to hold down a regular place within the team despite seeing them go back up in the First Division he was allowed to leave the club and would become a journeyman for several other lower league Brazilian teams, which included

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, Rio Branco EC, Jataiense,

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, Moto Club,

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and

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CS Hammam-Lif

In 2007, he moved from Brazil for a transfer to a Tunisian club

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where he played in the First Division. His time with the club wasn't an inspired spell, however, the skill he tactical awareness he did show brought him to the attention of

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club

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Hangzhou Greentown

Valdo moved to Hangzhou Greentown F.C. during the 2008 league season and where he immediately made an impact, he was their top goal scorer having racked up 10 goals in 7 league games. However, even with Valdo's impressive goal-scoring ability, the club was relegated from the

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. On 26 July 2009, he scored a goal for Hangzhou in a 2-8 friendly defeat against

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during United's tour of Asia.

Beijing Guoan

At the beginning of the 2010 league season he joined the league defending champions

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. He scored his first goal for the club on 28 April, in a 2–0 home win against

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on the 6th round of

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. Valdo was released by Beijing in June 2010.

Shonan Bellmare

Valdo was signed by

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on 16 July 2010. He was released in the end of the season.

Liaoning Whowin

Valdo returned to China and signed a contract with

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in Match 2011.奥托正式签约辽足四大外援组成辽小虎中轴线

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at Sohu.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Saraiva, Erivaldo 1980 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Clube Atlético Juventus players Rio Branco Esporte Clube players Moto Club de São Luís players Zhejiang Professional F.C. players Beijing Guoan F.C. players Liaoning F.C. players CS Hammam-Lif players Chinese Super League players China League One players J1 League players Shonan Bellmare players Chengdu Tiancheng F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia Expatriate men's footballers in China Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Men's association football forwards Footballers from São Paulo (state) People from Cubatão