Evangelino Nizzola Mendes Valentim (born 24 December 1984) is a Nigerian

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who plays as a striker. He most recently played in England for the

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side Tamworth.

Career

Early career

Valentim had unsuccessful trial spells with

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and

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in 2006. While at Derby County, he featured for the club's development team in a 3–1 loss at

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and reserve team in a 3–1 defeat at

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. While at Metz, he netted twice for the reserve team in a 4–2 win against

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. Before joining Scottish club

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, Valentim was last registered with Shooting Star in his home country of

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Clyde

Valentim signed for

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club

by manager

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on 21 September 2007 on amateur terms. The club signed Valentim after receiving positive reports from clubs in England where he'd had trial spells. He went straight into the squad for the league match against

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the next day, but was an unused substitute. He made his debut in a 4-2 league defeat at

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on 29 September 2007, with 15 minutes remaining and almost netted with his first effort at goal. Valentim missed out on making a late second-half substitute appearance in the league match at

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on 6 October 2007 because he had lost his shirt. Valentim only made two further substitute appearances, in a league defeat to

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on 20 October 2007 and a

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Montrose on 24 November 2007. He was released by new manager John Brown after not being offered a new contract in late January 2008. Valentim did appear as an unused substitute on a further four occasions. Valentim's only goal for the first team came in a 1-1 draw against Queen's Park in a closed doors friendly on 4 October 2007. He did, however, score a total of six goals while playing for the

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in the Reserve League Cup during his time at Broadwood including a

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against

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and a brace against East Stirling. It was a competition they went on to win even after Valentim was released.

Tamworth

Valentim signed for the

side Tamworth on 26 August 2011 after impressing whilst on trial with the club, He had been awaiting international clearance from

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, and once it arrived the player was named as a substitute in the 2–1 home win against

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on 8 September. Valentim made his debut for the club in the

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first round tie against Boldmere St. Michaels. The game ended 1–0 with Valentim's goal. Valentim made just one league appearance for Tamworth before leaving the club in October 2011.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Valentim, Evangelino 1984 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Maidenhead United F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Tamworth F.C. players National League (English football) players Scottish Football League players