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n professional

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who plays for Turkish club

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Career

Early career

Born in

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, he started his career in 2009, defending Angolan club Norberto de Castro, moving in the same year to Brazilian club Rio Claro, playing in the 2009

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. He joined Andraus of Curitiba after leaving Rio Claro.

Coritiba

In July 2009, after being observed by head coach René Simões in a friendly game between the reserve squads of Coritiba and Andraus, he was transferred to Coritiba youth team. He joined Coritiba's main squad in 2010, playing his first Série B game on 8 May 2010, at Estádio dos Aflitos,

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, when his club was defeated 3–1 to Náutico and he came as a substitute for Renatinho. He scored his first Série B goal for Coritiba on 20 November 2010, when he scored a goal against Icasa at Romeirão stadium, thus helping his team win the 2010 edition of the league. Geraldo played his first Série A game on 22 May 2011, when he came up as a substitute for Lucas Mendes in the game against

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, at Estádio Couto Pereira, won 1–0 by the opponent team.

Paraná

Geraldo was loaned to Coritiba's fellow Curitiba-based club Paraná on 4 July 2012.

D'Agosto

Geraldo played 3 seasons for Primeiro de Agosto. Whereas in the first season he may have been overshadowed by the likes of Gelson and Ary Papel, after they moved overseas, he undisputably became the club's biggest asset, finishing all three seasons and the beginning of the 2018–19 with 31 goals, winning 3 league titles and one

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Al Ahly

In the aftermath of D'Agosto's performance in 2018 where they reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, he signed with Egyptian side

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. He appeared several times on different occasions with Al Ahly in which he surprised, yet he never had a regular basises game time.

Ankaragücü

In January 2021, Geraldo joined Ankaragücü, after the termination of his contract with Al Ahly.

International career

Geraldo's first game for the Angolan national team was played in

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, on 13 May 2010, in his country's defeat against

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1–0, when he came as a substitute for Minguito. He played his second game for the Angolan national team on 11 August 2010, when his country was defeated 2–0 by

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. Geraldo played his third game for Angola on 4 September 2010, when his country was defeated 3–0 by

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at Mandela National Stadium,

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. He played his fourth game for his country on 26 March 2011, when his country was defeated 2–1 by

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at Kasarani Stadium,

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. Geraldo played three

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games. The first one, against Morocco on 19 January the second one against South Africa on 23 January and the last one on 27 January against Cape Verde, when he came out as a substitute for Gilberto.

Career statistics

National team

International goals

:''Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first.''

Honors

; Coritiba *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B, the Série B or the Brazilian Série B to distinguish it from the Italian and the Ecuadorian Serie B), and currently officially called Brasileirão Série B ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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: 2010,

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, 2013 ;Al Ahly *

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: 2018–19, 2019–20 *

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: 2019–20 *

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: 2018–19 *

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: 2019–20

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Geraldo 1991 births Living people Footballers from Luanda Angolan men's footballers 21st-century Angolan sportsmen Angola men's international footballers Angolan expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders C.D. Primeiro de Agosto players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Paraná Clube players Red Bull Bragantino II players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Al Ahly SC players Egyptian Premier League players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Turkey MKE Ankaragücü footballers Ümraniyespor footballers CAF Champions League–winning players