Hermenegildo da Costa Paulo Bartolomeu (born 23 November 1991),
simply known as Geraldo,
is an
Angola
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football
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midfielder
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who plays for Turkish club
Çorum
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.
Career
Early career
Born in
Luanda
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, he started his career in 2009, defending Angolan club
Norberto de Castro,
moving in the same year to Brazilian club
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playing in the 2009
Copa São Paulo de Juniores
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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
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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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,
Recife
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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
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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
Atlético Goianiense
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, at
Estádio Couto Pereira
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, 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
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. Whereas in the first season he may have been overshadowed by the likes of
Gelson and
Ary Papel
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Club career
In 2018–19, he returned to Primeiro de Agosto in Angola's premier league, th ...
, 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
super cup
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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
Al Ahly SC
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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
Houston
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,
United States
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, on 13 May 2010, in his country's defeat against
Mexico
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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
Uruguay
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at
Estádio do Restelo
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,
Lisbon
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,
Portugal
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.
Geraldo played his third game for Angola on 4 September 2010, when his country was defeated 3–0 by
Uganda
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Mandela National Stadium
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,
Kampala
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Uganda
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.
He played his fourth game for his country on 26 March 2011, when his country was defeated 2–1 by
Kenya
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Kasarani Stadium
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,
Nairobi
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Kenya
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Geraldo played three
2013 Africa Cup of Nations
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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
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.
Career statistics
National team
International goals
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Honors
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Coritiba
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Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
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2010
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Campeonato Paranaense
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The format has changed in 2014. 12 teams are together in a single group. They play against each other once, ...
: 2010,
2011
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2012
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, 2013
;Al Ahly
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Egyptian Premier League
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:
2018–19,
2019–20
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Egypt Cup
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List of finals
The following table provides a summary of seasons:
Notes:
* The Winner and Runner-up of 1960–61 Eg ...
:
2019–20
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Egyptian Super Cup
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:
2018–19
*
CAF Champions League
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:
2019–20
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Footballers from Luanda
Angolan men's footballers
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
Ãœmraniyespor footballers