Claudinei Alexandre Aparecido (born 2 May 1980 in

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), known as Nei, is a Brazilian former professional

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who last played for

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as a striker.

Football career

After solid performances in

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for A.D. Ovarense in the

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(he arrived in the country at the age of 21 from

Guarani Futebol Clube Guarani Futebol Clube, colloquially called Guarani, is a Brazilian association football club in Campinas, São Paulo. Guarani is the only club from Brazil's countryside to have won the top tier of the Brazilian Championship. The team curren ...

), Nei moved in the January 2005

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Moreirense F.C. Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joa ...

in the Primeira Liga, making his debut on the 9th in a 1–0 home win against Académica de Coimbra and scoring four goals in the season's last three games – including one in a 1–1 home draw against FC Porto – as his team eventually suffered relegation. Nei played one more year in Portugal in 2006–07, with Associação Naval 1º de Maio, his ten league goals being good enough for joint-fifth in the scorers' list, as the

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team finished 11th and retained their top level status. He then moved to

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with

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, for

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500.000: in his only season he netted a career-best 14 goals, also helping the side to the

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championship. Nei signed a two-year deal with Al-Shabab FC (Riyadh) of

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, being loaned to

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1907 as ''Kolozsvári Vasutas Sport Club'', whe ...

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in his second year and being a relatively important attacking unit as the team won the double. In July 2010, he was sold to Changchun Yatai F.C. from China. On 11 January 2014, after having represented four clubs in quick succession, Nei returned to the Asian country, transferring to

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's Tianjin Songjiang FC.松江内外援引进双丰收克劳迪内夏宁宁联袂加盟
Sports Enorth, 12 January 2014 (in Chinese)

Honours

;CSKA Sofia * Bulgarian League: 2007–08 *

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;CFR Cluj *

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: 2009–10 * Cupa României: 2009–10

References

External links

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Brazilian FA database
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Slstat profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nei 1980 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo (state) Brazilian footballers Association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Guarani FC players Grêmio Esportivo Anápolis players Boa Esporte Clube players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players A.D. Ovarense players Moreirense F.C. players Associação Naval 1º de Maio players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC CSKA Sofia players Saudi Professional League players Al-Shabab FC (Riyadh) players Liga I players CFR Cluj players Chinese Super League players China League One players Changchun Yatai F.C. players Tianjin Tianhai F.C. players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in China Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China