Josenildo Caetano da Silva (born 20 October 1975), simply known as Nildo, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a attacking midfielder and

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Career

Revealed at CA do Porto de

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, Nildo became one of the greatest players in the history of Sport Recife, where he played from 1998 to 2004 and participated in winning several titles. He played for all the main clubs in Pernambuco, Fluminense and São Paulo. He was also part of the ABC Potiguar champion squad in 2007.

Honours

;Sport Recife *

Copa do Nordeste Copa do Nordeste (''Cup of the North-East''), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (''Championship of the North-East'') or Copa Nordeste (''Northeastern Cup''), and sometimes informally referred as Lampions League – in reference to the UEFA Ch ...

: 2000 *

Campeonato Pernambucano The Campeonato Pernambucano de Futebol (Pernambucan Football Championship, in English) is the football championship of Pernambuco state, Brazil, and is organized by the FPF. The first edition of the Campeonato Pernambucano was played in 1915, a ...

: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003 ;ABC * Campeonato Potiguar: 2007 ;Individual *2000 Copa dos Campeões top scorer: 3 goals

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