Osvaldo Lourenço Filho (born 11 April 1987), simply known as Osvaldo, is a Brazilian

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as a

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for

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. He is known for his explosive pace, dribbling ability and speed.

Career

On 24 January 2012, after a good year playing for

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, Osvaldo signed a contract with São Paulo FC, whom paid R$4.6 million to emirati side

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for 50% of his rights. After a bad phase, who occurred for all second semester of 2013, Osvaldo almost was exchanged with

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to Wágner without agreement of him. But, in beginning of 2014, Osvaldo has played as before, and, after being the star of team in some important games - as in the first game of

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, in the victory by 1-0 against

, with his goal, the club has refused some good proposes, as one of

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. On 18 January 2015 Osvaldo was signed by

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on a three-year contract.

International career

On March 13, 2013, after a

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's contusion in a game for his club,

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called up Osvaldo to substitute his former colleague of club for friendlies against

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and

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on March 21 and March 25, respectively. He made his début for

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on April 6, 2013, in the victory by 4–0 against

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, as substitute for

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Career statistics

Honours

;Ríver *

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: 2007 ;Fortaleza *

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: 2008, 2019,

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, 2021 *

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;Shabab Al-Ahli *

UAE Pro League The UAE Pro League ( ar, دوري المحترفين الإماراتي), known for sponsorship reasons as the ADNOC Pro League, is the top professional football league in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The first team to win the title was Al O ...

: 2008–09 ;Ceará *

: 2011 ;São Paulo *

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;Al Ahli *

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: 2014–15 ;Fluminense *

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;Buriram United *

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