Edvaldo Oliveira Chaves (born 4 August 1958 in

Nilópolis Nilópolis (, , ) is a municipality in Brazil, located in the Rio de Janeiro state's southwestern region, bordering São João de Meriti, Mesquita and Rio de Janeiro. It is the smallest municipality in Rio de Janeiro state, with a total area of ...

, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil), best known as ''Pita'', is a former association footballer in offensive midfielder role, currently works as General Manager by

Desportivo Brasil Desportivo Brasil Participações Ltda., commonly referred to as Desportivo Brasil, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Porto Feliz, São Paulo. The team competes in the Campeonato Paulista Série A3, the third tier of t ...

Career

In career he played for clubs

Santos FC Santos Futebol Clube (), commonly known simply as Santos or Santos FC and nicknamed the ''Peixe'' (; "fish"), is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a '' bairro'' in the city of Santos. It is also the team with the most goals i ...

(1978–1984),

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...

(1985–1988), RC Strasbourg in France (1988–1989), Guarani (1989–1990), in Japan

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Japan Football League The also known as simply the JFL is the 4th tier of the Japanese association football league system, positioned beneath the three divisions of the J.League. The league features fully professional teams that hold J.League associate membership a ...

and J1 League with Fujita Industries and Nagoya Grampus Eight (1990–1993), and closed career with Inter Limeira in 1994.

Titles

He won three São Paulo State League (1978, 1985, 1987), and one Brazilian League (1986). For

Brazil national football team The Brazil national football team ( pt, Seleção Brasileira de Futebol), nicknamed ''Seleção Canarinho'' (‘Canary Squad’, after their bright yellow jersey), represents Brazil in men's international football and is administered by the B ...

he got 7 international caps from 1980 and won the 1987 Pan American Games.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pita 1958 births Living people Brazilian footballers People from Nilópolis Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazil international footballers Association football midfielders Santos FC players São Paulo FC players RC Strasbourg Alsace players Guarani FC players Shonan Bellmare players Nagoya Grampus players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Ligue 1 players Japan Soccer League players J1 League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players Expatriate footballers in Japan Expatriate footballers in France Brazilian football managers Expatriate football managers in Japan J1 League managers Urawa Red Diamonds managers São Paulo FC managers Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (state)