Reginaldo Ferreira da Silva (born 31 July 1983) is a Brazilian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
second striker
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for club
Picerno
Picerno is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the ''comuni'' of Balvano, Baragiano, Potenza, Ruoti
Ruoti ( Ruotese: )
is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pot ...
.
Club career
Treviso
Born in
Jundiaí
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The GDP of the ...
, Brazil, Reginaldo started his career with Brazilian club
Campo Grande
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. The club was associated with football agency
Pedrinho VRP
Pedro Luís Vicençote (born 22 October 1957), best known as Pedrinho, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a defender.
He played for Palmeiras (1977–1981), Vasco da Gama (1981–1983 and 1986), Bangu (1987–1988) and in Italian ...
, which helped numbers of Brazilian footballers transferred to Italy. Reginaldo began his professional career with
Treviso
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in 2001, and helped the club win
promotion
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from the third-tier
Serie C1
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league to the top-flight
Serie A
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championship (also due to the relegation of
Genoa
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, as well as the expel of Torino and Perugia due to their financial difficulties). On 27 August 2005,
Serie A
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club
Udinese
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signed him outright (cash plus 50% registration rights of
Dino Fava
Dino Fava Passaro (born 16 March 1977) is an Italian footballer. He plays as a striker for Savoia.
Career
Fava started his career at Formia in Serie C2. He was signed by S.S.C. Napoli in summer 1996. He was loaned to Acireale of Serie C1 i ...
) from Treviso, but loaning Reginaldo back to the
Veneto
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Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...
club immediately.
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]
Fiorentina
Followed by the relegation
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at the end of 2005–06 Serie A
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season, Reginaldo moved to Serie A club ACF Fiorentina
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from Udinese for €1 million. He played 27 games and scored six goals for Fiorentina during the 2006–07 Serie A
The 2006–07 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 105th season of top-tier Italian football, the 75th in a round-robin tournament. It was scheduled to begin on 26 and 27 August, but was postponed to 2 September 200 ...
season, after which he moved to league rivals Parma F.C.
Parma Calcio 1913 (), commonly known as Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, which competes in the Serie B, the second tier of Italian football.
''Parma Football Club'' was originally founded in Decembe ...
, signing a 5-year contract.
Parma
Reginaldo was signed by Parma for €4.5 million fee. He was one of the forward of the team along with Igor Budan
Igor Budan (born 22 April 1980) is a Croatian former footballer who played as a forward. He currently works as deputy director of football for Serie A club Spezia.
Club career
Early career
Budan played for his native NK Rijeka for two season ...
, Cristiano Lucarelli
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Club career
Lucarelli was born in Livorno, I ...
and Bernardo Corradi
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. Reginaldo started most of the game, and Corradi was the second. That season Parma used 4–3–3 or 4–5–1 formation, and Budan was the topscorer of 7 goals. Among the 4 goals were played along with Reginaldo.
Parma were relegated at the end of the 2007–08 Serie A
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season, but Reginaldo stayed with the club for the 2008–09 Serie B
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season. Having helped Parma win promotion for the 2009–10 Serie A
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, he moved to Serie A rivals A.C. Siena, signing a contract on 27 June 2009 in a co-ownership deal.
Siena
In June 2009 Siena signed Reginaldo from Parma in a co-ownership deal for €2.5 million fee[AC Siena SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2009]
PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
(in Italian) as well as Francesco Parravicini
Francesco Parravicini (born 31 January 1982) is an Italian football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder.
Playing career
Pro Sesto
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in a definitive deal[ for €2.5 million fee,][Parma FC Report and Accounts on 30 June 2009 (in Italian)] as part of a cashless swap that Daniele Galloppa
Daniele Galloppa (; born 15 May 1985) is an Italian football manager and a former player who played as a midfielder. He is the manager of Santarcangelo in Serie D.
Although he was usually deployed as a central midfielder, he was also capable ...
moved to Parma also in a co-ownership deal[ for €5 million fee.][ Reginaldo followed the team relegated to ]2010–11 Serie B
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.
Under Antonio Conte
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Playing as a midfielder, Conte began his career at local club Lecce and later b ...
, Reginaldo scored 7 goals and won promotion back to Serie A. The co-ownership also terminated in June 2011 as part of Galloppa and Gonçalo Brandão
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Club career Belenenses
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's deal. Parma got the full card of Galloppa for pre-agreed €5 million fee,[ while Siena got Reginaldo for pre-agreed €2.5M fee][ as well as Ângelo for €2.5 million fee.][Parma FC Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 (in Italian)]
JEF United Chiba
In March 2012, Siena announced that Reginaldo would play on loan to Japanese club JEF United Chiba
, full name and also known as , is a Japanese professional football club that plays in the J2 League. On 1 February 2005, the club changed its name from ''JEF United Ichihara'' to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as ...
. The loan agreement was supposed to run until December 2012 but, after 10 games and no goals, he returned on June to Siena.
Vasco da Gama
Reginaldo returned to Brazil in June 2013 on a free transfer. After poor appearances he was released.
Return to Italy
Circa mid-2016 Reginaldo returned to Italy for Serie C
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The unification of the Lega Pro ...
club Paganese. He was about to join Serie D
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club Sambenedettese
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History
Foundation
The club was founded in 1923 as ''U.S. Sambenedettese''.
In 1956 ...
in January 2016. However, he was blocked by a non-EU players rule of Italian Football Federation
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It ...
, that amateur club can only sign two non-EU players, given an application was submitted on 31 December 2015.[ He obtained a resident status in Italy in February 2016, making him eligible for a European Union passport.
On 31 July 2017, Reginaldo was signed by another Serie C club ]Trapani
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on a one-year contract. In January 2018 he joined Serie B
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club Pro Vercelli
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.
In July 2018, Reginaldo joined Serie C
The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C.
The unification of the Lega Pro ...
club Monza
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.
On 17 July 2019, he joined Reggina
Reggina 1914 S.r.l., commonly referred to as Reggina, is an Italian football club based in Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo.
They are nic ...
.
On 17 September 2020 he signed a 2-year contract with Catania
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.
In September 2021, Reginaldo signed with Picerno
Picerno is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the ''comuni'' of Balvano, Baragiano, Potenza, Ruoti
Ruoti ( Ruotese: )
is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pot ...
.
Footnotes
References
External links
La Gazzetta dello Sport profile (2006–07)
sport.corriereadriatico.it, 30 December 2015
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1983 births
Living people
Brazilian footballers
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
J2 League players
Campo Grande Atlético Clube players
Treviso F.B.C. 1993 players
ACF Fiorentina players
Parma Calcio 1913 players
A.C.N. Siena 1904 players
JEF United Chiba players
CR Vasco da Gama players
Trapani Calcio players
F.C. Pro Vercelli 1892 players
A.C. Monza players
Reggina 1914 players
Catania S.S.D. players
AZ Picerno players
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Japan
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Association football forwards
Footballers from São Paulo (state)