Sávio Oliveira do Vale (born 11 November 1984) is a Brazilian former professional

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er who played as a

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Career

Born in

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, he played in the youth team of

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. His career as senior begin in 2005 with Esporte Clube Pelotas. After two seasons he moved to Porto Alegre Futebol Clube. In 2007, he moved abroad by signing with FK Zeta, playing in the Montenegrin First League. In June 2009, he signed for

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

, along with Cadú, having both been playing together since 2007, first in Porto Alegre then in Zeta. After almost two seasons playing for

, he was loaned to Chinese side

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on 26 January 2011.Savio signed for Yatai – Zurnal.rs (Serbian cyrillic)
/ref> The Chinese club later stated that they terminated this deal with Savio. In the summer of 2011, he returned to Red Star.

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at Utakmica.rs 1984 births Living people People from Rio Grande (Rio Grande do Sul) Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from Rio Grande do Sul Men's association football midfielders Serbian SuperLiga players Esporte Clube Pelotas players Porto Alegre Futebol Clube players FK Zeta players Red Star Belgrade footballers Changchun Yatai F.C. players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Montenegro Expatriate men's footballers in Montenegro Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in China {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub