Antônio Rinaldo Gonçalves, commonly known simply as Rinaldo (born 31 October 1966) is a Brazilian former

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. He played for several

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clubs. He also played for

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clubs and for the Brazil national team.

Career

Born in

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, Paraíba state, Rinaldo started his professional career playing for Campinense, then moving to their rivals Treze. He played 36 Série A games for Santa Cruz between 1987 and 1988, scoring five goals. He then joined Fluminense, playing 21 Série A games and scoring seven goals for the

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-based club. With

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, Rinaldo played 15 Série A games, scoring two goals, between 1991 and 1992. Including other competition games, he played 28 games for São Paulo, and scored four goals. In

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, he played four

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games for Sport Recife, scoring four goals. He left the club after the

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. After leaving Sport Recife, he played for Portuguesa, then

clubs Marítimo and Moreirense, Juventude, and in 1994 Kärnten of Austria, when he retired and moved to

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city.

National team

Rinaldo played only one game for the Brazil national team, in 1990. It was a friendly game against a Rest of the World combined team to celebrate

Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; 23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022), better known by his nickname Pelé (), was a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Widely reg ...

's 50th birthday. The game was played on 31 October 1990, at Stadio San Siro, Milan, Italy, and Brazil was defeated 2–1. The game is notorious because after Rinaldo received a pass from Pelé, instead of returning the ball to him, he shot the ball, missing the goal, and preventing Pelé from scoring his 1282nd goal.

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