Douglas Rinaldi

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Douglas Rinaldi
Personal information
Full name Douglas de Medeiros Rinaldi
Date of birth (1979-08-29) 29 August 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Erval Seco, Brazil
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Youth career
–1996 Criciúma
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2002 Santo Ângelo
2002 Trento 8 (0)
2003 Glória
2003 Mataró 15 (0)
2004 Canoas
2004 Apollon Kalamaria 5 (0)
2005 Canoas
2005 Pelotas
2006 Veranópolis
2006 → Novo Hamburgo (loan)
2007 → Watford (loan) 7 (1)
2007–2008 Watford 0 (0)
2009 Veranópolis
2010 Ehime FC 1 (0)
2011 Esportivo
2012–2013 União Frederiquense e SAF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Douglas de Medeiros Rinaldi (born 29 August 1979) is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder. He retired in 2013. [1]

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Career

Born in Erval Seco, Rio Grande do Sul, Rinaldi started his career at the youth team of Criciúma. After failing to become a professional footballer, Rinaldi decided to quit football. However, after a trial with Santo Ângelo, he signed his first professional contract and stayed with the club until 2002 when he joined Italian side Trento. He returned to Brazil in the following year and after acquiring a European passport, Rinaldi spent the following years playing for Rio Grande do Sul based teams with brief overseas spells with Mataró and Apollon Kalamaria.

During the January 2007 transfer window, Rinaldi was signed on a six-month loan deal by Watford from Brazilian club Veranópolis. [2] He made his first appearance for Watford in a 3–1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on 17 March 2007, coming on as a substitute. His performance gained praise from Watford manager Aidy Boothroyd. Rinaldi scored his first professional goal for Watford on 18 April 2007 in another 3–1 defeat, this time to Blackburn Rovers. [3]

On 22 May 2007, Rinaldi signed a two-year contract with Watford for an initial fee of £250,000. [4] He found chances hard to come by since joining on a long term contract and only featured in two of the Hornets' games in the 2007–08 season, which came in the League Cup against Gillingham (in which he scored) [5] and Southend United. Rinaldi played in the reserve team during that season but failed to persuade Boothroyd to select him for the first team.

On 17 July 2008, Watford terminated Rinaldi's contract with immediate effect. [6] He later returned to Brazil and joined Ehime FC in 2010. On 16 April 2010, Rinaldi left the club after only four months and returned to his native Brazil, playing a single match for the club from the island of Shikoku. He retired from football in 2013 after União Frederiquense failed to achieve promotion to Campeonato Gaúcho.

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References

  1. ↑ "O Adeus a Bola".
  2. ↑ "Watford complete triple signing". BBC Sport. 2007-01-31. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
  3. ↑ "Blackburn 3-1 Watford". BBC. 18 April 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
  4. ↑ "Douglas bags Watford deal". Watford F.C. 2007-05-23. Archived from the original on 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
  5. ↑ "Watford 3-0 Gillingham". BBC. 14 August 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  6. ↑ "Defender Harley signs for Watford". BBC Sport. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
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