Valdir Bigode

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Valdir Bigode
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Personal information
Full name Valdir de Moraes Filho
Date of birth (1972-03-15) 15 March 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro - Brazil)
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Vitória-ES (manager)
Youth career
1991 Campo Grande
1991−1992 Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992−1995 Vasco da Gama 36 (12)
1996 São Paulo 16 (10)
1997Benfica (loan) 10 (3)
1997−1998 Atlético Mineiro 50 (33)
1999 Botafogo 20 (6)
2000 Santos
2000−2001 Atlético Mineiro 9 (2)
2002−2004 Vasco da Gama 49 (18)
2004−2006 Al-Nasr SC 26 (25)
2006−2007 Dubai Club
Total237(112)
Managerial career
2010–2011 Campo Grande
2011 Itaboraí
2012 São Pedro
2015−2018 Vasco da Gama (assistant)
2017−2018 Vasco da Gama (interim)
2019 Cabofriense
2019– Vitória-ES
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Valdir de Moraes Filho (born 15 March 1972), commonly known as Valdir Bigode, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker.

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A prolific striker, Valdir is the twelfth highest goalscorer of Vasco da Gama, with 135 goals in 267 matches, while also being a part of Atlético Mineiro history with 57 goals in 111 appearances. [1] [2]

Career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Valdir started at Campo Grande Atlético Clube, moving in the same year to Vasco da Gama. There, he was an important part in the conquest of the 1992 to 1994 editions of the Campeonato Carioca, often partnering with Mário Jardel. [3] [4]

In 1997, he passed through Portugal, scoring 5 goals in 13 appearances in the two and half months at Benfica, [5] before returning to Brazil and being the top scorer of the 1997 Copa CONMEBOL won by Atlético Mineiro, partnering with Marques. [1]

After that, he passed through Botafogo and Santos, without major success, before moving back to Atletico Mineiro in 2000. He then returned to Vasco da Gama, spending two seasons there and winning another Campeonato Carioca in 2003. [2]

He then moved abroad again, joining Al-Nasr in Dubai, winning the topscorer award in 2004–05. [6] His final year was in Saudi Arabia. [7] [8] Afterwards, he embarked on a managerial career, mainly at Vasco da Gama. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Valdir Bigode vira treinador e, pelo aprendizado, curte o lado B do futebol" [Valdir Bigode turns coach and enjoys the other side of football]. UAI (in Portuguese). 4 October 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Valdir Bigode: 'Todos os jogos contra o Flamengo foram importantes'" [Valdir Bigode: "All the matches against Flamengo were big"]. SportTV.com (in Portuguese). Netvasco. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. "Onde Anda: Valdir Bigode, artilheiro de Atlético-MG e Vasco" [Where is Valdir Bigode? goalscorer for Atlético Mineiro and Vasco da Gama]. Futebol Interior (in Portuguese). 11 February 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  4. "Valdir Bigode: a selecção impossível, Jardel e a política" [Valdir Bigode: the impossible selection, Jardel and politics]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 9 March 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  5. "Valdir (ex-Benfica): o elogio a JVP e as "coisas estranhas" da Luz" [Valdir (ex-Benfica): the compliment to JVP and the "strange things" at Da Luz]. MaisFutebol (in Portuguese). 9 March 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  6. "Top-scorer Valder calls for professional set-up in UAE". Gulf News. 24 June 2005. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  7. "Valdir Bigode". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  8. "Aos 41, Valdir Bigode acerta com o Boavista para o Carioca de futebol 7" [At 41, Valdir Bigode signs with Boavista in the Carioca Championship to play 7's Football]. Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 16 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2014.