Rivaldo

Rivaldo
Rivaldo, May 2014
Personnel
Surname	Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira
birthday	April 19, 1972
place of birth	Paulista ,  Brazil
size	186 cm
position	midfield
Juniors
Years	station
	Paulistano FC
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1989-1990	Paulistano FC	48 0(7)
1991	Santa Cruz FC	18 0(8)
1992-1993	Mogi Mirim EC	27 0(9)
1993-1994	Corinthians São Paulo	19 (11)
1994-1996	SE Palmeiras	45 (21)
1996-1997	Deportivo La Coruña	41 (21)
1997-2002	FC Barcelona	157 (86)
2002-2003	AC Milan	22 0(5)
2004	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	0 0(0)
2004-2007	Olympiacos Piraeus	70 (36)
2007-2008	AEK Athens	29 0(8)
2008-2010	Bunjodkor Tashkent	53 (33)
2011	Mogi Mirim EC	0 0(0)
2011	→  São Paulo FC  (loan)	30 0(5)
2012	Kabuscorp FC	21 (11)
2013	AD Sao Caetano	7 0(0)
2014-2015	Mogi Mirim EC	7 0(1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1993-2003	Brazil	74 (34)
1 Only league games are given.

Rivaldo , with full name Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira (born April 19, 1972 in Paulista ), is a former Brazilian soccer player who last played for the Brazilian team Mogi Mirim EC , he is also the club's president. Rivaldo was one of the best and most dangerous midfielders in the world between 1995 and 2002 and was a member of the Brazilian national team , with which he became world champion in 2002. His sporting achievements were reflected in the award of the Ballon d'Or for European Footballer of the Year and the election of FIFA World Player of the Year 1999.

Life

Rivaldo was born in Paulista , Pernambuco state , and grew up in great poverty. The malnutrition affected his physical appearance. He lost teeth and had bow legs . A successful career as a professional athlete initially seemed unusual. At the age of 16, Rivaldo lost his father in a traffic accident. However, he did not let himself be dissuaded from his path and began his professional career at the age of 19 in his hometown Paulista. Rivaldo is a descendant of German emigrants from the Münsterland Südlohn .

Club career

Rivaldo played in his career with Paulistano FC (1989–1990), Santa Cruz FC (1991), Mogi-Mirim (1992–1993), Corinthians São Paulo (1993–1994), Palmeiras São Paulo (1994–1996) Deportivo La Coruña ( 1996–1997), FC Barcelona (1997–2002), AC Milan (2002– November 2003), Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte (January – February 2004).

After his beginnings in Brazil, Deportiva La Coruña signed him in 1996 . There he was supposed to replace Bebeto, who had migrated to Flamengo . After 21 competitive goals in one season, he moved to FC Barcelona, ​​where he was supposed to compensate for Ronaldo's departure . There he had his most successful time: in 1998 and 1999 Rivaldo became Spanish champions with the Catalans. In 1999 he was named FIFA World Player of the Year by both FIFA and France Football magazine . After winning the 2002 World Cup, Rivaldo joined AC Milan. There he lost his regular place to the up-and-coming talent Kaká , but won the Champions League. From the 2004/05 season he played for the Greek football club Olympiacos Piraeus . On May 12, 2007, Rivaldo terminated his contract with Piraeus with immediate effect because he had been offered a new contract with drastic salary cuts.

Rivaldo has been under contract with AEK Athens since May 2007, and in August 2008 he moved to Bunjodkor Tashkent . In January 2011 Rivaldo moved to the Brazilian second division club Mogi Mirim EC and also became president of the club. From this he was sold in the same month to São Paulo FC , where he signed a contract until the end of the year with the option of an extension for another season.

After his contract with Mogi Mirim EC expired, Rivaldo negotiated with the Angolan club Kabuscorp FC do Palanca in January 2012 . After the sports medical examination on January 13, 2012, Rivaldo signed a one-year contract with the Girabola Club Kabuscorp . In the 2012 season he was the third top scorer in the league with eleven goals in 21 games and was voted best foreign player. In early November 2012, Rivaldo announced that it would not renew his contract with Kabuscorp. However, he is trying to get a permanent residence permit for Angola in order to continue to support the social projects for children that he supports.

In January 2013, the Brazilian second division club AD São Caetano Rivaldo signed. There he signed a contract for the 2013 season until the end of December 2013.

In March 2014, Rivaldo announced the end of his playing career.

National team

In 1993 he played for the Seleção for the first time. In his first match he scored the 1-0 winner against Mexico. He was not taken to the 1994 World Cup in the USA, but two years later he went to the Olympic Games in the USA. With Brazil's team he won the bronze medal. Rivaldo was made the scapegoat for the semi-final defeat against Nigeria and removed from the national team by coach Mário Zagallo .

Rivaldo returned to the national team a year later and won the Confederations Cup in 1997 . He took part in the 1998 World Cup in France. There he scored three goals, two of them in the quarter-finals against Denmark. Rivaldo also scored in the semi-finals on penalties against the Netherlands. With Brazil he was runner-up in the world championship. At the Copa América 1999 Rivaldo was one of the top performers. Although he was used in midfield, he was named the tournament's top scorer and Most Valuable Player with five goals . Brazil won the tournament.

Despite being one of the best players of his generation, he was often used as a scapegoat and booed by Brazilian fans. The hostility was in part such that Rivaldo had considered resigning. The qualification for the 2002 World Cup was not easy either.

The World Cup tournament was the highlight of his career. Brazil won every game and took their fifth title. Rivaldo is one of the best players in the tournament. In the first game against Turkey, however, Rivaldo was conspicuously unsportsmanlike when he faked a head injury with a play, which provoked his Turkish opponent Hakan Ünsal to be sent off . This action was punished with a heavy fine. In the following games he formed the core of the successful Selecao with Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Roberto Carlos. All four were elected to the World Cup All-Star Team after the tournament. Rivaldo scored five times and prepared the two winning goals in the final against Germany.

Achievements / titles

As a national player

• Football World Cup : World Champion 2002 / Vice World Champion 1998
• Copa America : 1999
• Confederations Cup : 1997
• Olympic Games : bronze medal 1996

With his clubs

• UEFA Champions League : 2003
• UEFA Super Cup : 1997, 2003
• Brazilian champion : 1994
• São Paulo State Championship : 1994, 1996
• Spanish championship : 1998, 1999
• Spanish Cup : 1998
• Italian Cup Winner : 2002/03
• Greek champion : 2005, 2006, 2007
• Greek Cup Winner  : 2005, 2006
• Uzbek champion : 2008, 2009, 2010
• Uzbek Cup Winner: 2008, 2010.

Personal awards

• FIFA World Player of the Year : 1999
• European Footballer of the Year : 1999
• Best Copa América Player : 1999
• Brazil's Footballer of the Year : 1993, 1994
• Best foreign player in the Primera División (Don Balón) : 1998
• Best foreign player in the Primera División (El País) : 1998, 1999
• Best foreign player in Girabola : 2012
• Onze d'or : 1999
• UEFA Champions League top scorer : 2000
• Copa America top scorer : 1999
• Top scorer in the Professional Futbol Ligasi : 2009
• Silver shoe at the 2002 World Cup
• Elected to the Allstars team of the 1998 World Cup and the 2002 World Cup
• Admission to FIFA 100
• Bidone d'oro : 2003

Season statistics

society	league	season	league		Nat. Cup		Int. Cup		Regional		Other		total
			Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates
Paulistano FC	CP Series A2	1989	26th	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26th	3
		1990	22nd	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22nd	4th
total			48	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	7th
Santa Cruz FC	Série B	1991	18th	8th	4th	2	-	-	4th	6th	-	-	26th	16
total			18th	8th	4th	2	-	-	4th	6th	-	-	26th	16
Mogi Mirim EC	Série C	1992	27	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	9
		1993	0	0	-	-	-	-	4th	4th	-	-	4th	4th
total			27	9	-	-	-	-	4th	4th	-	-	31	13
Corinthians São Paulo	Série A	1993	19th	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19th	11
		1994	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
total			19th	11	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	22nd	11
SE Palmeiras	Série A	1994	29	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	14th
		1995	16	7th	4th	2	6th	5	8th	10	-	-	34	24
		1996	0	0	9	4th	-	-	25th	18th	-	-	34	22nd
total			45	21st	13	6th	6th	5	33	28	-	-	97	60
Deportivo La Coruña	Primera División	1996/97	41	21st	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	46	22nd
total			41	21st	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	46	22nd
FC Barcelona	Primera División	1997/98	34	19th	7th	8th	6th	0	-	-	4th	1	51	28
		1998/99	37	24	3	2	6th	3	-	-	2	0	48	29
		1999/00	31	12	5	1	14th	10	-	-	-	-	50	23
		2000/01	35	23	5	2	13	11	-	-	-	-	53	36
		2001/02	20th	8th	-	-	13	6th	-	-	-	-	33	14th
total			157	86	20th	13	52	30th	-	-	6th	1	235	130
AC Milan	Series A	2002/03	22nd	5	3	1	13	2	-	-	-	-	38	8th
		2003/04	0	0	-	-	1	0	-	-	1	0	2	0
total			22nd	5	3	1	14th	2	-	-	1	0	40	8th
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	Série A	2004	0	0	-	-	3	0	7th	2	-	-	10	2
total			0	0	-	-	3	0	7th	2	-	-	10	2
Olympiacos Piraeus	Super League	2004/05	23	12	2	2	9	1	-	-	-	-	34	15th
		2005/06	22nd	7th	2	2	5	2	-	-	-	-	29	11
		2006/07	25th	17th	-	-	6th	0	-	-	-	-	31	17th
total			70	36	4th	4th	20th	3	-	-	-	-	94	43
AEK Athens	Super League	2007/08	29	8th	-	-	8th	3	-	-	6th	4th	43	15th
		2008/09	0	0	-	-	1	0	-	-	-	-	1	0
total			29	8th	-	-	9	3	-	-	6th	4th	44	15th
Bunyodkor Tashkent	PFL	2008	12	7th	1	0	4th	2	-	-	-	-	17th	9
		2009	30th	20th	2	1	9	1	-	-	-	-	41	22nd
		2010	11	6th	3	3	5	2	-	-	-	-	19th	11
total			53	33	6th	4th	18th	5	-	-	-	-	77	42
Mogi Mirim EC	Série C	2011	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
total			0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
Sao Paulo FC	Série A	2011	30th	5	4th	0	3	1	9	1	-	-	46	7th
total			30th	5	4th	0	3	1	9	1	-	-	46	7th
Kabuscorp FC	Girabola	2012	21st	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21st	11
total			21st	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21st	11
AD Sao Caetano	Série B	2013	7th	0	2	0	-	-	10	2	-	-	19th	2
total			7th	0	2	0	-	-	10	2	-	-	19th	2
Mogi Mirim EC	Série C	2014	3	0	-	-	-	-	4th	0	-	-	7th	0
	Série B	2015	4th	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	1
total			7th	1	-	-	-	-	4th	0	-	-	11	1
Career total			594	262	64	31	125	49	71	43	13	5	867	390

Swell:

Web links

Commons : Rivaldo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rivaldo in the database of weltfussball.de
• Rivaldo in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Rivaldo made a comeback in Brazil at the age of 43" sport.orf.at
2. ↑ Rivaldo - Overcoming Tragedy to be the Greatest ( Memento from June 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Series: extraordinary offers presented Who was my great, great, great, grandpa? Retrieved October 14, 2018 . 
4. ↑ AG Westmuensterland Genealogy - "Hold on, we go to Brazil." Retrieved October 14, 2018 (German). 
5. ↑ Ulrich Söbbing: View into the Südlohn milieu, development of restaurants. (PDF) October 4, 2012, accessed October 14, 2018 . 
6. ↑ DER SPIEGEL: Brazil's soccer star Rivaldo ends his career - DER SPIEGEL - sport. Retrieved April 16, 2020 . 
7. ↑ http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/intligen/startseite/artikel/382253/
8. ↑ Rivaldo på vei til det angolske laget Kabuscorp ** Fotballekspert til VG Nett: - Ligaen kan sammenlignes med norsk 2nd division
9. ↑ Rivaldo é apresentado pelo Kabuscorp, de Angola: "Ainda tenho condições de jogar em alto nível"
10. ↑ Ex-world footballer Rivaldo ends his mission in Angola , rhein-zeitung.de, on November 5, 2012.
11. ↑ adsaocaetano.com.br: Presidente do São Caetano confirma a contratação do Pentacampeão Rivaldo , January 16, 2013, accessed on January 17, 2013.
12. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26603223
13. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/rivaldo-intlg.html
14. ↑ Brazil questions Rivaldo's role , BBC , November 19, 2000.
15. ^ Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann: Rivaldo. Retrieved September 16, 2019 . 
16. ↑ Rivaldo. Retrieved September 16, 2019 (Portuguese). 
17. ↑ Rivaldo - Chabab Mohammedia. Retrieved September 16, 2019 .