Valdir de Moraes Filho

Valdir
Personal information
Full name Valdir de Moraes Filho
Date of birth (1972-03-15) 15 March 1972
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Vasco da Gama (assistant)
Youth career
1992 Campo Grande
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992−1994 Vasco da Gama 36 (12)
1995 São Paulo 16 (10)
1996 Atlético Mineiro 21 (5)
1997 Benfica 10 (3)
1997−1998 Atlético Mineiro 50 (33)
1999 Botafogo 20 (6)
2000 Santos 0 (0)
2000−2001 Atlético Mineiro 9 (2)
2003−2004 Vasco da Gama 49 (18)
2004−2006 Al-Nasr SC 26 (25)
2006 −2007 Dubai Club
Total 237 (112)
Teams managed
2010–2011 Campo Grande
2011 ADI
2012 São Pedro
2015− Vasco da Gama (assistant)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


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

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.

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.

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Vedeta ou Marreta ? Nº67 - Valdir de Moraes Filho". Vedeta ou Marreta (in Portuguese). 7 July 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Valdir de Moraes Filho". Galo Digital (in Portuguese).
  3. ↑ "Valdir Bigode". Paixão Vascão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  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.
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