Rivaldinho

Rivaldo Vítor Mosca Ferreira Júnior (born 29 April 1995), commonly known as Rivaldinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Polish club Cracovia.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Mosca and the second or paternal family name is Ferreira.
Rivaldinho
Personal information
Full name Rivaldo Vítor Mosca Ferreira Júnior
Date of birth (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Cracovia
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Mogi Mirim 27 (7)
2015–2016 Boavista 1 (0)
2016 XV de Piracicaba 0 (0)
2016 Internacional 0 (0)
2016 → Paysandu (loan) 8 (1)
2017–2018 Dinamo București 30 (5)
2018–2019 Levski Sofia 12 (1)
2019 → Viitorul Constanța (loan) 11 (2)
2019–2020 Viitorul Constanța 28 (11)
2020– Cracovia 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:57, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Rivaldinho began his career at Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube, making 47 appearances in all competitions for the Brazilian club.[1]

He then moved to Portuguese club Boavista in August 2015, where he made just one league appearance (versus Moreirense) and two appearances in the domestic cups (versus Feirense and Operário).[2]

Rivaldinho joined XV de Piracicaba on 18 January 2016.[3] He appeared in 12 matches in the Campeonato Paulista for Piracicaba, scoring three goals, before departing on 12 April.[4] He was signed by Internacional on 10 May 2016,[5] but spent the end of the season on loan at Paysandu.[6]

In Romania and Bulgaria

On 7 February 2017, Rivaldinho returned to Europe, signing a ​3 1⁄2-year contract with Romanian team Dinamo București.[7][8]

He scored his first goal for the club on 5 April, in a 2–0 league win against CFR Cluj.[9] On 27 July 2017, in a Europa League qualifying game against Athletic Bilbao, Rivaldinho scored from a "terrific" long–range effort to earn Dinamo a 1–1 draw against the Spanish team.[10][11]

On 27 January 2018, Rivaldinho signed a ​2 1⁄2-year contract with Bulgarian club Levski Sofia.[12]

In January 2019 he returned to Romania joining Viitorul Constanța on loan.[13] He signed permanently for the club in July 2019.[14]

Poland

In August 2020 he signed for Polish club Cracovia.[15]

Personal life

Rivaldinho is the son of Rose Mosca,[16] and former Brazil and FC Barcelona player, Rivaldo.[17] Both he and his father scored in the same Brazilian Série B game for Mogi Mirim in July 2015.[18]

Career statistics
As of 30 October 2020.[1]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other[lower-alpha 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mogi Mirim 2014 Série C 121——92213
2015 Série B 156——112268
Total 277——2044711
Boavista 2015–16 Primeira Liga 101010—30
XV de Piracicaba 2016 Paulista ———123123
Paysandu (loan) 2016 Série B 8100—0081
Dinamo București 2016–17 Liga I 112102000142
2017–18 193100021224
Total 305202021366
Levski Sofia 2017–18 First League 8100—0081
2018–19 4010—0050
Total 121100000131
Viitorul Constanța (loan) 2018–19 Liga I 11242—00154
Viitorul Constanța 2019–20 Liga I 281100—002811
Cracovia 2020–21 Ekstraklasa 7110—20101
Career total 124281022036817038
  1. Includes the UEFA Europa League and Campeonato Paulista

Honours

Club

Dinamo București

Viitorul Constanța

References
  1. Rivaldinho at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  2. "Boavista contratou Rivaldinho, filho do `Bola de Ouro` Rivaldo" [Boavista sign Rivaldinho, the son of Ballon d'Or winner Rivaldo] (in Portuguese). RTP Notícias. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. "Rivaldinho é apresentado e mostra alegria ao vestir a camisa do XV de Piracicaba" [Rivaldinho presented at XV de Piracicaba, happy to wear the club's shirt] (in Portuguese). XV de Piracicaba. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  4. "XV inicia conversas com grandes clubes visando a disputa da Copa Paulista" (in Portuguese). XV de Piracicaba. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  5. "Internacional acerta contratação de filho de Rivaldo para o time B" [Internacional agrees to sign the son of Rivaldo for their reserve team] (in Portuguese). Universo Online. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  6. "Filho de Rivaldo, Rivaldinho é emprestado pelo Inter ao Paysandu" [The son of Rivaldo, Rivaldinho is loaned by Inter to Paysandu] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  7. "OFICIAL. RIVALDINHO la Dinamo" [OFFICIAL. RIVALDINHO to Dinamo] (in Romanian). FC Dinamo București. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  8. "Rivaldinho a semnat cu Dinamo. Va purta numărul "9"" [Rivaldinho signed with Dinamo. He will wear the number 9] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  9. "Rivaldo la București! După primul gol la Dinamo, Rivaldinho dezvăluie promisiunea făcută de tatăl său" [Rivaldo at Bucharest! After his first goal for Dinamo, Rivaldinho reveals the promise made by his father]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 5 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  10. "Dinamo - Athletic Bilbao 1-1". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 27 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  11. "Match summary: Dinamo București 1-1 Athletic". UEFA.com. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  12. "Ривалдиньо подписа с ЛЕВСКИ за две години и половина" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 27 January 2017.
  13. "NEWS ALERT - Rivaldinho a revenit în Liga I. Cu ce echipă care se bate la titlu a semnat atacantul: "Vrem să fim competitivi"". Telekomsport.ro.
  14. "Bine ai revenit, Riva !". www.fcviitorul.ro.
  15. Media, Wirtualna Polska (12 August 2020). "Transfery. PKO Ekstraklasa. Cracovia pozyskała Rivaldinho - WP SportoweFakty". sportowefakty.wp.pl.
  16. "Rivaldinho homenageia mãe falecida às vésperas de acesso e exalta o pai" [Rivaldinho honors deceased mother on the eve of promotion and praises father]. globoesporte.com. 26 October 2014.
  17. "Grávida, morre ex-mulher de Rivaldo Vitor Ferreira" [Pregnant ex-wife of Rivaldo Vitor Ferreira dies]. opopularmm.com.br. 15 October 2014.
  18. "Rivaldo: World Cup winner and son score in same Brazilian match". BBC Sport. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
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