Valdir de Moraes Filho’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Brazilian footballer
A.K.A. Valdir Bigode
Is Athlete 
Football player 
Association football player 
Sports official 
Association football manager 
From Brazil 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 15 March 1972, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Age: 48 years
Star sign Pisces
Stats
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 79 kg
Sports Teams
Santos F.C.
CR Vasco da Gama
Botafogo F.R.
S.L. Benfica
São Paulo FC
Clube Atlético Mineiro
Clube Atlético Mineiro
Clube Atlético Mineiro
CR Vasco da Gama
Al Nasr SC
Al-Nassr

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.

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.

In 1997, he passed through Portugal, scoring 5 goals in 13 appearances in the two and half months at Benfica, 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. His final year was in Saudi Arabia. Afterwards, he embarked on a managerial career, mainly at Vasco da Gama.

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