Valdir Benedito

Valdir Benedito (born 25 October 1965) is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder for Atlético Paranaense (Brazil), Atlético Mineiro (Brazil), Cruzeiro (Brazil), Internacional (Brazil) and Kashiwa Reysol (Japan).

Valdir Benedito
Personal information
Full name Valdir Benedito
Date of birth (1965-10-25) October 25, 1965
Place of birth Araraquara, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986 Ferroviária
1987–1988 Platinense-PR
1988 Internacional
1989 Platinense-PR
1990–1992 Atlético Paranaense
1992–1995 Atlético Mineiro
1995–1997 Kashiwa Reysol
1998 Cruzeiro-RS
1999–2001 Atlético Mineiro
2001 Atlético Paranaense
2001 Avaí
2002 América Mineiro
2002 São Raimundo-AM
2003 Internacional-Limeira
National team
1991 Brazil 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Araraquara, Valdir began playing football with local side Associação Ferroviária de Esportes.[1]

International career

Valdir was a participant at the 1991 Copa América in Chile, and was capped 3 times for the Brazilian national team in 1991.[1]

Career statistics

Club

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1995Kashiwa ReysolJ1 League27710-287
199617320131324
19972413020291
Total 6811601518912

International

[2]

Brazil national team
YearAppsGoals
199130
Total30

References

  1. Micheletti, Rogério. "Que fim levou? Valdir: Ex-Ex-volante do Atlético-PR". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  2. Valdir Benedito at National-Football-Teams.com


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