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Rivaldo

Rivaldo

Midfield - Attacking Midfield  at Retired
Age54
CitizenshipBrazil Spain
Height1.86 m
Footleft
BornApril 19, 1972
🏆Ballon d'Or 👕500+ Apps 200+ Goals 🎯100+ Assists 🏴50+ Caps Veteran
Market value
Rating · 99/00 10.0 World class
Attacking Midfield Midfield

Honors & awards

Ballon d'Or
1999
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FIFA Best Men's Player
1999
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Career snapshot

12
clubs played for
00/01
debut season
0.43
goals / match
FC Barcelona
top club · 235 apps

Position rank · 99/00

#1
goals rank
#22
assists rank
274
season goals
104
season assists

Among 204 Midfield - Attacking Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€6.50m
peak value · 2004
€23.50m
top transfer fee · 97/98
36
best season · 00/01
90 / 36
int'l caps / goals
632Appearances
274Goals
104Assists
65Yellow cards
4Red cards
110Full matches (90′)
Full nameRivaldo
Name in home countryRivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira
Date of birth1972-04-19 (54 yrs)
Place of birthPaulista, Brazil
CitizenshipBrazil Spain
PositionMidfield - Attacking Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footleft
Height186.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2015-08-17
Contract expires
AgentWSM Marketing & ...
OutfitterMizuno
Aug 2015
Transfer: Mogi Mirim → Retired
15/16 · Transfer
Jul 2015
2015 — Mogi Mirim EC
4 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jun 2015
Transfer: Career break → Mogi Mirim
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2014
2014 — Mogi Mirim EC
8 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Mar 2014
Transfer: Mogi Mirim → Career break
13/14 · Transfer
Jan 2014
Transfer: São Caetano → Mogi Mirim
13/14 · Transfer
Jul 2013
2013 — AD São Caetano (SP)
19 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2013
Transfer: Kabuscorp SC → São Caetano
12/13 · Transfer
Jan 2012
Transfer: Mogi Mirim → Kabuscorp SC
11/12 · Transfer
Nov 2011
Transfer: São Paulo → Mogi Mirim
11/12 · Return from loan
Jul 2011
2011 — São Paulo Futebol Clube
46 matches · 7 G · 3 A · across 5 competitions
Jan 2011
Transfer: Mogi Mirim → São Paulo
10/11 · Loan
Nov 2010
Transfer: Bunyodkor → Mogi Mirim
10/11 · Transfer
Jul 2010
2010 — Bunyodkor Tashkent
14 matches · 9 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2009
09/10 — Bunyodkor Tashkent
5 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2009
2009 — Bunyodkor Tashkent
30 matches · 20 G · 6 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 2008
Transfer: AEK Athens → Bunyodkor
08/09 · Transfer · €1.00m
Jul 2008
08/09 — Bunyodkor Tashkent, AEK Athens
10 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2008
2008 — PFC Kuruvchi Tashkent
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2007
07/08 — PFC Kuruvchi Tashkent, AEK Athens
47 matches · 17 G · 15 A · across 5 competitions
May 2007
Transfer: Olympiacos → AEK Athens
06/07 · Transfer
Jul 2006
06/07 — Olympiacos Piraeus
33 matches · 17 G · 12 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2005
05/06 — Olympiacos Piraeus
30 matches · 11 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2004
Transfer: Without Club → Olympiacos
04/05 · Transfer
Jul 2004
04/05 — Olympiacos Piraeus
38 matches · 15 G · 7 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2004
2004 — Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
3 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Feb 2004
Transfer: Cruzeiro → Without Club
03/04 · Transfer
Jan 2004
Transfer: Without Club → Cruzeiro
03/04 · Transfer
Sep 2003
Transfer: AC Milan → Without Club
03/04 · Transfer
Jul 2003
03/04 — AC Milan
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2002
Transfer: Barcelona → Milan
02/03 · Transfer
Jul 2002
02/03 — AC Milan
38 matches · 8 G · 5 A · across 4 competitions
Mar 2002
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Oct 2001
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2001
01/02 — FC Barcelona
33 matches · 14 G · 8 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2000
00/01 — FC Barcelona
53 matches · 36 G · 10 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 1999
99/00 — FC Barcelona
50 matches · 23 G · 6 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 1998
98/99 — FC Barcelona
48 matches · 29 G · 18 A · across 4 competitions
Aug 1997
Transfer: Dep. La Coruña → Barcelona
97/98 · Transfer · €23.50m
Jul 1997
97/98 — FC Barcelona
51 matches · 28 G · 5 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 1996
Transfer: Palmeiras → Dep. La Coruña
96/97 · Transfer · €6.00m
Jul 1996
96/97 — Deportivo de La Coruña
46 matches · 22 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 1995
1995 — Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
23 matches · 12 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 1994
Transfer: Mogi Mirim → Palmeiras
94/95 · Transfer · €2.50m
Aug 1994
Transfer: Corinthians → Mogi Mirim
94/95 · Return from loan
Jul 1993
Transfer: Mogi Mirim → Corinthians
93/94 · Loan
Jul 1992
Transfer: Santa Cruz-PE → Mogi Mirim
92/93 · Transfer
Jan 1991
Transfer: Santa Cruz U20 → Santa Cruz-PE
90/91 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €6.50m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 121 other Midfield - Attacking Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 99/00. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals23 total · 2.77/90
99
Assists6 total · 0.72/90
91
G+A29 total · 3.50/90
98
Yellow cards1 total · 0.12/90
79
9,917 min
Minutes played by club
FC Barcelona 27.0%
Deportivo de La Coruña 6.5%
Mogi Mirim EC 2.7%
AD São Caetano (SP) 2.9%
São Paulo Futebol Clube 7.6%
Bunyodkor Tashkent 14.2%
PFC Kuruvchi Tashkent 1.8%
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube 0.0%
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras 3.2%
AEK Athens 8.2%
Olympiacos Piraeus 16.7%
AC Milan 9.3%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
FC Barcelona 5 00/01 99/00 235 130 47 2,673
Deportivo de La Coruña 1 96/97 96/97 46 22 1 643
Mogi Mirim EC 2 2014 2015 12 1 0 270
AD São Caetano (SP) 1 2013 2013 19 2 0 283
São Paulo Futebol Clube 1 2011 2011 46 7 3 750
Bunyodkor Tashkent 4 08/09 2010 58 32 7 1,412
PFC Kuruvchi Tashkent 2 07/08 2008 5 2 0 178
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube 1 2004 2004 3 0 1 0
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras 1 1995 1995 23 12 2 320
AEK Athens 2 07/08 08/09 44 15 15 811
Olympiacos Piraeus 3 04/05 06/07 101 43 23 1,658
AC Milan 2 02/03 03/04 40 8 5 919

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

12€1.6M24€3.3M35€4.9M47€6.5M00/01 — 36 goals (FC Barcelona)00/01 — 10 assists4600/0101/02 — 14 goals (FC Barcelona)01/02 — 8 assists2201/0202/03 — 8 goals (AC Milan)02/03 — 5 assists1302/0304/05 — 15 goals (Olympiacos Piraeus)04/05 — 7 assists2204/0505/06 — 11 goals (Olympiacos Piraeus)05/06 — 4 assists1505/0606/07 — 17 goals (Olympiacos Piraeus)06/07 — 12 assists2906/0707/08 — 17 goals (AEK Athens)07/08 — 15 assists3207/0808/09 — 1 goals (Bunyodkor Tashkent)108/0909/10 — 2 goals (Bunyodkor Tashkent)209/101995 — 12 goals (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras)1995 — 2 assists1419952004 — 1 assists120042009 — 20 goals (Bunyodkor Tashkent)2009 — 6 assists2620092010 — 9 goals (Bunyodkor Tashkent)2010 — 1 assists1020102011 — 7 goals (São Paulo Futebol Clube)2011 — 3 assists1020112013 — 2 goals (AD São Caetano (SP))220132015 — 1 goals (Mogi Mirim EC)1201596/97 — 22 goals (Deportivo de La Coruña)96/97 — 1 assists2396/9797/98 — 28 goals (FC Barcelona)97/98 — 5 assists3397/9898/99 — 29 goals (FC Barcelona)98/99 — 18 assists4798/9999/00 — 23 goals (FC Barcelona)99/00 — 6 assists2999/0004/05 — €6.5M05/06 — €6M06/07 — €5.5M07/08 — €4M08/09 — €3M09/10 — €1MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

00/01: 363600/0101/02: 141401/0202/03: 8802/0303/04: 0003/0404/05: 151504/0505/06: 111105/0606/07: 171706/0707/08: 171707/0808/09: 1108/0909/10: 2209/101995: 121219952004: 0020042008: 0020082009: 202020092010: 9920102011: 7720112013: 2220132014: 0020142015: 11201596/97: 222296/9797/98: 282897/9898/99: 292998/9999/00: 232399/00

Assists by season

00/01: 101000/0101/02: 8801/0202/03: 5502/0303/04: 0003/0404/05: 7704/0505/06: 4405/0606/07: 121206/0707/08: 151507/0808/09: 0008/0909/10: 0009/101995: 2219952004: 1120042008: 0020082009: 6620092010: 1120102011: 3320112013: 0020132014: 0020142015: 00201596/97: 1196/9797/98: 5597/9898/99: 181898/9999/00: 6699/00
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
99/00 Champions League FC Barcelona 14 10 1 0 0 123
99/00 Copa del Rey FC Barcelona 5 1 0 0 0 415
99/00 LaLiga FC Barcelona 31 12 5 1 0 208
98/99 Champions League FC Barcelona 6 3 2 1 0 171
98/99 Copa del Rey FC Barcelona 3 2 0 1 0 135
98/99 LaLiga FC Barcelona 37 24 16 7 0 136
98/99 Supercopa FC Barcelona 2 0 0 0 0 0
97/98 Champions League FC Barcelona 6 0 0 0 0 0
97/98 Copa del Rey FC Barcelona 7 8 2 3 0 78
97/98 LaLiga FC Barcelona 34 19 3 8 0 151
97/98 Supercopa FC Barcelona 2 0 0 0 0 0
97/98 UEFA Super Cup FC Barcelona 2 1 0 0 0 176
96/97 Copa del Rey Deportivo de La Coruña 5 1 0 0 0 475
96/97 LaLiga Deportivo de La Coruña 41 21 1 8 0 168
2015 Série B Mogi Mirim EC 4 1 0 1 0 270
2014 Campeonato Paulista Mogi Mirim EC 4 0 0 0 0 0
2014 Série C Mogi Mirim EC 4 0 0 0 0 0
2013 Campeonato Paulista AD São Caetano (SP) 10 2 0 0 0 283
2013 Copa do Brasil AD São Caetano (SP) 2 0 0 0 0 0
2013 Série B AD São Caetano (SP) 7 0 0 1 0 0
2011 Campeonato Paulista São Paulo Futebol Clube 8 1 0 1 0 387
2011 Copa do Brasil São Paulo Futebol Clube 4 0 0 0 0 0
2011 Copa Sudamericana São Paulo Futebol Clube 3 1 0 0 0 102
2011 Paulistão A1 - Fase Final São Paulo Futebol Clube 1 0 0 0 0 0
2011 Série A São Paulo Futebol Clube 30 5 3 1 1 261
2010 Superliga Bunyodkor Tashkent 11 6 1 1 0 162
2010 Uzbekistan Cup Bunyodkor Tashkent 3 3 0 0 0 77
2009 Superliga Bunyodkor Tashkent 29 20 6 1 0 119
2009 Uzbekistan Cup Bunyodkor Tashkent 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 Uzbekistan Cup PFC Kuruvchi Tashkent 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 Libertadores Cruzeiro Esporte Clube 3 0 1 0 0 0
1995 Libertadores Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras 9 5 0 0 1 147
1995 Série A Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras 14 7 2 6 0 173
09/10 AFC Champions League Bunyodkor Tashkent 5 2 0 1 1 214
08/09 AFC Champions League Bunyodkor Tashkent 9 1 0 0 0 840
08/09 UEFA-Cup Qualifikation AEK Athens 1 0 0 1 0 0
07/08 AFC Champions League PFC Kuruvchi Tashkent 4 2 0 0 0 178
07/08 Champions League Qu. AEK Athens 2 1 0 0 0 157
07/08 SL1 Play-off AEK Athens 6 4 1 0 0 117
07/08 Super League 1 AEK Athens 29 8 14 3 0 298
07/08 UEFA Cup AEK Athens 6 2 0 0 0 239
06/07 Champions League Olympiacos Piraeus 6 0 2 0 0 0
06/07 Kypello Elladas Olympiacos Piraeus 2 0 1 1 0 0
06/07 Super League Olympiacos Piraeus 25 17 9 2 1 122
05/06 A' Ethniki Olympiacos Piraeus 22 7 4 2 0 249
05/06 Champions League Olympiacos Piraeus 5 2 0 1 0 222
05/06 Kypello Elladas Olympiacos Piraeus 3 2 0 0 0 135
04/05 A' Ethniki Olympiacos Piraeus 23 12 4 1 0 154
04/05 Champions League Olympiacos Piraeus 6 1 2 0 0 536
04/05 Kypello Elladas Olympiacos Piraeus 6 2 0 2 0 240
04/05 UEFA Cup Olympiacos Piraeus 3 0 1 0 0 0
03/04 Champions League AC Milan 1 0 0 0 0 0
03/04 Serie A AC Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/04 UEFA Super Cup AC Milan 1 0 0 0 0 0
02/03 Champions League AC Milan 12 2 0 0 0 359
02/03 Champions League Qu. AC Milan 1 0 0 0 0 0
02/03 Italy Cup AC Milan 3 1 2 0 0 258
02/03 Serie A AC Milan 22 5 3 1 0 302
01/02 Champions League FC Barcelona 11 3 4 1 0 299
01/02 Champions League Qu. FC Barcelona 2 3 0 0 0 60
01/02 LaLiga FC Barcelona 20 8 4 2 0 205
00/01 Champions League FC Barcelona 6 6 0 1 0 87
00/01 Copa del Rey FC Barcelona 5 2 0 2 0 180
00/01 LaLiga FC Barcelona 35 23 10 3 0 130
00/01 UEFA Cup FC Barcelona 7 5 0 0 0 119
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
90/91 1991-01-01 Santa Cruz U20 Santa Cruz-PE Transfer 0
92/93 1992-07-01 Santa Cruz-PE Mogi Mirim Transfer 0
93/94 1993-07-01 Mogi Mirim Corinthians Loan 0
94/95 1994-08-01 Corinthians Mogi Mirim Return from loan 0
94/95 1994-08-10 Mogi Mirim Palmeiras Transfer 0 €2.50m
96/97 1996-07-10 Palmeiras Dep. La Coruña Transfer 0 €6.00m
97/98 1997-08-15 Dep. La Coruña Barcelona Transfer 0 €23.50m
02/03 2002-07-27 Barcelona Milan Transfer 0
03/04 2003-09-26 AC Milan Without Club Transfer 0
03/04 2004-01-05 Without Club Cruzeiro Transfer 0
03/04 2004-02-28 Cruzeiro Without Club Transfer 0
04/05 2004-07-22 Without Club Olympiacos Transfer 0
06/07 2007-05-29 Olympiacos AEK Athens Transfer 4600000
08/09 2008-08-28 AEK Athens Bunyodkor Transfer 4000000 €1.00m
10/11 2010-11-18 Bunyodkor Mogi Mirim Transfer 1000000
10/11 2011-01-23 Mogi Mirim São Paulo Loan 1000000
11/12 2011-11-30 São Paulo Mogi Mirim Return from loan 150000
11/12 2012-01-14 Mogi Mirim Kabuscorp SC Transfer 150000
12/13 2013-01-07 Kabuscorp SC São Caetano Transfer 150000
13/14 2014-01-23 São Caetano Mogi Mirim Transfer 0
13/14 2014-03-15 Mogi Mirim Career break Transfer 0
14/15 2015-06-22 Career break Mogi Mirim Transfer 0
15/16 2015-08-17 Mogi Mirim Retired Transfer 0
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
01/02 Rest 2001-10-11 2001-10-15 5 1
01/02 unknown injury 2002-03-17 2002-04-01 16 4
Current
Peak€6.50m
Low
Δ since start−€6.50m
€1.63m€3.25m€4.88m€6.50m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.60m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.50m
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #53818 5 0 former national player
Team #7658 9 1 former national player
Team #3439 #10 76 35 former national player

No teammate data.

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
98/99 LaLiga FC Barcelona 24 37
00/01 LaLiga FC Barcelona 23 35
96/97 LaLiga Deportivo de La Coruña 21 41

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
98/99 LaLiga FC Barcelona 16 37
07/08 Super League 1 AEK Athens 14 29
00/01 LaLiga FC Barcelona 10 35

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
11/12 2011-11-30 São Paulo Mogi Mirim Return from loan €150k
10/11 2011-01-23 Mogi Mirim São Paulo Loan €1.00m
94/95 1994-08-01 Corinthians Mogi Mirim Return from loan
93/94 1993-07-01 Mogi Mirim Corinthians Loan

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
00/01 Senior debut season
00/01 First senior goal
01/02 Goal #50 (career)
06/07 Goal #100 (career)
2009 Goal #150 (career)
97/98 Goal #200 (career)
98/99 Goal #250 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
99/00 50 746 1 0 0 0.12
98/99 48 442 9 0 0 1.83
97/98 51 405 11 0 0 2.44
96/97 46 643 8 0 0 1.12
2015 4 270 1 0 0 0.33
2013 19 283 1 0 0 0.32
2011 46 750 2 0 1 0.36
2010 14 239 1 0 0 0.38
2009 30 119 1 0 0 0.76
1995 23 320 6 0 1 1.97
09/10 5 214 1 0 1 0.84
08/09 10 840 1 0 0 0.11
07/08 47 989 3 0 0 0.27
06/07 33 122 3 0 1 2.95
05/06 30 606 3 0 0 0.45
04/05 38 930 3 0 0 0.29
02/03 38 919 1 0 0 0.1
01/02 33 564 3 0 0 0.48
00/01 53 516 6 0 0 1.05

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

LaLiga
198 apps
107 G
39 A
Super League 1
99 apps
44 G
31 A
Champions League
73 apps
27 G
11 A
Superliga
40 apps
26 G
7 A
Copa del Rey
25 apps
14 G
2 A
Série A
44 apps
12 G
5 A
UEFA Cup
16 apps
7 G
1 A
Serie A
22 apps
5 G
3 A
Libertadores
12 apps
5 G
1 A
AFC Champions League
18 apps
5 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Rivaldo

Who is Rivaldo?

Rivaldo is a Brazil professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfield for Retired.

How old is Rivaldo?

Rivaldo is 54 years old. He was born on April 19, 1972 in Paulista.

What position does Rivaldo play?

Rivaldo plays as a attacking midfield (Midfield - Attacking Midfield).

What club does Rivaldo play for?

Rivaldo currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Rivaldo scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Rivaldo has scored 274 goals in 632 appearances.