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Pita (footballer)

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This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is Oliveira and the second is Chaves.
Pita
Personal information
Full name Edvaldo Oliveira Chaves
Date of birth (1958-08-04) 4 August 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1984 Santos
1985–1988 São Paulo
1988–1989 Strasbourg
1989–1990 Guarani
1991–1992 Fujita Industries
1993 Nagoya Grampus Eight
1994 Internacional-Limeira
National team
1980–1987 Brazil 7 (0)
Teams managed
1999 São Paulo
2000 Santos
2001 Urawa Red Diamonds
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1987 Indianapolis Team competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Edvaldo Oliveira Chaves (born 4 August 1958 in Nilópolis, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil), better known as Pita, is a former Brazilian footballer in the offensive midfielder role. Pita currently works as General Manager by Desportivo Brasil.

In career he played for clubs Santos FC (1978–1984), São Paulo (1985–1988), RC Strasbourg in France (1988–1989), Guarani (1989–1990),[1] in Japan Japan Soccer League, Japan Football League and J1 League with Fujita Industries and Nagoya Grampus Eight (1990–1993), and he finished his career with Inter Limeira in 1994.

He won three São Paulo State League (1978, 1985, 1987), and one Brazilian League (1986). For the Brazil national football team he got 7 international caps from 1980 and won the 1987 Pan American Games.

Club statistics

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Club performance League
Season Club League Apps Goals
Brazil League
1977 Santos Série A 3 1
1978 13 3
1979 0 0
1980 Série A 18 1
1981 4 1
1982 15 3
1983 24 4
1984 17 3
1985 São Paulo Série A 20 4
1986 30 5
1987 14 2
1988 0 0
France League
1988/89 Strasbourg Division 1 20 6
Brazil League
1989 Guarani Série A 15 0
1990 Série B 0 0
Japan League
1991/92 Fujita Industries JSL Division 2 27 12
1992 Football League 15 4
1993 Nagoya Grampus Eight J1 League 8 2
Country Brazil 173 27
France 20 6
Japan 50 16
Total 243 49

National team statistics

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Brazil national team
Year Apps Goals
1980 2 0
1981 1 0
1982 0 0
1983 2 0
1984 0 0
1985 0 0
1986 0 0
1987 2 0
Total 7 0

Managerial statistics

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Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
São Paulo 1999 1999 2 1 1 0 050.00
Urawa Reds 2001 2001 12 3 3 6 025.00
Total 14 4 4 6 028.57

References

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  1. "Futpedia: Pita (Edivaldo de Oliveira Chaves)" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  2. "Pita". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  3. J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

Other websites

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