playername	Rivaldo
fullname	Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira
dateofbirth	April 19, 1972
cityofbirth	Paulista, Pernambuco
countryofbirth	Brazil
height
position	Attacking midfielder
currentclub	São Paulo
clubnumber	10
years1	1991–1992
years3	1992–1994
years4	1993–1994
years5	1994–1996
years6	1996–1997
years7	1997–2002
years8	2002–2004
years9	2004
years10	2004–2007
years11	2007–2008
years12	2008–2010
years13	2011
years14	2011–
years15	Career Total
clubs1	Santa Cruz
clubs3	Mogi Mirim
clubs4	→ Corinthians (loan)
clubs5	Palmeiras
clubs6	Deportivo La Coruña
clubs7	Barcelona
clubs8	Milan
clubs9	Cruzeiro
clubs10	Olympiacos
clubs11	AEK Athens
clubs12	Bunyodkor
clubs13	Mogi Mirim
clubs14	São Paulo
caps1	18 | goals1 8
caps2	20 | goals2 10
caps3	27 | goals3 9
caps4	19 | goals4 11
caps5	44 | goals5 21
caps6	41 | goals6 21
caps7	157 | goals7 87
caps8	22 | goals8 5
caps9	2 | goals9 1
caps10	70 | goals10 36
caps11	29 | goals11 8
caps12	53 | goals12 33
caps13	0 | goals13 0
caps14	12 | goals29 4
caps15	702 | goals15 333
nationalyears1	1992–1993
nationalyears2	1993–2003
nationalteam1	Brazil U20
nationalteam2	Brazil
nationalcaps1	9 | nationalgoals1 1
nationalcaps2	74 | nationalgoals2 34
pcupdate	13 August 2011 (UTC)
ntupdate	6 April 2008 (UTC)
medaltemplates	}}

Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira (born 19 April 1972 in Paulista, Pernambuco, Brazil), commonly known simply as Rivaldo (), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Série A club São Paulo on loan from Campeonato Paulista club Mogi Mirim EC, also being a chairman for the club. He more often plays as attacking midfielder but also plays as second striker. He most notably played five years with Spanish club FC Barcelona, with whom he won the 1998 and 1999 Spanish La Liga championship and the 1998 Copa del Rey. Between 1993 and 2003, Rivaldo played 74 matches and scored 34 goals for the Brazil national football team and was an integral part of the 2002 FIFA World Cup winning Brazilian team.

In 1999, Rivaldo was honoured as FIFA World Player of the Year, Ballon d'Or winner and European Footballer of the Year. He was named by Pelé as one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony in 2004. He is also the president of Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube in his native Brazil.

Early life

Rivaldo had an extremely poor upbringing in the ''favelas'' of the port town of Recife. His physical appearance still marks the poverty he experienced in his childhood: malnourishment-caused bowleggedness and the loss of several teeth. Rivaldo began his professional career at the age of 16, when he signed with Paulistano, from Pernambuco, in 1989, despite the Paulistano coaches believing him too physically weak to succeed. Rivaldo's father Romildo was killed in a road accident in 1989, but Rivaldo went on to his first professional contract later that year.

Club career

Santa Cruz, Mogi Mirim and Corinthians

He went on to play for Santa Cruz in 1991. In 1992, he moved south to the state of São Paulo where he played for Mogi Mirim in the second tier of Brazilian football. It was for Mogi Mirim that he made his claim to fame: in a 1993 São Paulo State Championship match against Bauru team Noroeste, as soon as the referee whistled for the beginning of the match, Rivaldo noticed the Noroeste goalkeeper ahead of his position and scored the opening goal by lobbing the ball over the keeper, shooting from the midfield circle.

In 1993, the forward moved to the state capital to play for Corinthians in the first division.

SE Palmeiras

In the next year, he switched local allegiances and moved to Palmeiras, helping the club successfully defend its league championship in 1994. In both 1993 and 1994, he was honoured by the authoritative publication ''Placar Magazine'' with the Bola de Prata for the best player in his field position.

Deportivo

Before the 1996 Olympics, AC Parma announced that they had signed Rivaldo and his teammate Amaral from Palmeiras. After the Olympics, there was a dispute, and rather than Italy, Rivaldo moved to Spain as he joined Deportivo La Coruña in La Liga. He only stayed for one season, but nonetheless a very successful one for both him and the club. Rivaldo was the fourth top goal scorer of the season with 21 goals (tied) in 41 matches as Deportivo finished third in the league. Rivaldo moved on to league rivals FC Barcelona in 1997 in a transfer deal securing Deportivo a 4000 million pesetas (around $26 million) transfer fee.

Barcelona

In his first season at Barcelona, he was the second top goal scorer with 19 goals in 34 matches, as Barcelona won The Double of La Liga championship and Copa del Rey., In 1999, he won another La Liga title with Barcelona, and once again was the league's second highest scorer with 24 goals., Individually, he won both the FIFA World Player of the Year and European Footballer of the Year awards. In his third season in Barcelona, Rivaldo fell out with manager Louis van Gaal, when he insisted playing as a playmaker rather than on the left wing. Even though he had a strained relationship with van Gaal, Rivaldo went on to score 10 goals in the European UEFA Champions League tournament, as the club reached the semi-finals.Van Gaal was fired in June 2000. In the following 2000–01 season, Rivaldo was once again the second highest goal scorer of the league with 23 goals. In the last game of the season, against Valencia, Rivaldo scored a hat-trick to win the game 3–2. His third goal was a bicycle kick from the edge of the area in the 90th minute of the game, and is regarded as one of his greatest goals ever in a combination of importance and skill. The win secured Barcelona a place in the following UEFA Champions League tournament. It was his season best with 36 goals. He scored a total of 130 goals during his time with Barcelona.,

Milan

In June 2002, van Gaal returned to manage Barcelona. Rivaldo was released from his contract, and signed a three-year deal with the Italian Serie A club Milan. With Milan, he won the Italian Cup and the UEFA Champions League in the 2002–03 season. His time in Milan proved a mutually disappointing affair, often playing second fiddle to Rui Costa. He left the club after a season of very few starts, partly due to injury problems. He briefly returned to Brazil, playing for Cruzeiro in Belo Horizonte. On 22 July 2004 he returned to Europe, joining Greek Alpha Ethniki division club Olympiacos after much talk about which club he would join. There was also speculation that he might join English club Bolton Wanderers, with Rivaldo stating that he wanted to help them qualify for Europe for the first time. However the deal fell apart because Bolton felt that the demands made by Rivaldo's agents were excessive.

Olympiacos

Rivaldo scored some memorable goals in his first season at Olympiacos, including a fantastic effort in the Greek Cup final with a well placed lob from a difficult position close to the corner flag. Rivaldo also scored two memorable free kicks during the season, the first in the local derby against Panathinaikos and the second against English club Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League. Olympiacos managed to keep the 1–0 lead against their arch-rivals, but Liverpool fought back to score the 3 goals needed to keep Olympiacos from the Final 16, much to Rivaldo's dismay. In the last game of his first season at Olympiacos, the club needed a victory in order to win the Alpha Ethniki championship, with Panathinaikos just one point behind. Olympiacos went on to beat Iraklis 0–1 in an away match in Thessaloniki, by yet another Rivaldo goal, and secured the championship.

Rivaldo continued to score in the UEFA Champions League the following year. He scored a stunning 30 yard strike against Rosenborg BK, and against old foes Real Madrid, although this was not enough, as Olympiacos failed to advance from the preliminary Group Phase. In the domestic competitions, he kept the best for the second half of the season. He scored twice in Olympiacos' come-from-behind victory against Panathinaikos, as well as two in his team's 3–0 triumph against second placed AEK Athens, effectively securing another title for Olympiacos. He also put Olympiacos through to the Greek Cup semi-finals, scoring on free-kicks in both quarter-final games against Skoda Xanthi.

Rivaldo renewed his contract with Olympiacos for a third and final year, and promised to give his best, despite having turned 34. He didn't wait long to turn his words into actions: He led Olympiacos to overturn their half-time deficit against Skoda Xanthi, and scored both goals for the dramatic 2–1 victory in the first game of the season, winning him the Greek SuperLeague's first-ever Player of the Week and Goal of the Week awards. In July 2006, Rivaldo announced that the 2006–07 season with Olympiacos would be his last in Europe, before returning to Brazil. However he quicky changed his decision and decided to stay for another year. The 2006–2007 season was arguably his best season at Olympiakos, having scored 17 goals at 27 matches, at the Superleague championship.

AEK Athens

Rivaldo quit Olympiacos after contract negotiations stalled and signed on with rival Super League club AEK Athens on 29 May 2007, making the acquisition arguably the best in the team's history. Rivaldo finished his Olympiakos career with 43 goals in 81 games played.

At AEK Athens, Rivaldo played under his former Barcelona manager Llorenç Serra Ferrer. He began his AEK career with a bang, scoring in his first friendly match. European goals soon followed; a penalty kick against Sevilla in AEK's unsuccessful UEFA Champions League qualifier, and a bicycle kick in their UEFA Cup first round thumping of the Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg. Rivaldo's first Super League goal with AEK Athens came through a penalty in their 3–0 win against Panionios. Rivaldo was the Man of the Match against his former team Olympiacos, where he had 3 assists and his team won 4–0. After the end of 2007–2008 season, Rivaldo and AEK initially finished in first place in the Greek League, but after the court case between Apollon Kalamaria and Olympiacos for the illegal usage of a player (Roman Wallner) in the 1–0 Apollon Kalamaria win earlier in the season, Olympiacos were awarded the 3 points in a court hearing, thus finishing 2 points ahead of AEK.

FC Bunyodkor

Rivaldo announced on 25 August 2008 to a Greek Sport Radio Station that he agreed to continue his career at Bunyodkor in Uzbekistan, effective immediately, after what he described as an "extremely tempting contract offer".

Rivaldo signed a 2-year contract worth €10.2 million and later signed an extension to extend the contract to 2011. On his debut for Bunyodkor, Rivaldo scored twice as Bunyodkor recorded a 2–0 win. Rivaldo earned a record in 2009 which was never achieved by anyone in official matches – Rivaldo scored ten goals in four consecutive matches, in which match by match he increased his goals starting with 1 goal in the first match and 2 goals in the second match against Navbahor. In the third match on 25 June 2009, Rivaldo scored a hat trick against Metallurg, which was beaten 4:0 by Bunyodkor. In the fourth match Bunyodkor crushed Sogdiana Djizak 5:0 in which Rivaldo scored a poker within 17 minutes. After Uzbek League's 2009 season Rivaldo won UFF Topscorer award as domestic league's top goalscorer with 20 goals and was runner up for UFF Player of the Year award gathering 193 points. He scored 33 goals for the club. Rivaldo announced on 11 August 2010 on his Twitter that he has rescinded his contract with Bunyodkor and would continue his career in Europe or back to his home country Brazil.

Mogi Mirim

On the 18 November 2010, he announced he would be returning to Mogi Mirim, the club that had kick started his career in the early 90's through his Social Networking site, saying "After sorting out a lot of things outside of the country, I have decided to play the Paulista 2011 for Mogi Mirim, of whom I am President". Despite this pledge, there was interest from São Paulo FC, and he joined them in January.,

São Paulo FC

On the 23 January 2011, Rivaldo joined São Paulo. He scored on his debut for them in the First Division against Linense with a wonderful goal. The ball was sent over from the left hand side of the pitch, before Rivaldo controlled the ball and took it over a defender using his left knee, and finished at the near post. He didn't play during the majority of March through injury, but came back for upcoming fixtures such as a 1–1 draw with Palmeiras and a 2–1 win over Corinthians Paulista. ,

International career

In 1993, he debuted for the Brazilian national football team, scoring the only goal in a friendly match against Mexico.

He was selected to represent Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The Brazilian team won the bronze medal, but Rivaldo was made the scape-goat for Brazil's semi-final defeat to Nigeria, and was excluded from the Brazilian national team by national team manager Mario Zagallo.

Rivaldo returned to the Brazilian national team for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where he scored three goals, including two in the 3–2 quarter-final win against Denmark. Rivaldo had not been a part of the triumphant Brazilian team at the 1997 Copa América tournament, but was a key player in the successful defence of that title at the 1999 Copa América. Rivaldo earned himself the distinction as top scorer of the tournament with five goals, one being the equaliser from a trademark free-kick in a 2–1 win over Argentina in the quarter-finals, and two in the 3–0 victory over Uruguay in the final. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

Rivaldo had been the centre of criticism when Brazil did not win tournaments, ever since the 1996 Olympics, as he was said to be saving his best form for his club team. During the 2002 World Cup qualifying games, Brazil's poor form saw the team being booed by the Brazilian crowds, and in the 1–0 win against Colombia in November 2000, Rivaldo was booed so heavily that he threatened to retire from playing for his country.

He was at the centre of numerous tugs of war between Barcelona and the Brazilian national team. In one incident in the summer of 2001, Rivaldo had to play an exhibition match for Brazil against Panama, commute to Poland to play a match for Barcelona, and then return to Brazil for a qualifying match against Paraguay, all within ten days.

The zenith of his national team career came at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, hosted in South Korea and Japan. He scored in the first five games for Brazil. Brazilian striker Ronaldo had done so for four matches, allowing journalists to question whether there was any rivalry between the two athletes. Rivaldo denied this, insisting that all he wanted was to be the world champion. His spectacular goal against Belgium in the second round prompted Belgian coach Robert Waseige to name Rivaldo as the deciding factor. Brazilian midfielder Ronaldinho helped Rivaldo score a crucial goal in the 2–1 win over England in the quarterfinals. Brazil eventually met Germany in the final, and went on to win the tournament with a 2–0 victory in the final. Both Ronaldo goals came from trademark Rivaldo plays, as both Rivaldo and Brazil made amends for the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final loss to France. Rivaldo was named by coach Luiz Felipe Scolari as the best player of the tournament.

His early performance at the tournament was spoiled by his play-acting in the group match against Turkey. In the closing stages of the match, with the ball out of play, Turkish defender Hakan Ünsal kicked a ball towards Rivaldo, who was waiting at the corner flag. The ball struck his thigh, but Rivaldo fell to the ground clutching his face. The referee sent the Turkish player off with a second yellow card. After a video review, Rivaldo was fined 11,670 Swiss Francs by FIFA, 1,670 of which were for "costs". This incident ultimately went on to mar his otherwise illustrious career. His last cap was on the 19 November 2003 in Curitiba in a 3–3 draw with Uruguay. He played only 11 minutes, coming on as a substitute for Luís Fabiano in the 79th minute. He had scored his last goal just 3 days earlier from the penalty spot in a 1–1 draw with Peru.

Rivaldo never officially retired from International duty, contrary to popular thought. Due to being benched through injury and a fragile relationship with A.C. Milan manager, where Rui Costa was constantly preferred, he was deemed unfit and only managed short, cameo appearances for his last few caps. He was then dropped completely, and after moving to Olympiacos in 2004, a return always seemed unlikely. In his time with the Brazilian Squad, he won 50 games, drawing and losing 12. With a win percentage of 75%, he scored 0.47 goals per game. Despite his international career spanning nearly 10 years, he is widely regarded to have been dropped early, though this could have been due to the emergence of Kaká and continued excellence of Ronaldinho. Considering the length of his club career, in which he is currently contracted to play until at least the age of 39, his exclusion from squads from the age of 31 years and 214 days seems premature.

World Cup goals

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France 3 July 1998 3 July 1998 3 June 2002 8 June 2002 13 June 2002 17 June 2002 21 June 2002

# !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! World Cup !! Round
1.	16 June 1998	|		2 – 0	3–0	1998 FIFA World Cup>1998	1998 FIFA World Cup Group A>Group Stage
2.	|	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France		2 – 1	3–2	1998 FIFA World Cup>1998	1998 FIFA World Cup knockout stage>Quarter-Final
3.	|	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France		3 – 2	3–2	1998 FIFA World Cup>1998	1998 FIFA World Cup knockout stage>Quarter-Final
4.	|	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan, Korea Republic		2 – 1	2–1	2002 FIFA World Cup>2002	2002 FIFA World Cup Group C>Group Stage
5.	|	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo, Korea Republic		2 – 0	4–0	2002 FIFA World Cup>2002	2002 FIFA World Cup Group C>Group Stage
6.	|	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, Korea Republic		2 – 4	2–5	2002 FIFA World Cup>2002	2002 FIFA World Cup Group C>Group Stage
7.	|	Home's Stadium Kobe>Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe, Japan		1 – 0	2–0	2002 FIFA World Cup>2002	2002 FIFA World Cup knockout stage>Round of 16
8.	|	Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka, Shizuoka>Shizuoka, Japan		1 – 1	1–2	2002 FIFA World Cup>2002	2002 FIFA World Cup knockout stage>Quarter-Final

Career statistics

''As of 2010.'' 10 11 6 13 17 23 21 1 19 24 12 23 8 5 0 1 12 7 17 8 7 20 6 2

Club	Season	League	Cup	Continental	Total
!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
rowspan="2" valign="center"	Mogi Mirim		30
!Total	!30!!10!!-!!-!!-!!-!!30!!10
rowspan="3" valign="center"	Corinthians		19
Campeonato Paulista	1994	22
!Total	!41!!17!!-!!-!!-!!-!!41!!17
rowspan="4" valign="center"	Palmeiras		29
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	1995	45
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	1996	30
!Total	!104!!53!!-!!-!!-!!-!!104!!53
rowspan="2" valign="center"	Deportivo la Coruña		41	|	5
!Total	!41!!21!!5!!1!!-!!-!!46!!22
rowspan="6" valign="center"	Barcelona		34	|	9	8	8	0	51	28
La Liga 1998-99	1998–99	37	|	5	2	6	3	48	29
La Liga 1999-00	1999-00	31	|	5	1	14	10	50	23
La Liga 2000-01	2000–01	35	|	5	2	13	11	53	36
La Liga 2001-02	2001–02	20	|	0	0	13	6	33	14
!Total	!157!!86!!24!!13!!54!!30!!235!!130
rowspan="3" valign="center"	Milan		22	|	?	?	13	2	35	7
Serie A 2003-04	2003–04	0	|	0	0	0	0	0	0
!Total	!22!!5!!?!!?!!13!!2!!35!!7
rowspan="2" valign="center"	Cruzeiro		2
!Total	!2!!1!!-!!-!!-!!-!!2!!1
rowspan="4" valign="center"	Olympiacos		23	|	?	?	6	1	29?	13?
Alpha Ethniki 2005-06	2005–06	22	|	?	?	5	2	27?	9?
Super League Greece 2006-07	2006–07	25	|	?	?	6	0	31?	17?
!Total	!70!!36!!?!!?!!17!!3!!87?!!39?
rowspan="2" valign="center"	AEK Athens		29	|	?	?	2	1	31?	9?
!Total	!29!!8!!?!!?!!2!!1!!31?!!9?
rowspan="4" valign="center"	Bunyodkor		12	|	?	?	4	1	16?	8?
Uzbek League 2009	2009	30	|	?	?	9	1	39?	21?
2010 Uzbek League	2010	11	|	?	?	2	2	13?	8?
!Total	!53!!33!!?!!?!!15!!4!!68?!!37?
rowspan="2" valign="center"	São Paulo		12	|	4	0	1	1	17	3
!Total	!12!!2!!4!!0!!1!!1!!17!!3
Career Total	!!!558!!271!!29?!!14?!!101!!40!!688?!!325?

!Total

1993	1
1994	1
1995	5
1996	2
1997	4
1998	12
1999	13
2000	11
2001	8
2002	10
2003	7
|	74	34

Honours

Palmeiras:

Brazilian Série A: 1994

São Paulo State Championship: 1994, 1996

Barcelona:

Spanish La Liga: 1998, 1999

Copa del Rey: 1998

UEFA Super Cup: 1997

Milan:

UEFA Champions League: 2003

Coppa Italia: 2003

European Super Cup: 2003

Olympiacos:

Greek Super League: 2005, 2006, 2007

Greek Cup: 2005, 2006

Bunyodkor:

Uzbek League: 2008, 2009, 2010

Uzbekistani Cup: 2008, 2010

Brazil

FIFA World Cup: 2002

Copa América: 1999

Confederations Cup: 1997

Individual

Brazilian Bola de Prata: 1993, 1994

FIFA World Player of the Year: 1999

European Footballer of the Year: 1999

World Soccer Player of the Year: 1999

Onze d'Or: 1999

Ballon d'Or: 1999

Copa América 1999 Top Scorer

Copa América 1999 MVP

Spanish League Footballer of the Year: 1999

UEFA Champions League Top Scorer: 2000

FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1998, 2002

Greek Championship best foreign player: 2006, 2007

FIFA 100

Uzbek League 2009 Top Scorer

References

External links

Rivaldo's official website

CBF profile

Rivaldo Pictures

FootballDatabase profile and statistics

Midfield Dynamo's 10 Heroes of the Copa América Rivaldo listed in the top 10

http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=1049

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name	Nitin Gupta (नितिन गुप्ता)
birth date	May 17, 1976
birth place	Lucknow, India
education	Master of Business Systems Monash University Bachelor of Commerce University of Delhi
occupation	Columnist / Freelance Journalist
ethnicity	Indian Australian
nationality	Australian
religion	Hindu
years active	1993 - present }}

Nitin Gupta (Hindi: नितिन गुप्ता) is a Melbourne, Australia based Columnist and Freelance Journalist.

Nitin writes mainly as a Columnist/Freelance Journalist for various local Ethnic, and Indian/South Asian Community Newspapers & Magazines in Australia. Nitin writes articles/columns in English, and Hindi.

Nitin has written on various topics such as Business, Finance, Economics, Corporate Affairs, Community News & Issues, Bollywood, Cricket etc.

In English, Nitin has written Articles/Columns for The Economic Times, Business Today, Indus Age, Glance India, Beyond India, Indian Voice, Bollywood Times, G'Day India, Santa Banta, India At Melbourne, Indian Link, The Page, Indo Times, Indian-Times, Bharat Times, Asian Lite, Australian Malayalee, Pak Awaaz, Rabitah International, Fiji Express, and the online portal ''www.szubha.com''.

In Hindi, Nitin has written Articles/Columns for Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala, Hindustan Dainik, and India At Melbourne.

Awards and Honours

! Month & Year of Award or Honour !! Name of Award or Honour !! Awarding Organization
Jan 2011	Indian Australian of the Year 2010	Indian Society of Australia (ISoA) Melbourne, Australia
Nov 2010	Young Person of the Year	Australian Indian Innovations Inc (AIII) Melbourne, Australia

References

http://www.szubha.com/blogs/users/nitin/

http://www.ipeal.org.au/aboutipeal/board-of-directors.html

External links

http://www.communitynews.infoxchange.net.au/news/detail.chtml?filename_num=218181

http://www.beyondindia.com.au/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid;=213&cntnt01returnid;=19

http://indianvoice.com.au/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid;=599&cntnt01origid;=39&cntnt01returnid;=25

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