Pita (footballer)

This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is Oliveira and the second is Chaves.

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.

Pita
Personal information
Full nameEdvaldo Oliveira Chaves
Date of birth (1958-08-04) 4 August 1958 (age 66)
Place of birthRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1977–1984Santos
1985–1988São Paulo
1988–1989Strasbourg
1989–1990Guarani
1991–1992Fujita Industries
1993Nagoya Grampus Eight
1994Internacional-Limeira
National team
1980–1987Brazil7(0)
Teams managed
1999São Paulo
2000Santos
2001Urawa Red Diamonds
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

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.

Titles

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

[2]

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

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

[3]

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
São Paulo 1999 1999 2 1 1 0 50.00
Urawa Reds 2001 2001 12 3 3 6 25.00
Total 14 4 4 6 28.57

References

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

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