Vitor Borba Ferreira Rivaldo

[M.L. King]

Full name: Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira
Date of birth: April 19, 1972 (1972-04-19) (age 36)
Place of birth: Paulista, Brazil
Height: 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1?2 in)
Playing position: Attacking midfielder

Clubs he has played for:

1991-1992: Santa Cruz-PE
1992-1993: Mogi Mirim-SP
1993: Corinthians-SP
1994-1996: Palmeiras-SP
1996-1997: Déportivo la Coroña - Spain
1997-2002: FC Barcelona - Spain
2002-26/09/2003: Milano AC - Italy
05/01/2004-28/02/2004: Cruzeiro-MG
21/07/2004-27/05/2007: Olympiakos - Greece
28/05/2007-25/08/2008: AEK Athènes - Greece
26/08/2008: FC Bunyodkor - Uzbekistan

His trophies:

Brazilian Golden Ball (Placar): 1993, 1994
The best South-American player in La Liga (trophy EFE): 1999
The best player FIFA: 1999
Ballon D'Or (revista France Football): 1999
Onze d'Or (the best player awarded by the Onze Mondial magazine): 1999
Best striker of Copa América: 1999
Best striker of the Champions League (Europa): 2000
The best foreign player of the Greek championship: 2006

Team trophies:

Títulos por equipe
Bandeirantes Championship: 1994
Paulista Championship: 1994, 1996
Brasileiro Championship: 1994
Stanley Rous Cup: 1995
Das Confederações Cup: 1997
Copa América: 1997, 1999
Copa del Rey: 1998
La Liga: 1998, 1999
Spanish Supercup: 1998, 2003
World cup: 2002
Champions League: 2003
Italian Cup: 2003
Mineiro Championship: 2004
Greek League: 2005, 2006, 2007
Greek Cup: 2005, 2006
Greek Supercup: 2007

Joan Gamper Cup(Espanha): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Theresa Herrera Trophy: 1997
Berlusconi Trophy: 2002

He played for Barcelona during - Seasons from 1997 to 2002 and scored 136 goals in 253 matches (3rd best of all time). He is known for his prolific left foot shot which was one of the best in the history. Some of his goals were amazing especially the bicycle kick against Valencia; then his incredible goal against Man United... there are so many nice things to say about this legend. Unfortunately his time at Barca came to an end due to the disharmony between him and the manager. However, he will be forever remembered as one of the best and talked about in the years to come.


Some of his most memorable goals:

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[barSELOna]

Still i love so much him.He is one of my favourite legend players.? will never forget his goal of against Valencia.
While he is playing we dont have enough good players.Rivaldo was scoring a goal our defence and our keepers were giving away a goal.

[Bojan]

I watched that decisive game vs. Valencia and we weren`t playing good. Somewhere after HT I was off to the city to grab a pizza and there I was, coming in a restaurant when I saw him scoring the overhead kick on the screen they had there. Magic. Will never forget it..

[M.L. King]

This was one of the few games that actually made me cry. It was incredible... I watched that goal a dozen times. Superb strike. It was the climax of his fruitful career.

[Bojan]

Look who showed up for training today

[TinaFCB]

Nice! Left forward spot solved!

[barSELOna]

I really love him .he is the best of players in the barca history

[IraqiCulé]

Sweet! I think he's wearing his old training kit as well! What a legend.

[Barca_Ray_USA]

Look who showed up for training today

He wasn`t that long in Barca but the connection he has with the club seems very strong

[VivaBarca]

Look who showed up for training today

Good on him. One of Barca's best ever players. Legend.

[VivaBarca]

Rivaldo and Messi POSSIBLY the two best South Americans to have played for the club.

[IraqiCulé]

Rivaldo was an amazing footballing machine. His physique, power, and speed made him virtually unstoppable. For a very short while it looked like Adriano had these qualities but he quickly went downhill.

[jairzinho]

Look who showed up for training today

Its glad to see Rivaldo...he is one of my favourite players of all time

[Zqa-]

Yeah, absolutely one of my favorite players of all times as well. Barca legend. I miss him a lot. We need someone like him in our squad again soon.

[Jaumet]

Yep.. Well youd think it would be about time Rivaldo was "regenerated" as a young player again.. Problem is finding him, they always change their names to make it tricky...