Pita (footballer)

Brazilian association football player and manager

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 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

Career

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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

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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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