the brazilian striker Ricardo Oliveira, who played at a high level in Spanish and Italian football, was announced this Monday as a new player for the Sao Caetano, from the Second Division of the Paulista Championship, at 41 years of age.
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“Ricardo Oliveira is from Azulón! The second highest scorer in activity in Brazilian football, with 377 goals scored in clubs and in the national team, will now defend Sao Caetano in the Paulistao A2 Series,” the modest club celebrated on their social networks. .
The veteran goalscorer, former Valencia, Betis, Saragossa Y Milan, among other teams, played in 2021 in the Coritiba Brazilian, where he scored two goals in eighteen games.
The last time the striker was on the pitch in an official match was on February 25, 2021 against Atletico Goianense, on the last day of the 2020 Brazilian Championship, the outcome of which was delayed a few months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In that commitment, Coritiba lost 3-1, Oliveira he scored the only goal for his team, which ended up going down to Second.
Champion of Champions with Milan
In the palmares of Oliveira the champion titles of the Spanish League and the former UEFA Cup stand out, both achieved with the shirt of the Valencia, as well as a Copa del Rey that he raised with the Betis and a Champions League that he won with him Milan.
He also had a successful spell in the ‘Canarinha’, with which he was proclaimed champion of the Copa América in 2004 and, a year later, of the Confederations Cup.
He also played for several years in the United Arab Emirates with the Al-Jazeera and the Al Wasl.
Later he returned to his native country to defend Santos, Atletico Mineiro Y Coritiba, and now he will continue his extensive sports career in the humble Sao Caetano.
