Valdir Cardoso

Valdir

Personal information
Full name	Hugo Valdir Romão Cardoso
Date of birth	(1984-01-01) 1 January 1984
Place of birth	Olhão, Portugal
Height
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
1991–1998	Olhanense
1998–2002	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2006	Sporting B	43	(0)
2004–2005	→ Ovarense (loan)	27	(1)
2005–2006	→ Estrela Amadora (loan)	8	(0)
2006–2007	Naval	1	(0)
2007–2008	Paços Ferreira	5	(0)
2009	Standard Liège	0	(0)
2009–2011	Rio Ave	1	(0)
2012–2013	Libolo
Total		85	(1)
International career
2004–2005	Portugal U21	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hugo Valdir Romão Cardoso (born 1 January 1984), known as Valdir, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a left back.

Football career

Born in Olhão, Algarve, Valdir finished his formation with Sporting Clube de Portugal, but could only appear as a senior for its B-team. After two loans, at A.D. Ovarense and C.F. Estrela da Amadora, making his Primeira Liga debuts with the latter, he was released in June 2006.

Subsequently Valdir represented Associação Naval 1º de Maio, F.C. Paços de Ferreira and Rio Ave F.C. in his country, always being second or third-choice in his position. He spent the second part of the 2008–09 campaign abroad, with Standard Liège, meeting the same fate – no appearances whatsoever.

In the 2009 summer Valdir joined top division club Rio Ave FC, only appearing once for the Vila do Conde side in official games in two seasons combined (74 minutes in a 1–5 home loss against S.C. Olhanense on 28 March 2010).

External links

• Valdir Cardoso at footballzz.co.uk
• Valdir Cardoso profile at ForaDeJogo