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 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position 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)
National team
2004–2005 Portugal U21 9 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


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).

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