Pita (footballer)

Pita

Personal information
Full name	Edvaldo Oliveira Chaves
Date of birth	(1958-08-04) 4 August 1958 (age 63)
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
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 1987 Indianapolis Team competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Edvaldo Oliveira Chaves (born 4 August 1958 in Nilópolis, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil), best known as Pita, is a former association footballer in offensive midfielder role, currently works as General Manager by Desportivo Brasil.

Career[]

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 closed career with Inter Limeira in 1994.

Titles[]

He won three São Paulo State League (1978, 1985, 1987), and one Brazilian League (1986). For Brazil national football team he got 7 international caps from 1980 and won the 1987 Pan American Games.

Club statistics[]

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National team statistics[]

Managerial statistics[]

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References[]

External links[]

• Pita at National-Football-Teams.com
• Player statistics at J.League (in Japanese)
• Manager statistics at J.League (in Japanese)