Hermenegildo da Costa Paulo Bartolomeu

Geraldo
Personal information
Full name Hermenegildo da Costa
Paulo Bartolomeu
Date of birth (1991-11-23) November 23, 1991
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Primeiro de Agosto
Number 11
Youth career
2009 Norberto de Castro
2009 Rio Claro
2009 Andraus
2010 Coritiba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Coritiba 68 (5)
2012Paraná Clube (loan) 18 (0)
2015 Red Bull Brasil 0 (0)
2015 Atlético-GO 8 (0)
2016– 1º de Agosto 3 (2)
National team
2010– Angola 13 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 10, 2014.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 10, 2014

Hermenegildo da Costa Paulo Bartolomeu,[2] simply known as Geraldo (born November 23, 1991),[3] is an Angolan international football midfielder who plays for Primeiro de Agosto.

Career

Early career

Born in Luanda, he started his career in 2009, defending Angolan club Norberto de Castro,[1] moving in the same year to Brazilian club Rio Claro,[1] playing in the 2009 Copa São Paulo de Juniores.[4] He joined Andraus of Curitiba after leaving Rio Claro.[4]

Coritiba

In July 2009, after being observed by head coach René Simões in a friendly game between the reserve squads of Coritiba and Andraus, he was transferred to Coritiba youth team.[1][4] He joined Coritiba's main squad in 2010,[1] playing his first Série B game on May 8, 2010, at Estádio dos Aflitos, Recife, when his club was defeated 3-1 to Náutico and he came as a substitute for Renatinho.[5] He scored his first Série B goal for Coritiba on November 20, 2010, when he scored a goal against Icasa at Romeirão stadium,[6] thus helping his team win the 2010 edition of the league.[7] Geraldo played his first Série A game on May 22, 2011, when he came up as a substitute for Lucas Mendes in the game against Atlético Goianiense, at Estádio Couto Pereira, won 1-0 by the opponent team.[8]

Paraná

Geraldo was loaned to Coritiba's fellow Curitiba-based club Paraná on July 4, 2012.[9]

National team

The player's first game for the Angolan national team was played in Houston, United States, on May 13, 2010, in his country defeat against Mexico 1-0, when he came as a substitute for Minguito.[10] He played his second game for the Angolan national team on August 11, 2010, when his country was defeated 2-0 by Uruguay at Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal.[11] Geraldo played his third game for Angola on September 4, 2010, when his country was defeated 3-0 by Uganda at Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda.[12] He played his fourth game for his country on March 26, 2011, when his country was defeated 2-1 by Kenya at Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya.[13]

Geraldo played three 2013 Africa Cup of Nations games. The first one, against Morocco on January 19,[14] the second one against South Africa on January 23,[15] and the last one on January 27, against Cape Verde, when he came out as a substitute for Gilberto.[16]

Career statistics

As of September 10, 2014
Club Season League Cup Continental State League Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Paraná (loan) 2012 18000----180
Total 180000000180
Coritiba 2010 162200000182
2011 150510000201
2012 1010000020
2013 203321000245
2014 120100022152
Total 64512310227910
Career Total 82512310229710

National team

Angola national team
YearAppsGoals
201030
201110
201220
201360
201410
Total130

Honors

Coritiba

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Coritiba Foot Ball Club". Guia 2010 Brasileirão Placar. 1342-A: 177. May 2010.
  2. "Geraldo" (in Portuguese). Coritiba. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  3. "Dados pessoais de Geraldo" (in Portuguese). ogol.com.br. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 "Talismã do Coritiba, angolano Geraldo quer título africano em 2012" (in Portuguese). Esportes iG. November 22, 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
  5. "Show do 'baixinho' na vitória do Náutico" (in Portuguese). Lance!. May 8, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  6. "Icasa fica no 2 a 2 com o coxa, que celebra o bi" (in Portuguese). Diário do Nordeste. November 21, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  7. Joge Pessoa e Silva (November 21, 2010). "Angolano Geraldo deu título ao Coritiba" (in Portuguese). A Bola. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  8. "Coritiba sofre a primeira derrota em casa na temporada" (in Portuguese). eBand. May 22, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  9. "Paraná Clube confirma a chegada do meia Geraldo" (in Portuguese). paraná-online.com. July 5, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
  10. "Gana México 1-0 a Angola con gol de Guardado" (in Spanish). La Crónica de Hoy. May 13, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  11. "Cavani, Hernandez give Uruguay 2-0 win vs Angola". USA Today. August 11, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  12. "Uganda 3-0 Angola". Soccerway. September 4, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  13. "Kenya 2-1 Angola". Soccerway. March 26, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  14. "Angola-Morocco 0-0". afcon2013online.com. January 19, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  15. "South Africa-Angola 2-0". afcon2013online.com. January 23, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  16. "Cape Verde-Angola 2-1". afcon2013online.com. January 27, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2013.

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