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Vander Carioca

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Vander Carioca
Personal information
Full name Vander dos Santos Ferreira
Date of birth (1976-06-22) 22 June 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
America-RJ
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995 Wimpro/Guarulhos
1996 General Motors/Jambeiro
1997 Atlético Mineiro
1998 Flamengo
2000–2001 Vasco da Gama
2001–2003 Playas de Castellón
2003–2004 Martorell
2005 Arzignano
2005–2008 Norilsk Nickel
2009 Tyumen
2010–2011 Petrópolis EC
2012–2014 Joinville
2015 Vasco da Gama
2016–2018 Corinthians
2021 Magé Futsal
International career
1998–2004 Brazil 16 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 September 2024

Vander dos Santos Ferreira (born 22 June 1976), better known as Vander Carioca, is a Brazilian retired professional futsal player who played as a forward.

Career

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Considered one of the greatest pivots of all time in Brazilian futsal, Vander Carioca came to play in America youth categories. In futsal, he began his career at Wimpro/Guarulhos, and played for countless Brazilian futsal clubs, in one of the longest careers in the category. He won the Brazilian National Futsal League twice, in 2000 with Vasco da Gama and 2016 with Corinthians, in addition to a Spanish title with Playas de Castellón in 2000–01.

Carioca was also part of the Brazil futsal team squads that played in the 2000 and 2004 FIFA Futsal World Cup, being runner-up in 2000 and third place in 2004, in addition to two Copa América titles.

He retired from Corinthians in 2018, but in 2021 he returned to the court at the age of 45 to defend the recently created Magé Futsal.[1][2][3]

Honours

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Vasco da Gama
Playas de Castellón
Petrópolis
  • Campeonato Carioca de Futsal: 2011
Joinville
  • Campeonato Catarinense de Futsal: 2013, 2014
Corinthians
Brazil

References

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  1. ^ "Vander Carioca se aposenta aos 42 anos, mas seguirá no Corinthians". ESPN Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Vander Carioca acerta retorno ao futsal aos 44 anos". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 19 May 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  3. ^ "De volta às quadras aos 45 anos, Vander Carioca relembra tempos de Petrópolis: "clube maravilhoso"". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 6 July 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
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