# Nivaldo (footballer, born June 1988)

Nivaldo Rodrigues Ferreira (born 22 June 1988), known as Nivaldo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for English club City of Liverpool.

## Career
### Early career

On 16 August 2012, Nivaldo played on trial for FC Ufa reserve team. In July 2013, Nivaldo joined Sibir Novosibirsk, going on to make his debut for them in the Russian Football League against FC Ufa. On 14 August 2014, Nivaldo signed for Luch-Energiya Vladivostok. On 25 August 2016, Nivaldo signed a one-year contract with Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. Nivaldo was released by Yenisey on 31 January 2017.

### Lokomotiv Tashkent

On 1 February 2018, Nivaldo signed on loan for Lokomotiv Tashkent until 30 June 2018.

### SC Chaika

In summer 2021 he moved to SC Chaika, in Ukrainian Second League and on 14 July 2021 he scored two goals for SC Chaika in the friendly match against FC Chernihiv in Plysky ended 3-0. On 25 July he made his debut with the new team in the 2021-22 Ukrainian Second League season against Bukovyna Chernivtsi. On 18 August he made his debut in the 2021–22 Ukrainian Cup against FC Chernihiv.

### Radcliffe

On 12 August 2022 he moved to English club Radcliffe of the Northern Premier League. He would make nine appearances for the club including scoring a winning goal against FC United.

#### Bootle (loan)

In October 2022, Nivaldo signed for Bootle on loan.

### City of Liverpool

On 23 August 2023, Northern Premier League Division One West team City of Liverpool, announced the signing of Nivaldo.

## Personal life

Nivaldo is married to Ukrainian Tennis player Anna Karavayeva, with whom he has three children.
Nivaldo was living outside of Kyiv during the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. As soon as they could hear bombing in the morning of 24 February Nivaldo and his wife loaded their family car and drove three days straight to Poland. After two months of waiting, the family was approved to move to the United Kingdom through the Ukraine Family Scheme.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 3 March 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Alecrim | 2010 | Série C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 |
| Atyrau | 2011 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 29 | 1 |
| Atyrau | 2012 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 |
| Atyrau | Total | Total | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 34 | 1 |
| Sibir Novosibirsk | 2013–14 | Russian National League | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 23 | 2 |
| Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 2014–15 | Russian National League | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 2 |
| Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 2015–16 | Russian National League | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 27 | 6 |
| Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 2016–17 | Russian National League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0 |
| Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | Total | Total | 59 | 8 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 61 | 8 |
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 2016–17 | Russian National League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0 |
| Gomel | 2017 | Belarusian Premier League | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 5 |
| Dinamo Brest | 2017 | Belarusian Premier League | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 16 | 2 |
| Dinamo Brest | 2018 | Belarusian Premier League | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 12 | 2 |
| Dinamo Brest | Total | Total | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 28 | 4 |
| Lokomotiv Tashkent (loan) | 2018 | Uzbekistan Super League | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 13 | 3 |
| Gomel | 2019 | Belarusian Premier League | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 29 | 4 |
| Gudja United | 2019–20 | Maltese Premier League | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 |
| Belshina Bobruisk | 2020 | Belarusian Premier League | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 1 |
| Isloch Minsk | 2020 | Belarusian Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| SC Chaika | 2021–22 | Ukrainian Second League | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Radcliffe | 2022–23 | English Northern Premier League | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bootle (Loan) | 2022–23 | English Northern Premier League | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 263 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 253 | 29 |

## Honours
### Dinamo Brest

* Belarusian Cup: 2017–18
* Belarusian Super Cup: 2018