Rivaldo

**Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira** (born 19 April 1972), simply known as **Rivaldo**, is a former Brazilian football player, as an attacking midfielder. He could also be a second striker, and sometimes a wide midfielder or as a winger.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|State league|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Santa Cruz|1991|rowspan="2"|Série B|—|—|—|18|8|—|18|8||||
|1992|9|1|—|—|—|—|9|1||||||||
|Mogi Mirim|1992|—|—|—|—|27|9|4|4|31|13|||||
|rowspan="3"|Corinthians|1993|rowspan="2"|Série A|8|2|—|—|14|9|—|22|11|||
|1994|—|1|0|—|—|1|1|2|1|||||||
|rowspan="4"|Palmeiras|1994|rowspan="3"|Série A|29|14|—|—|—|—|29|14||||
|1995|1|0|—|9|5|24|19|—|34|24||||||
|1996|—|2|0|—|32|22|—|34|22|||||||
|Deportivo La Coruña||La Liga|41|21|5|1|—|—|—|46|22|||||
|rowspan="6"|Barcelona|1997–98|rowspan="5"|La Liga|34|19|7|8|6|0|—|4|1|51|28|
|1998–99|37|24|3|2|6|3|—|2|0|48|28|||||
|1999–2000|31|12|5|1|14|10|—|—|50|23||||||
|2000–01|35|23|5|2|13|11|—|—|53|36||||||
|2001–02|20|8|—|13|6|—|—|33|14|||||||
|rowspan="3"|Milan|2002–03|rowspan="2"|Serie A|22|5|3|1|13|2|—|—|38|8||
|2003–04|—|—|1|0|—|1|0|2|0|||||||
|Cruzeiro|2004|Série A|—|—|3|0|7|2|—|10|2|||||
|rowspan="4"|Olympiacos|2004–05|rowspan="3"|Super League Greece|23|12|2|2|9|1|—|—|34|15||
|2005–06|22|7|2|2|6|2|—|—|30|11||||||
|2006–07|25|17|—|6|0|—|—|31|17|||||||
|rowspan="3"|AEK Athens|2007–08|rowspan="2"|Super League Greece|35|12|—|8|3|—|—|43|15|||
|2008–09|—|—|1|0|—|—|1|0||||||||
|rowspan="4"|Bunyodkor|2008|rowspan="3"|Uzbek League|12|7|1|0|4|2|—|—|17|9||
|2009|30|20|1|1|9|1|—|—|40|22||||||
|2010|11|6|3|3|5|2|—|—|19|11||||||
|São Paulo|2011|Série A|30|5|4|0|3|1|9|1|—|46|7|||
|Kabuscorp|2012|Girabola|21|11|—|—|—|—|21|11||||||
|São Caetano|2013|Série B|7|0|2|0|—|10|2|—|19|2||||
|rowspan="3"|Mogi Mirim|2014|Série C|4|0|—|—|4|0|—|8|0||||
|2015|Série B|4|1|—|—|—|—|4|1|||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="11"|Brazil|1993|1|1|
|1994|1|0|||
|1995|5|1|||
|1996|2|2|||
|1997|4|1|||
|1998|12|5|||
|1999|13|8|||
|2000|11|8|||
|2001|8|3|||
|2002|10|5|||
|2003|7|1|||

- _Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rivaldo goal._

## Honours

**Palmeiras**
- Brazilian Série A: 1994
- Campeonato Paulista:  1996

**Barcelona**
- La Liga: 1997–98, 1998–99
- Copa del Rey: 1997–98
- UEFA Super Cup: 1997

**Milan**
- Coppa Italia: 2002–03
- UEFA Champions League: 2002–03
- UEFA Super Cup: 2003

**Cruzeiro**
- Campeonato Mineiro: 2004

**Olympiacos**
- Alpha Ethniki/Super League Greece: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
- Greek Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06

**Bunyodkor**
- Uzbek League: 2008, 2009, 2010
- Uzbekistan Cup: 2008, 2010

**Brazil U23**
- Summer Olympics Bronze Medalist: 1996

**Brazil**
- FIFA World Cup: 2002; runner-up: 1998
- Copa América: 1999
- Confederations Cup: 1997
- Umbro Cup: 1995

**Individual**
- Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame
- Brazilian Bola de Prata (2): 1993, 1994
- La Liga Best Foreign Player: 1997–98
- La Liga top assist provider: 2000–01
- Copa del Rey Top scorer: 1997–98
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team (2): 1998, 2002
- ESM Team of the Year (2): 1998–99, 1999–2000
- World Soccer Player of the Year: 1999
- Onze d'Or: 1999
- Ballon d'Or: 1999
- FIFA World Player of the Year: 1999
- Copa América Golden Boot: 1999
- Copa América Golden Ball: 1999
- Trofeo EFE: 1999
- UEFA Champions League Top scorer: 1999–2000
- IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer: 2000
- FIFA World Player of the Year: Bronze award 2000
- FIFA World Cup Silver Shoe: 2002
- FIFA XI: 2002
- FIFA 100
- Alpha Ethniki Best Foreign Player (2): 2006, 2007
- Alpha Ethniki top assist provider: 2008
- Uzbek League Top scorer: 2009
- Uzbek League top assist provider: 2009

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Rivaldo
- **image**: Rivaldo_bunyodkor_2010.jpg
- **image size**: 250px
- **caption**: Rivaldo with FC Bunyodkor, Bunyodkor in 2010
- **fullname**: Rivaldo Víctor Borba Ferreira
- **birth place**: Recife, Brazil
- **height**: 1.86 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward, Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder
- **currentclub**: FC Farul Constanța, Farul Constanța
(minority shareholder)
- **youthyears1**: 1989–1990
- **youthclubs1**: Paulistano Futebol Clube, Paulistano
- **youthyears2**: 1991–1992
- **youthclubs2**: Santa Cruz Futebol Clube, Santa Cruz
- **years1**: 1991–1992
- **clubs1**: Santa Cruz Futebol Clube, Santa Cruz
- **caps1**: 9
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 1992–1994
- **clubs2**: Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube, Mogi Mirim
- **caps2**: 0
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 1993–1994
- **clubs3**: → Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians (loan)
- **caps3**: 8
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 1994–1996
- **clubs4**: Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Palmeiras
- **caps4**: 30
- **goals4**: 14
- **years5**: 1996–1997
- **clubs5**: Deportivo de La Coruña, Deportivo La Coruña
- **caps5**: 41
- **goals5**: 21
- **years6**: 1997–2002
- **clubs6**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **caps6**: 157
- **goals6**: 86
- **years7**: 2002–2003
- **clubs7**: AC Milan, Milan
- **caps7**: 22
- **goals7**: 5
- **years8**: 2004
- **clubs8**: Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, Cruzeiro
- **caps8**: 11
- **goals8**: 2
- **years9**: 2004–2007
- **clubs9**: Olympiacos F.C., Olympiacos
- **caps9**: 70
- **goals9**: 36
- **years10**: 2007–2008
- **clubs10**: AEK Athens FC, AEK Athens
- **caps10**: 35
- **goals10**: 12
- **years11**: 2008–2011
- **clubs11**: FC Bunyodkor, Bunyodkor
- **caps11**: 53
- **goals11**: 33
- **years12**: 2011
- **clubs12**: → São Paulo FC, São Paulo (loan)
- **caps12**: 30
- **goals12**: 5
- **years13**: 2012
- **clubs13**: Kabuscorp S.C.P., Kabuscorp
- **caps13**: 21
- **goals13**: 11
- **years14**: 2013
- **clubs14**: Associação Desportiva São Caetano, São Caetano
- **caps14**: 7
- **goals14**: 0
- **years15**: 2014–2015
- **clubs15**: Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube, Mogi Mirim
- **caps15**: 8
- **goals15**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 481
- **totalgoals**: 227
- **nationalyears1**: 1992–1993
- **nationalyears2**: 1996
- **nationalyears3**: 1993–2003
- **nationalteam1**: Brazil national under-20 football team, Brazil U20
- **nationalteam2**: Brazil national under-23 football team, Brazil Olympic (List of overage players in Olympic football, O.P.)
- **nationalteam3**: Brazil national football team, Brazil
- **nationalcaps1**: 9
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalcaps2**: 7
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalcaps3**: 74
- **nationalgoals3**: 35