Rivaldo
Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira
Brazilian association football player (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Born
- 19 April 1972
- Position
- Midfielder
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1989–2015
Clubs Paulista Futebol Clube · Santa Cruz Futebol Clube · Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube · S.C. Corinthians Paulista · Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras · Deportivo de A Coruña · FC Barcelona · AC Milan · Olympiacos F.C. · Cruzeiro E.C. · AEK Athens F.C. · F.C. Bunyodkor · São Paulo FC · Kabuscorp S.C. · Associação Desportiva São Caetano
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
595
Club league goals
260
International caps
74
International goals
35
League goals / match
0.44
International goals / cap
0.47
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulista Futebol ClubeClub | 1989–1990 | League | 48 | 7 |
| Santa Cruz Futebol ClubeClub | 1991–1992 | League | 14 | 6 |
| Mogi Mirim Esporte ClubeClub | 1992–2015 | League | 39 | 10 |
| Brazil men's national football teamNational team | 1993–2003 | Full caps | 74 | 35 |
| S.C. Corinthians PaulistaClub | 1993–1994 | League | 19 | 11 |
| Sociedade Esportiva PalmeirasClub | 1994–1996 | League | 45 | 21 |
| Deportivo de A CoruñaClub | 1996–1997 | League | 41 | 21 |
| FC BarcelonaClub | 1997–2002 | League | 157 | 86 |
| AC MilanClub | 2002–2003 | League | 22 | 5 |
| Cruzeiro E.C.Club | 2004 | League | 0 | 0 |
| Olympiacos F.C.Club | 2004–2007 | League | 70 | 36 |
| AEK Athens F.C.Club | 2007–2008 | League | 29 | 8 |
| F.C. BunyodkorClub | 2008–2010 | League | 53 | 33 |
| São Paulo FCClub | 2011 | League | 30 | 5 |
| Kabuscorp S.C.Club | 2012 | League | 21 | 11 |
| Associação Desportiva São CaetanoClub | 2013 | League | 7 | 0 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×2
La Liga
Domestic
- 1997–98 · FC Barcelona
- 1998–99 · FC Barcelona
- ×1
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Domestic
- 1994 · Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
- ×1
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 2002–03 · AC Milan
- ×1
FIFA World Cup
International
- 2002 · Brazil men's national football team
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
- ×1
Ballon d'Or
Individual award · France Football
- 1999
- ×1
FIFA World Player of the Year
Individual award · FIFA
- 1999
Career timeline
1989
- Joins Paulista Futebol Clube — Until 1990
1991
- Joins Santa Cruz Futebol Clube — Until 1992
1992
- Joins Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube — Until 1994
1993
- Senior international debut: Brazil men's national football team — Until 2003
- Joins S.C. Corinthians Paulista (loan) — Until 1994
1994
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A winner — 1994 · Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras(provisional)
- Joins Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras — Until 1996
1996
- Joins Deportivo de A Coruña — Until 1997
1997
- Joins FC Barcelona — Until 2002
1998
- La Liga winner — 1997–98 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
1999
- Ballon d'Or — 1999(provisional)
- FIFA World Player of the Year — 1999(provisional)
- La Liga winner — 1998–99 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
2002
- FIFA World Cup winner — 2002 · Brazil men's national football team
- Joins AC Milan — Until 2003
2003
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 2002–03 · AC Milan(provisional)
2004
- Joins Cruzeiro E.C. — Until 2004
- Joins Olympiacos F.C. — Until 2007
2007
- Joins AEK Athens F.C. — Until 2008
2008
- Joins F.C. Bunyodkor — Until 2010
2011
- Joins São Paulo FC (loan) — Until 2011
2012
- Joins Kabuscorp S.C. — Until 2012
2013
- Joins Associação Desportiva São Caetano — Until 2013
2014
- Joins Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube — Until 2015
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
54.2
Rank #35
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 13% of inputs directly sourced · 1 duplicate honor record merged
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence46.1+13.84 points
- Best window
- 1999–2003
- Individual award points in window
- 12
- Award availability in window
- 0.94
- Team honor points in window
- 23
- Peak index
- 24.27
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence84.9+21.24 points
- League goals per match
- 0.437 → 87.77
- International goals per cap
- 0.473 → 97.3
- International caps per year
- 6.73 → 81.36
Individual accoladesFull evidence22.8+4.56 points
- Contemporary award points
- 12
- Award availability coverage
- 0.922
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 13.02
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
- Ballon d'Or (1999)
- 12
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence50.6+7.59 points
- Team honor points
- 28
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.741
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (2002–03)
- 8
- FIFA World Cup (2002)
- 12
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (1994)
- 2
- La Liga (1997–98)
- 3
- La Liga (1998–99)
- 3
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence69.5+6.95 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 27 → 100
- Documented elite seasons
- 5 → 45
- International career length (years)
- 11 → 71
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Rivaldo (Q483577)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Rivaldo bunyodkor 2010.jpgCC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026