Edvaldo Oliveira Chaves

Edvaldo Oliveira Chaves (born 4 August 1958 in Nilópolis, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil), best known as Pita, is a former association footballer in offensive midfielder role, currently works as General Manager by Desportivo Brasil.

Career In career he played for clubs Santos FC (1978–1984), São Paulo (1985–1988), RC Strasbourg in France (1988–1989), Guarani (1989–1990), in Japan Japan Soccer League, Japan Football League and J1 League with Fujita Industries and Nagoya Grampus Eight (1990–1993), and closed career with Inter Limeira in 1994.

Titles He won three São Paulo State League (1978, 1985, 1987), and one Brazilian League (1986). For Brazil national football team he got 7 international caps from 1980 and won the 1987 Pan American Games. As manager, he also won the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior for São Paulo in 2000.

Club statistics

Club performance League Season Club League Apps Goals Brazil League 1977 Santos Série A 3 1 1978 13 3 1979 0 0 1980 Série A 18 1 1981 4 1 1982 15 3 1983 24 4 1984 17 3 1985 São Paulo Série A 20 4 1986 30 5 1987 14 2 1988 0 0 France League 1988/89 Strasbourg Division 1 20 6 Brazil League 1989 Guarani Série A 15 0 1990 Série B 0 0 Japan League 1991/92 Fujita Industries JSL Division 2 27 12 1992 Football League 15 4 1993 Nagoya Grampus Eight J1 League 8 2 Country Brazil 173 27 France 20 6 Japan 50 16 Total 243 49

National team statistics Brazil national team Year Apps Goals 1980 2 0 1981 1 0 1982 0 0 1983 2 0 1984 0 0 1985 0 0 1986 0 0 1987 2 0 Total 7 0

Managerial statistics