Evandro Roncatto

Evandro Roncatto (born 24 May 1986 in Campinas, São Paulo) is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a forward and current sporting director of Oliveira do Hospital.

Earlier, he played for Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta FC and Beroe Stara Zagora in Bulgaria. Roncatto is of Italian descent, and has played for Portuguese clubs like Paços de Ferreira and Belenenses.

Roncatto is a former Brazilian youth international.

Club career Roncatto started his career in his home country, Brazil. He started at Guarani, where he grew out to be a Brazilian U-17 player. He was signed by Sport Club do Recife in 2006, and made his way to Europe in 2007, to play for Os Belenenses in Portugal. Here, he struggled with the high expectations of being a prominent youth international, and was finally signed by Paços de Ferreira, where he never really impressed. Roncatto joined Ermis Aradippou in 2010. Then in the following year he moved to Anorthosis Famagusta. Roncatto played in the A PFG as part of the Beroe Stara Zagora team between 30 July and late November 2013, mostly featuring as a substitute.

International career During 2003, he won the FIFA U-17 World Championship with Brazil and was also a runner-up in the South American U-17 Championship.

Later career In 2021, after ending his career, Roncatto worked as a sporting director at Pinhalnovense.

In 2023, Roncatto joined Oliveira do Hospital as a sporting director.

Honours

National team

Brazil U17 FIFA U-17 World Cup: Champion: 2003 South American Under-17 Football Championship : Runner-up: 2003