Vander Carioca

Vander dos Santos Ferreira (born 22 June 1976), better known as Vander Carioca, is a Brazilian retired professional futsal player who played as a forward.

Career

Considered one of the greatest pivots of all time in Brazilian futsal, Vander Carioca came to play in America youth categories. In futsal, he began his career at Wimpro/Guarulhos, and played for countless Brazilian futsal clubs, in one of the longest careers in the category. He won the Brazilian National Futsal League twice, in 2000 with Vasco da Gama and 2016 with Corinthians, in addition to a Spanish title with Playas de Castellón in 2000–01.

Carioca was also part of the Brazil futsal team squads that played in the 2000 and 2004 FIFA Futsal World Cup, being runner-up in 2000 and third place in 2004, in addition to two Copa América titles.

He retired from Corinthians in 2018, but in 2021 he returned to the court at the age of 45 to defend the recently created Magé Futsal.

Honours

Vasco da Gama Liga Nacional de Futsal: 2000

Playas de Castellón División de Honor de Futsal: 2000–01

Petrópolis Campeonato Carioca de Futsal: 2011

Joinville Campeonato Catarinense de Futsal: 2013, 2014

Corinthians Liga Nacional de Futsal: 2016

Brazil Copa América de Futsal: 1998, 1999