Geraldo (footballer, born 1991)

Hermenegildo da Costa Paulo Bartolomeu,[2] simply known as Geraldo (born 23 November 1991),[3] is an Angolan international football midfielder.

Geraldo
Personal information
Full name Hermenegildo da Costa
Paulo Bartolomeu
Date of birth (1991-11-23) 23 November 1991
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Al Ahly
Number 29
Youth career
2009 Norberto de Castro
2009 Rio Claro
2009 Andraus
2010 Coritiba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Coritiba 68 (5)
2012 → Paraná Clube (loan) 18 (0)
2015 Red Bull Brasil 0 (0)
2015 Atlético-GO 15 (1)
2016–2019 1º de Agosto 56 (19)
2019– Al Ahly 21 (3)
National team‡
2010– Angola 25 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 June 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2019

Career

Early career

Born in Luanda, he started his career in 2009, defending Angolan club Norberto de Castro,[1] moving in the same year to Brazilian club Rio Claro,[1] playing in the 2009 Copa São Paulo de Juniores.[4] He joined Andraus of Curitiba after leaving Rio Claro.[4]

Coritiba

In July 2009, after being observed by head coach René Simões in a friendly game between the reserve squads of Coritiba and Andraus, he was transferred to Coritiba youth team.[1][4] He joined Coritiba's main squad in 2010,[1] playing his first Série B game on 8 May 2010, at Estádio dos Aflitos, Recife, when his club was defeated 3–1 to Náutico and he came as a substitute for Renatinho.[5] He scored his first Série B goal for Coritiba on 20 November 2010, when he scored a goal against Icasa at Romeirão stadium,[6] thus helping his team win the 2010 edition of the league.[7] Geraldo played his first Série A game on 22 May 2011, when he came up as a substitute for Lucas Mendes in the game against Atlético Goianiense, at Estádio Couto Pereira, won 1–0 by the opponent team.[8]

Paraná

Geraldo was loaned to Coritiba's fellow Curitiba-based club Paraná on 4 July 2012.[9]

D'Agosto

Geraldo played 3 seasons for Primeiro de Agosto. Whereas in the first season he may have been overshadowed by the likes of Gelson and Ary Papel, after they moved overseas, he undisputably became the club's biggest asset, finishing all three seasons and the beginning of the 2018–19 with 31 goals, winning 3 league titles and one super cup.

Al Ahly

In the aftermath of D'Agosto's performance in 2018 where they reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, he signed with Egyptian side Al Ahly SC.[10] He appeared several times on different occasions with Al Ahly in which he surprised, yet he never had a regular basises game time.

International career

Geraldo's first game for the Angolan national team was played in Houston, United States, on 13 May 2010, in his country's defeat against Mexico 1–0, when he came as a substitute for Minguito.[11] He played his second game for the Angolan national team on 11 August 2010, when his country was defeated 2–0 by Uruguay at Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal.[12] Geraldo played his third game for Angola on 4 September 2010, when his country was defeated 3–0 by Uganda at Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda.[13] He played his fourth game for his country on 26 March 2011, when his country was defeated 2–1 by Kenya at Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya.[14]

Geraldo played three 2013 Africa Cup of Nations games. The first one, against Morocco on 19 January[15] the second one against South Africa on 23 January[16] and the last one on 27 January against Cape Verde, when he came out as a substitute for Gilberto.[17]

Career statistics

National team
Angola national team
YearAppsGoals
201030
201110
201250
201360
201410
201500
201600
201711
201830
201951
Total252

International goals
Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first.[18]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.23 July 2017Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola Mauritius2–13–22018 African Nations Championship qualification
2.10 September 2019Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola Gambia1–02–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honors
Coritiba
Al Ahly

References
  1. "Coritiba Foot Ball Club". Guia 2010 Brasileirão Placar. 1342-A: 177. May 2010.
  2. "Geraldo" (in Portuguese). Coritiba. Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  3. "Dados pessoais de Geraldo" (in Portuguese). ogol.com.br. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  4. "Talismã do Coritiba, angolano Geraldo quer título africano em 2012" (in Portuguese). Esportes iG. November 22, 2010. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
  5. "Show do 'baixinho' na vitória do Náutico" (in Portuguese). Lance!. May 8, 2010. Archived from the original on May 12, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  6. "Icasa fica no 2 a 2 com o coxa, que celebra o bi" (in Portuguese). Diário do Nordeste. November 21, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  7. Joge Pessoa e Silva (November 21, 2010). "Angolano Geraldo deu título ao Coritiba" (in Portuguese). A Bola. Archived from the original on September 26, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  8. "Coritiba sofre a primeira derrota em casa na temporada" (in Portuguese). eBand. May 22, 2011. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  9. "Paraná Clube confirma a chegada do meia Geraldo" (in Portuguese). paraná-online.com. July 5, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
  10. "D´Agosto vende o Passe de Geraldo ao Vice Campeão de África" (in Portuguese). primeiroagosto.com. December 15, 2018.
  11. "Gana México 1–0 a Angola con gol de Guardado" (in Spanish). La Crónica de Hoy. May 13, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  12. "Cavani, Hernandez give Uruguay 2–0 win vs Angola". USA Today. August 11, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  13. "Uganda 3–0 Angola". Soccerway. September 4, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  14. "Kenya 2–1 Angola". Soccerway. March 26, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  15. "Angola-Morocco 0–0". afcon2013online.com. January 19, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  16. "South Africa-Angola 2–0". afcon2013online.com. January 23, 2013. Archived from the original on January 28, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  17. "Cape Verde-Angola 2–1". afcon2013online.com. January 27, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  18. "Geraldo". National Football Teams. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  • Geraldo at National-Football-Teams.com
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