Our 2017-18 Supporter’s Player of the Year is back at the Sussex Transport Community Stadium via the Football League and Wembley.
A former Brazil U-20 international who hails from Curitiba and originally made his debut against Lewes in pre-season 2017. Previously of the Rooks, on loan from Whitehawk the previous campaign (2016-17) to continue a footballing odyssey that saw him arrive on these shores following a spell in Spain.
Got going at Trieste, where he was spotted by Vasco Da Gama and went on to enjoy further spells at Atletico Paranaense, Esportivo, Toledo and Rio Branco with whom he won the Campeonato Acreano in 2014. Later that year a move to Spain transpired and included time spent at Atletico Rafal and Alaro.
Leaving Woodside Road in 2019, he made national headlines with a stoppage-time equaliser in the 2021 National League Play-Off final against Hartlepool United, then saved two penalties in the ensuing shoot-out but still ended up on the losing side. However, his heroics for Torquay had caught the attention of Port Vale, where, despite being sent off on his debut he recovered to conclude the 2021-22 campaign as a winner, thanks to League Two Play-Off success at Wembley versus Mansfield Town.
A year later, he was back on the hallowed turf as a temporary term at Chesterfield saw the affable netminder suffer more promotion heartbreak when Notts County denied the Spireites Play-Off glory. Bounced back at Maidstone last season to play a key role in a run to the FA Cup fifth round and picked up Man of the Match honours in a stunning fourth round win at Premier League bound Ipswich Town.
While promotion dreams may have been shattered in the National South Play-Offs here, at the home of the Rebels, a Kent Senior Cup triumph over future employers Ebbsfleet United did, at least see him pick up a winner’s medal. After also claiming Stones’ Player’s Player of the Year gong for 2023-24, a transfer to Braintree Town saw a brief rekindling of National League football, until his short-term deal preceded a single appearance for the aforementioned ‘Fleet’ this year and a second debut in February 2025 against Salisbury.
