Rivaldinho

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Mosca and the second or paternal family name is Ferreira.

Rivaldinho

Personal information
Full name	Rivaldo Vítor Mosca Ferreira Júnior
Date of birth	(1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Farul Constanța
Number	9
Youth career
	Mogi Mirim
2013	Corinthians
2013–2014	Mogi Mirim
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	Mogi Mirim	27	(7)
2015–2016	Boavista	1	(0)
2016	XV de Piracicaba	0	(0)
2016	Internacional	0	(0)
2016	→ Paysandu (loan)	8	(1)
2017–2018	Dinamo București	30	(5)
2018–2019	Levski Sofia	12	(1)
2019	→ Viitorul Constanța (loan)	11	(2)
2019–2020	Viitorul Constanța	28	(11)
2020–2022	Cracovia	43	(2)
2022–2023	Universitatea Craiova	23	(1)
2023–	Farul Constanța	56	(11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 January 2025

Rivaldo Vítor Mosca Ferreira Júnior (born 29 April 1995), commonly known as Rivaldinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club Farul Constanța.

Club career

Early career

After playing youth football for Mogi Mirim and Corinthians,[2] Rivaldinho began his senior career at Mogi Mirim making 47 appearances in all competitions for the club.[1]

He then moved to Portuguese club Boavista in August 2015, where he made just one league appearance (versus Moreirense) and two appearances in the domestic cups (versus Feirense and Operário).[3]

Rivaldinho joined XV de Piracicaba on 18 January 2016.[4] He appeared in 12 matches in the Campeonato Paulista for Piracicaba, scoring three goals, before departing on 12 April.[5] He was signed by Internacional on 10 May 2016,[6] but spent the end of the season on loan at Paysandu.[7]

In Romania and Bulgaria

On 7 February 2017, Rivaldinho returned to Europe, signing a 3+1⁄2-year contract with Romanian team Dinamo București.[8][9]

He scored his first goal for the club on 5 April, in a 2–0 league win against CFR Cluj.[10] On 27 July 2017, in a Europa League qualifying game against Athletic Bilbao, Rivaldinho scored from a "terrific" long–range effort to earn Dinamo a 1–1 draw against the Spanish team.[11][12]

On 27 January 2018, Rivaldinho signed a 2+1⁄2-year contract with Bulgarian club Levski Sofia.[13] He was on one of the club's largest salaries, but suffered from injuries.[14]

In January 2019 he returned to Romania joining Viitorul Constanța on loan.[15] He signed permanently for the club in July 2019.[16]

Poland

In August 2020, he signed for Polish club Cracovia.[17] On 20 July 2022, he left the club by mutual consent.[18]

Return to Romania

On 26 July 2022, Universitatea Craiova announced the signing of Rivaldinho on a two-year contract.[19] In May 2023 he moved to Farul Constanța.[20]

Personal life

Rivaldinho is the son of Rose Mosca,[21] and former Brazil and FC Barcelona player, Rivaldo.[22] Both he and his father scored in the same Brazilian Série B game for Mogi Mirim in July 2015.[23]

Career statistics

As of 20 January 2025.[1]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other[a]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mogi Mirim	2014	Série C	12	1	—		—		9	2	21	3
	2015	Série B	15	6	—		—		11	2	26	8
	Total		27	7	—		—		20	4	47	11
Boavista	2015–16	Primeira Liga	1	0	1	0	1	0	—		3	0
XV de Piracicaba	2016	Paulista	—		—		—		12	3	12	3
Paysandu (loan)	2016	Série B	8	1	0	0	—		0	0	8	1
Dinamo București	2016–17	Liga I	11	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	14	2
	2017–18	Liga I	19	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	22	4
	Total		30	5	2	0	2	0	2	1	36	6
Levski Sofia	2017–18	First League	8	1	0	0	—		0	0	8	1
	2018–19	First League	4	0	1	0	—		0	0	5	0
	Total		12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	1
Viitorul Constanța (loan)	2018–19	Liga I	11	2	4	2	—		0	0	15	4
Viitorul Constanța	2019–20	Liga I	28	11	0	0	—		0	0	28	11
Cracovia	2020–21	Ekstraklasa	24	1	5	1	—		2	0	31	2
	2021–22	Ekstraklasa	19	1	1	0	—		0	0	20	1
	Total		43	2	6	1	—		2	0	51	3
Cracovia II	2021–22	III liga	3	1	—	—	—		—	—	3	1
Universitatea Craiova	2022–23	Liga I	23	1	2	0	—		2	0	27	1
Farul Constanța	2023–24	Liga I	35	6	2	0	—		9[b]	2	46	8
	2024–25	Liga I	21	5	2	1	—		—		23	6
	Total		56	11	4	1	—		9	2	69	14
Career total			242	42	20	4	3	0	47	10	312	56

1. Includes the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Polish Super Cup and Campeonato Paulista
2. One appearance in Supercupa României, two appearances in UEFA Champions League qualifying, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Conference League qualifying

Honours

Dinamo București

• Cupa Ligii: 2016–17[1]

Levski Sofia

• Bulgarian Cup runner-up: 2017–18[1]

Viitorul Constanța

• Cupa României: 2018–19[1]

Cracovia

• Polish Super Cup: 2020[24]

Farul Constanța

• Supercupa României runner-up: 2023[1]

References

1. Rivaldinho at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
2. "Rivaldo's son Rivaldinho signs for Corinthians". Sambafoot. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
3. "Boavista contratou Rivaldinho, filho do `Bola de Ouro` Rivaldo" [Boavista sign Rivaldinho, the son of Ballon d'Or winner Rivaldo] (in Portuguese). RTP Notícias. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
4. "Rivaldinho é apresentado e mostra alegria ao vestir a camisa do XV de Piracicaba" [Rivaldinho presented at XV de Piracicaba, happy to wear the club's shirt] (in Portuguese). XV de Piracicaba. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
5. "XV inicia conversas com grandes clubes visando a disputa da Copa Paulista" (in Portuguese). XV de Piracicaba. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
6. "Internacional acerta contratação de filho de Rivaldo para o time B" [Internacional agrees to sign the son of Rivaldo for their reserve team] (in Portuguese). Universo Online. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
7. "Filho de Rivaldo, Rivaldinho é emprestado pelo Inter ao Paysandu" [The son of Rivaldo, Rivaldinho is loaned by Inter to Paysandu] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
8. "OFICIAL. RIVALDINHO la Dinamo" [OFFICIAL. RIVALDINHO to Dinamo] (in Romanian). FC Dinamo București. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
9. "Rivaldinho a semnat cu Dinamo. Va purta numărul "9"" [Rivaldinho signed with Dinamo. He will wear the number 9] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
10. "Rivaldo la București! După primul gol la Dinamo, Rivaldinho dezvăluie promisiunea făcută de tatăl său" [Rivaldo at Bucharest! After his first goal for Dinamo, Rivaldinho reveals the promise made by his father]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 5 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
11. "Dinamo - Athletic Bilbao 1-1". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 27 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
12. "Match summary: Dinamo București 1-1 Athletic". UEFA.com. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
13. "Ривалдиньо подписа с ЛЕВСКИ за две години и половина" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 27 January 2017.
14. "Левски се разделя и с Ривалдиньо". Gol.
15. "NEWS ALERT - Rivaldinho a revenit în Liga I. Cu ce echipă care se bate la titlu a semnat atacantul: "Vrem să fim competitivi"". Telekomsport.ro.
16. "Bine ai revenit, Riva !". www.fcviitorul.ro.
17. Media, Wirtualna Polska (12 August 2020). "Transfery. PKO Ekstraklasa. Cracovia pozyskała Rivaldinho - WP SportoweFakty". sportowefakty.wp.pl.
18. "Rivaldinho opuszcza Cracovię" (in Polish). Cracovia. 20 July 2022.
19. "OFICIAL Bem-vindo, Rivaldinho!" (in Romanian). Universitatea Craiova. 26 July 2022.
20. "Bine-ati-venit-riva-si-carnat" (in Romanian). Farul. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
21. "Rivaldinho homenageia mãe falecida às vésperas de acesso e exalta o pai" [Rivaldinho honors deceased mother on the eve of promotion and praises father]. globoesporte.com. 26 October 2014.
22. "Grávida, morre ex-mulher de Rivaldo Vitor Ferreira" [Pregnant ex-wife of Rivaldo Vitor Ferreira dies]. opopularmm.com.br. 15 October 2014.
23. "Rivaldo: World Cup winner and son score in same Brazilian match". BBC Sport. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
24. "Superpuchar 2020 - Finał". 90minut.pl. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2023.

External links

• Rivaldinho at LevskiSofia.info
• Rivaldinho at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Rivaldinho at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)