Naldo (footballer, born 1982)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ronaldo Aparecido Rodrigues | ||
| Date of birth | 10 September 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Londrina, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Schalke 04 | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| RS Futebol | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | RS Futebol | 47 | (3) |
| 2004–2005 | Juventude | 36 | (8) |
| 2005–2012 | Werder Bremen | 173 | (22) |
| 2012–2016 | VfL Wolfsburg | 125 | (16) |
| 2016– | Schalke 04 | 19 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2007–2009 | Brazil | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:50, 21 May 2017 (UTC). |
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Ronaldo Aparecido Rodrigues (born 10 September 1982), commonly known as Naldo, is a Brazilian-German footballer who plays for Schalke 04. From 2007 to 2009, he made four appearances for the Brazilian national team.
Naldo began his football career playing for RS Futebol at the youth level before playing for them professionally. After two years at RS Futebol, Naldo joined Juventude for one season, where, playing alongside Thiago Silva, he made thirty-six appearances and scored eight goals.
His talent in Brazil led to Naldo signing with Werder Bremen in the summer of 2005, to replace Valérien Ismaël who left for Bayern Munich for €3 million and shortly after was given the number four shirt. Furthermore, he was capable of playing across the back line. In the opening game of the season, Naldo made his debut in a 5–2 win over Arminia Bielefeld. His first goal came in November 2005, in a 6–1 win over Wolfsburg. After missing one match, due to injury, Naldo scored his second goal of the season, in a 4–1 win over FC Köln on 11 December 2005. In his first season, Naldo played in all but two of Bremen's Bundesliga games and in seven of their eight Champions League fixtures, along with two appearances in Champions League Qualifiers.
In the 2006–07 season, Naldo started the season well and scored his first goal in a 6–0 win over Bochum on 14 October 2006. Naldo scored a hat-trick against Eintracht Frankfurt, which ended as a 6–2 win for Werder Bremen on 9 December 2006. Naldo scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 2–0 win over Levski Sofia on 18 October 2006. The third place in the Champions League group stage secured Werder Bremen a place in the UEFA Cup. In Bremen's first game in the competition, he scored in a 3–1 first-leg win over Ajax which helped Bremen reach the next round despite losing 3–1 in the second leg. The club advanced through the knock-out stage until they were eliminated in the semi-final by Espanyol. With one game left at the end of the season, Naldo scored an own goal, which handed victory to Eintracht Frankfurt, in a 2–1 loss. Just as in his first season, Naldo played in all but two of Bremen's Bundesliga games in 2006–07 season, as well as in every European fixture. At the end of the season, Naldo extended his contract with the club until 2012.
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