Clóvis Bento da Cruz

Clóvis
Personal information
Full name Clóvis Bento da Cruz
Date of birth (1970-06-25) 25 June 1970
Place of birth Barra do Garças, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
1990 América (SP)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 América (SP)
1993–1994 Guarani
1994 Benfica 1 (1)
1994–1995 Vitória de Setúbal 3 (0)
1995 Vasco da Gama 41 (20)
1995 Corinthians
1996 Santos
1996 Atlético Paranaense
1998 Grêmio
1998 Atlético Paranaense
1999–2000 Palestino
2001 Barcelona SC
2002 America (RJ)
2002–2003 Deportivo Táchira
2003 Francana
2003 Mogi Mirim
2004 Mirassol
2004 América (RN)
2004 América (SP)
2005 Caldense

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Clóvis Bento da Cruz (born 25 June 1970) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Born in Barra do Garças, Clóvis is a youth prospect of América (SP), from where he became a professional footballer, competing for club in the second level of the Campeonato Paulista.

In 1994, he joined Benfica, debuting on 20 August 1994 in a home win against S.C. Beira-Mar, scoring the second goal. He played three days later on the first leg of the 1994 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, and was released. He then joined Vitória de Setúbal in the first half of 1994–95 seson, without much success, only appearing three times.[1]

Clóvis returned to Brazil in January 1995, to play for Vasco da Gama, where he would reunite with former teammate Paulão, and future Benfica striker, Valdir. He debuted on 29 January 1995, in a 1–0 against São Cristóvão de Futebol e Regatas, scoring the only goal of the game.[2]

After a successful year in Vasco, Clóvis became a constant traveller, passing through 15 different clubs in ten years, retiring in 2005.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Nº204 - Clóvis". Vedeta ou Marreta (in Portuguese). 21 January 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  2. ↑ ""Lembra dele no Vasco?" - Clóvis" [Remember him? Clóvis]. Blog do Garone (in Portuguese). 10 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Clóvis". Já Joguei no Grêmio (in Portuguese). 21 April 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
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