Deivid de Souza

Deivid

Personal information
Full name	Deivid de Souza
Date of birth	October 22, 1979 (1979-10-22) (age 32)
Place of birth	Nova Iguaçu, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Flamengo
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–1999	Nova Iguaçu	0	(0)
1999	Joinville	28	(21)
1999–2001	Santos	129	(66)
2001–2003	Corinthians	52	(16)
2003	Cruzeiro	20	(15)
2003–2005	Bordeaux	23	(3)
2004–2005	→ Santos (loan)	48	(26)
2005–2006	Sporting Lisbon	26	(8)
2006–2010	Fenerbahçe[1]	94	(23)
2010–	Flamengo	46	(19)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 12, 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Deivid de Souza, commonly known as Deivid (born October 22, 1979 in Nova Iguaçu), is a Brazilian football striker who plays for Flamengo.^[2]

Club career

Early career

He was transferred from Santos, where he was paired with Robinho, at the beginning of the 2005–2006 to Sporting Lisbon for a sum of €3.5 million. This was the second time that he tried his hand in Europe after a short spell in France ended roughly a year prior.

Fenerbahçe

Deivid was transferred to Fenerbahçe SK in August 2006 for a sum of €4.5 million.^[3] He scored the 2nd goal in the 88th minute against Trabzonspor on 13 May 2007 and helped Fenerbahçe win the Turkish Super League Championship after the game finishing 2–2 crowned them champions.^[4] However, he has not satisfied the supporters of the club yet and only performed well in a couple of matches in the last year. Football circles were sure that his contract would be terminated by the club due to his poor performance.^[5]

Deivid proved them wrong by becoming the star of the preseason training camp and by scoring an important goal against Beşiktaş J.K. in the Turkish Super Cup final ^[6] and by scoring the decisive goal against Internazionale in the first match of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League in the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium on 19 September 2007.

Deivid would score another important European goal for Fenerbahçe on the 2nd Champions League match day, to help them record a 2–2 draw away at CSKA Moscow. In the 3rd Champions League match day he was sent off against PSV Eindhoven.

In the 2007–2008 Europe Champions League against Sevilla in Spain, Deivid also scored two goals which carried the match to extra time and then penalties. With his goals Fenerbahçe eliminated Sevilla and made it to the quarter final of the tournament for the first time in their history. In the first leg of the quarter final match against Chelsea FC Deivid scored an own goal in the thirteenth minute, when an attempted Florent Malouda cross struck his foot and passed his own keeper. He atoned for this mistake when he scored an astonishing 35-yard shot 9 minutes from the finish to give Fenerbahce a 2–1 lead after Colin Kazim-Richards had equalised.

During the preparation for the 2008–2009 season he broke his left leg fibula and, shortly there-after, his mother died which depressed him. He made his comeback from injury on October 25, 2008, when he joined the Turkish Super League game against Bursaspor at the 77th minute to substitute Semih Şentürk. He scored a goal during stoppage time.^[7]

Flamengo

In early August 2010, Fenerbahçe announced that the club and Deivid had a mutual agreement on termination of Deivid's contract. Following this announcement Deivid joined Flamengo.

Flamengo career statistics

(Correct as of November 12, 2011^[update])

Club	Season	Brazilian Série A		Copa do Brasil		Copa Libertadores		Copa Sudamericana		Carioca League		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Flamengo	2010	17	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	4
	2011	29	15	3	1	-	-	1	0	15	5	48	21
	Total	46	19	3	1	-	-	1	0	15	5	65	25

according to combined sources on the Flamengo official website^[8] and Flaestatística.^[9]

Honours

• Corinthians
  • Copa do Brasil: 2002

• Cruzeiro
  • Brazilian Série A: 2003
  • Copa do Brasil: 2003

• Santos
  • Brazilian Série A: 2004

• Fenerbahçe S.K.
  • Süper Lig: 2006–07
  • Turkish Super Cup: 2007, 2009
  • UEFA Champions League: Quarter-finalist, 2007-2008

• Flamengo
  • Taça Guanabara: 2011
  • Taça Rio: 2011
  • Rio de Janeiro State League: 2011

References

1. ^ TFF Profile
2. ^ Thanks to Deivid
3. ^ Deivid revived in Turkey
4. ^ Deivid the Bulldozer
5. ^ Deivid go for another striker?
6. ^ Deivid scored against Beşiktaş
7. ^ Fenerbahce.org: Fenerbahce 5 – 2 Bursaspor
8. ^ Flamengo official website (in Portuguese)
9. ^ Flaestatística (in Portuguese)

External links

• Guardian Stats Centre

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Name	Deivid
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Date of birth	1979-10-22
Place of birth	Nova Iguaçu, Brazil
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