| Pita | |
| Fullname: | Edvaldo Oliveira Chaves |
| Birth Date: | 4 August 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.72 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Years1: | 1977–1984 |
| Years2: | 1985–1988 |
| Years3: | 1988–1989 |
| Years4: | 1989–1990 |
| Years5: | 1991–1992 |
| Years6: | 1993 |
| Years7: | 1994 |
| Clubs1: | Santos |
| Clubs2: | São Paulo |
| Clubs3: | Strasbourg |
| Clubs4: | Guarani |
| Clubs5: | Fujita Industries |
| Clubs6: | Nagoya Grampus Eight |
| Clubs7: | Inter de Limeira |
| Nationalyears1: | 1980–1987 |
| Nationalteam1: | Brazil |
| Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 1999 |
| Manageryears2: | 2000 |
| Manageryears3: | 2001 |
| Managerclubs1: | São Paulo U20 |
| Managerclubs2: | Santos |
| Managerclubs3: | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
Edvaldo Oliveira Chaves (born 4 August 1958 in Nilópolis, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil), best known as Pita, is a former association footballer in offensive midfielder role, currently works as General Manager by Desportivo Brasil.
In career he played for clubs Santos FC (1978–1984), São Paulo (1985–1988), RC Strasbourg in France (1988–1989), Guarani (1989–1990),[1] in Japan Japan Soccer League, Japan Football League and J1 League with Fujita Industries and Nagoya Grampus Eight (1990–1993), and closed career with Inter Limeira in 1994.
He won three São Paulo State League (1978, 1985, 1987), and one Brazilian League (1986). For Brazil national football team he got 7 international caps from 1980 and won the 1987 Pan American Games. As manager, he also won the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior for São Paulo in 2000.
| Club performance | League | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | |
| Brazil | League | ||||
| 1977 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 1978 | 13 | 3 | |||
| 1979 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | 18 | 1 | |||
| 1981 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 1982 | 15 | 3 | |||
| 1983 | 24 | 4 | |||
| 1984 | 17 | 3 | |||
| 1985 | 20 | 4 | |||
| 1986 | 30 | 5 | |||
| 1987 | 14 | 2 | |||
| 1988 | 0 | 0 | |||
| France | League | ||||
| 1988/89 | 20 | 6 | |||
| Brazil | League | ||||
| 1989 | 15 | 0 | |||
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Japan | League | ||||
| 27 | 12 | ||||
| 15 | 4 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | ||||
| Country | Brazil | 173 | 27 | ||
| France | 20 | 6 | |||
| Japan | 50 | 16 | |||
| Total | 243 | 49 | |||
| Brazil national team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| São Paulo | 1999 | 1999 | |||||
| Urawa Reds | 2001 | 2001 | |||||
| Total | |||||||