| Nivaldo | |
| Fullname: | Nivaldo Rodrigues Ferreira |
| Birth Date: | 22 June 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Iati, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | City of Liverpool |
| Years1: | 2008–2010 |
| Years2: | 2010 |
| Clubs2: | Alecrim |
| Caps2: | 5 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2011–2012 |
| Clubs3: | Atyrau |
| Caps3: | 33 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2013–2014 |
| Clubs4: | Sibir Novosibirsk |
| Caps4: | 22 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2014–2016 |
| Clubs5: | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok |
| Caps5: | 59 |
| Goals5: | 8 |
| Years6: | 2016 |
| Clubs6: | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk |
| Caps6: | 6 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2017 |
| Clubs7: | Gomel |
| Caps7: | 13 |
| Goals7: | 5 |
| Years8: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs8: | Dinamo Brest |
| Caps8: | 21 |
| Goals8: | 5 |
| Years9: | 2018 |
| Clubs9: | → Lokomotiv Tashkent (loan) |
| Caps9: | 7 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Years10: | 2019 |
| Clubs10: | Gomel |
| Caps10: | 27 |
| Goals10: | 3 |
| Years11: | 2020 |
| Clubs11: | Gudja United |
| Caps11: | 6 |
| Goals11: | 1 |
| Years12: | 2020 |
| Clubs12: | Belshina Bobruisk |
| Caps12: | 16 |
| Goals12: | 1 |
| Years13: | 2020 |
| Clubs13: | Isloch Minsk Raion |
| Caps13: | 3 |
| Goals13: | 0 |
| Years14: | 2021–2022 |
| Caps14: | 14 |
| Goals14: | 0 |
| Years15: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs15: | Radcliffe |
| Caps15: | 9 |
| Goals15: | 1 |
| Years16: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs16: | → Bootle (loan) |
| Caps16: | 22 |
| Goals16: | 5 |
| Years17: | 2023– |
| Clubs17: | City of Liverpool |
| Pcupdate: | 8 February 2024 |
Nivaldo Rodrigues Ferreira (born 22 June 1988), known as Nivaldo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for English club City of Liverpool.
On 16 August 2012, Nivaldo played on trial for FC Ufa reserve team.[1] In July 2013, Nivaldo joined Sibir Novosibirsk, going on to make his debut for them in the Russian Football League against FC Ufa.[2] [3] On 14 August 2014, Nivaldo signed for Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.[4] On 25 August 2016, Nivaldo signed a one-year contract with Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.[5] Nivaldo was released by Yenisey on 31 January 2017.[6]
On 1 February 2018, Nivaldo signed on loan for Lokomotiv Tashkent until 30 June 2018.[7]
In summer 2021 he moved to SC Chaika, in Ukrainian Second League[8] and on 14 July 2021 he scored two goals for SC Chaika in the friendly match against FC Chernihiv in Plysky ended 3-0.[9] On 25 July he made his debut with the new team in the 2021-22 Ukrainian Second League season against Bukovyna Chernivtsi.[10] On 18 August he made his debut in the 2021–22 Ukrainian Cup against FC Chernihiv.[11]
On 12 August 2022 he moved to English club Radcliffe of the Northern Premier League.[12]
In October 2022, Nivaldo signed for Bootle on loan.[13]
On 23 August 2023, Northern Premier League Division One West team City of Liverpool, announced the signing of Nivaldo.[14]
Nivaldo is married to Ukrainian Tennis player Anna Karavayeva, with whom he has two children.[15]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Alecrim | 2010 | Série C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 5 | 1 | |
| Atyrau | 2011 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 29 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 34 | 1 | |||
| Sibir Novosibirsk | 2013–14 | Russian National League | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 23 | 2 | |
| Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 2014–15 | Russian National League | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 28 | 2 | |
| 2015–16 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 27 | 6 | |||
| 2016–17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 59 | 8 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 61 | 8 | |||
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 2016–17 | Russian National League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 6 | 0 | |
| Gomel | 2017 | Belarusian Premier League | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 13 | 5 | |
| Dinamo Brest | 2017 | Belarusian Premier League | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 16 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 12 | 2 | |||
| Total | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 28 | 4 | |||
| Lokomotiv Tashkent (loan) | 2018 | Uzbekistan Super League | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | colspan="2" | - | 13 | 3 | |
| Gomel | 2019 | Belarusian Premier League | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 29 | 4 | |
| Gudja United | 2019–20 | Maltese Premier League | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 8 | 1 | |
| Belshina Bobruisk | 2020 | Belarusian Premier League | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 17 | 1 | |
| Isloch Minsk | 2020 | Belarusian Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 3 | 0 | |
| SC Chaika | 2021–22 | Ukrainian Second League | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Radcliffe | 2022–23 | English Northern Premier League | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Bootle (Loan) | 2022–23 | English Northern Premier League | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | |
| Career total | 263 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 253 | 29 | |||