Tininho Explained

Tininho
Fullname:Ronildo Pereira de Freitas
Birth Date:23 October 1977
Birth Place:Montes Claros, Brazil
Height:1.82 m
Position:Midfielder / Defender
Youthclubs1:Portuguesa
Youthclubs2:Lierse
Years1:1995–1998
Years2:1998–2001
Caps2:49
Goals2:1
Years3:2002
Years4:2002–2004
Caps4:58
Goals4:1
Years5:2004–2006
Caps5:62
Goals5:7
Years6:2006–2007
Caps6:23
Goals6:2
Years7:2007–2009
Caps7:18
Goals7:1
Totalcaps:210
Totalgoals:12

Ronildo Pereira de Freitas (born 23 October 1977 in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais), known as Tininho, is a Brazilian retired footballer. On the left side of the pitch, he operated as either a midfielder or a defender.

Football career

In May 1998, at the age of 20, Tininho left Brazil and Associação Portuguesa de Desportos to sign with Feyenoord in the Netherlands.[1] In his first season with the Rotterdam team, he appeared in 28 games to help them win the Eredivisie after a six-year wait.

After a brief spell back in his country with América Futebol Clube (MG), Tininho returned to the Netherlands, where he would remain for the following five seasons always in the top flight, with RBC Roosendaal, NEC Nijmegen and ADO Den Haag. In 2007, he joined AEK Larnaca F.C. from Cyprus, playing two seasons with the club and retiring subsequently.

Honours

Feyenoord

1998–99

1999

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.vi.nl/Nieuws-item/13243/Feyenoord-contracteert-Tininho.htm?msn=true Feyenoord contracteert Tininho (Feyenoord signs Tininho)