Nei (footballer, born 1980)

Nei
Personal information
Full name	Claudinei Alexandre Aparecido
Date of birth	2 May 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Avaré, Brazil
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2001	Guarani
2001–2004	Ovarense
2005–2006	Moreirense
2006–2007	Naval
2007–2008	CSKA Sofia
2008–2009	Al-Shabab
2009–2010	→ CFR Cluj (loan)
2010–2011	Changchun Yatai
2012	Chongqing Lifan
2013	Grémio Anápolis
2013	→ Boa (loan)
2013	Chongqing
2014–2015	Tianjin Songjiang
2016	Trindade
Medal record
CFR Cluj
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2017

Claudinei Alexandre Aparecido (born 2 May 1980 in Avaré, São Paulo), known as Nei, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who last played for Trindade Atlético Clube as a striker.

Football career

After solid performances in Portugal for A.D. Ovarense in the second division (he arrived in the country at the age of 21 from Guarani Futebol Clube), Nei moved in the January 2005 transfer window to Moreirense F.C. in the Primeira Liga, making his debut on the 9th in a 1–0 home win against Académica de Coimbra and scoring four goals in the season's last three games – including one in a 1–1 home draw against FC Porto – as his team eventually suffered relegation.

Nei played one more year in Portugal in 2006–07, with Associação Naval 1º de Maio, his ten league goals being good enough for joint-fifth in the scorers' list, as the Figueira da Foz team finished 11th and retained their top level status. He then moved to Bulgaria with PFC CSKA Sofia, for €500.000: in his only season he netted a career-best 14 goals, also helping the side to the First Professional Football League championship.

Nei signed a two-year deal with Al-Shabab FC (Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia, being loaned to CFR Cluj in Romania in his second year and being a relatively important attacking unit as the team won the double. In July 2010, he was sold to Changchun Yatai F.C. from China.

On 11 January 2014, after having represented four clubs in quick succession, Nei returned to the Asian country, transferring to China League One's Tianjin Songjiang FC.^[2]

Honours

CSKA Sofia

CFR Cluj

References

^ "Бразилска перла иска наш паспорт" [Brazilian gem wants our passport]. Standart (in Bulgarian). 28 September 2007. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
^ 松江内外援引进双丰收克劳迪内夏宁宁联袂加盟; Sports Enorth, 12 January 2014 (in Chinese)

External links

Nei at Sambafoot (archived)
Brazilian FA database^{[permanent dead link]} (in Portuguese)
Nei at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Nei at Soccerway
Nei at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Slstat profile

[1] "Бразилска перла иска наш паспорт" [Brazilian gem wants our passport]. Standart (in Bulgarian). 28 September 2007. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

[2] 松江内外援引进双丰收克劳迪内夏宁宁联袂加盟; Sports Enorth, 12 January 2014 (in Chinese)

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