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Nivaldo Alves Freitas Santos (born 10 July 1988), known simply as Nivaldo, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Czech club FK Teplice as a left back.
Club career
Born in São Nicolau, Nivaldo started playing football in his country, with Batuque FC. Aged 18 he moved to Portugal to complete his formation, joining Portugal's Académica de Coimbra for his last year as a junior.
From ages 19–23, Nivaldo competed solely in the Portuguese third division, representing C.F. Caniçal, C.D. Fátima, G.D. Ribeirão and G.D. Tourizense.
On 16 August 2011, Nivaldo returned to Académica and thus moved straight into the top level, signing a three-year contract with the Students. He made his debut in the competition on 12 September by coming in as a 62nd-minute substitute in a 4–0 home win against C.D. Nacional, but spent most of his two-year spell with the side as understudy to Hélder Cabral.
Nivaldo moved to the Czech Republic in the 2013 summer, joining FK Teplice. In January 2016, after a brief spell in the Belarusian Premier League, he returned to his previous club.