- Nádson Rodrigues de Souza
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Nádson Personal information Full name Nádson Rodrigues de Souza Date of birth January 30, 1982 Place of birth Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club América-RN Youth career 1999-2000 Vitória Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2001-2003 Vitória 22 (11) 2003-2008 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 55 (31) 2005-2006 → Corinthians (Loan) 6 (1) 2008 Vegalta Sendai 12 [1] (3) 2009 Vitória 0 (0) 2009 Bahia 20 (9) 2010 Sport 4 (0) 2011 Jacuipense 0 (0) 2011- América-RN National team 2003 Brazil 2 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2008.
† Appearances (Goals).Nádson Rodrigues de Souza, usually known as Nádson (born 30 January 1982) is a Brazilian football player who currently plays for América Futebol Clube (RN).
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Career
Before he moved to Suwon, he played for Brazilian side Esporte Clube Vitória, and was a squad member of the Brazilian 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup side.
Nádson is known by fans of the K-League as "Nadgol", a portmanteau of the words 'Nádson' and 'Goal'. He was the first ever foreign MVP, during the 2004 K-League season.
After suffering serious injury problems during the 2006 season, Nádson went on loan to Corinthians, as a short-term replacement for West Ham United-bound Carlos Tévez, following the 2006 World Cup.
On 24 July 2008, Nádson transferred to Japanese football club Vegalta Sendai, he left the club after 6 months on 30 December 2008 and turned back to his youth club Vitória[1].
On January 2010, Nádson transferred to Sport.
International statistics
Brazil national team Year Apps Goals 2003 2 0 Total 2 0 Honours
- Campeonato Pernambucano in 2010 with Sport Recife
References
External links
- K-League Player Record (Korean)
- CBF Profile (Portuguese)
- Sambafoot Profile
- International Appearances & Goals
Awards Preceded by
Kim Do-HoonK-League Most Valuable Player
2004Succeeded by
Lee Chun-SooAwards GK: Lee Woon-Jae DF: Santos · Javier Musa · Yoo Kyoung-Youl · Kwak Hee-Ju MF: Kim Dong-Jin · Tavares · Kim Do-Heon · Kim Dae-Eui FW: Nádson · Mota1983: Park Sung-Hwa | 1984: Park Chang-Seon | 1985: Han Moon-Bae | 1986: Lee Heung-Sil, Choi Kang-Hee | 1987: Chung Hae-Won | 1988: Park Kyung-Hoon | 1989: Noh Soo-Jin | 1990: Choi Jin-Han | 1991: Chung Yong-Hwan | 1992: Hong Myung-Bo | 1993: Lee Sang-Yoon | 1994: Ko Jeong-Woon | 1995: Shin Tae-Yong | 1996: Kim Hyun-Seok | 1997: Kim Joo-Sung | 1998: Ko Jong-Soo | 1999: Ahn Jung-Hwan | 2000: Choi Yong-Soo | 2001: Shin Tae-Yong | 2002: Kim Dae-Eui | 2003: Kim Do-Hoon | 2004: Nádson | 2005: Lee Chun-Soo | 2006: Kim Do-Heon | 2007: Tavares | 2008: Lee Woon-Jae | 2009: Lee Dong-Gook | 2010: Kim Eun-Jung
Brazil squad – 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup Runners-up 1 Gomes • 2 Maicon • 3 Luisão • 4 Alex • 5 Adriano • 6 Paulo Almeida • 7 Júlio Baptista • 8 Kaká (c) • 9 Ewerthon • 10 Diego • 11 Robinho • 12 Alexandre Negri • 13 Coelho • 14 André Bahia • 15 Nilmar • 16 Nádson • 17 Carlos Alberto • 18 Thiago Motta • Coach: Ricardo GomesThis biographical article related to a Brazilian association football forward born in the 1980s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.