Rivaldo to play for Brazil second-tier team
Reuters - Thursday 18 November 2010, 22:18
SAO PAULO - Former Brazil midfielder
Rivaldo, a World Cup winner in 2002, will return home next year
to play for second-tier team Mogi Mirim in the Sao Paulo state
championship.
"After resolving a lot of things outside the country I have
decided to play in the 2011 Paulista for Mogi Mirim," the
38-year-old said on his Twitter account on Thursday.
The 1999 FIFA Player of the Year, a former Mogi Mirim
midfielder and now president of the club, has spent the last two
seasons playing for Bunyodkor of Uzbekistan.
The Paulista is one of the most important of the state
championships that open the Brazilian season every year. It was
won by Santos this year.
Rivaldo has previously played for Brazilian clubs Santa
Cruz, Corinthians, Palmeiras and Cruzeiro.
He also represented AC Milan, Barcelona, Deportivo Coruna,
Olympiakos Piraeus and AEK Athens before he moved to Bunyodkor
in 2008.