In the early morning of January 25, Beijing time, San Catano, the second division team of the São Paulo State League in Brazil, announced that it had signed 41-year-old striker Ricardo Oliveira, who returned to the field after more than a year of idleness and would continue to attack the 400 goals of her career.
San Catatano is a small club in Brazilian football, and the last time it played in the Brazilian top flight dates back to the 2005-06 season, after which the team has declined all the way, most recently appearing in the Brazilian National League, finishing 60th in the Brazilian Ding League in 2020 (68 teams in total). Last season, the team was relegated from the first division of the São Paulo state, and this season's goal is naturally to return to the state's top flight, so bring in veteran Oliveira.
The 41-year-old Oliveira has also been out of the game for some time, and his most recent appearance on the field is the 2020 season with Curitiba in the First Division, contributing two goals and one assist in 18 games, at this level, playing in the second division of the state league should be no problem. The old Oliveira club has played 742 games in his career, contributing 373 goals, plus five goals from the Brazilian national team, and 22 goals to reach a full 400 goals, I don't know if this is one of the reasons for the comeback of the veteran.
Oliveira debuted from the Brazilian team Portugal, 23 years old landed in Europe, has worked in La Liga and Serie A, although in Spain there have been a good data of 26 goals in a single season, but in the short season spent in Milan, but only handed over 37 games and 5 goals on all fronts, so it was named a parallel cargo, in fact, the standard of this player is not bad, but there is indeed a gap compared with shevchenko he wants to replace.
Today, Sheva, who is 4 years older than him, has been hanging up his boots for 10 years and has just been fired in Genoa; Kaka, who is two years younger than him, has been retired for nearly five years, and Ricardo Oliveira, 41, will appear on the field again to continue to chase his football dreams for a long time.