Valdir Bigode

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Valdir Bigode

|image = Valdir de Moraes Filho.JPG

|upright = 0.7

|full_name = Valdir de Moraes Filho

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|03|15|df=y}}

|birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|height = 1.80 m

|position = Striker

|currentclub = Vitória-ES (manager)

|youthyears1 = 1991 | youthclubs1 = Campo Grande

|youthyears2 = 1991−1992 | youthclubs2 = Vasco da Gama

|years1 = 1992−1995 | clubs1 = Vasco da Gama |caps1 = 36 | goals1 = 12

|years2 = 1996 | clubs2 = São Paulo |caps2 = 16 | goals2 = 10

|years3 = 1997 | clubs3 = → Benfica (loan) | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 3

|years4 = 1997−1998 | clubs4 = Atlético Mineiro | caps4 = 50 | goals4 = 33

|years5 = 1999 | clubs5 = Botafogo | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 6

|years6 = 2000 | clubs6 = Santos

|years7 = 2000−2001 | clubs7 = Atlético Mineiro | caps7 = 9 | goals7 = 2

|years8 = 2002−2004 | clubs8 = Vasco da Gama | caps8 = 49 | goals8 = 18

|years9 = 2004−2006 | clubs9 = Al-Nasr SC | caps9 = 26 | goals9 = 25

|years10 = 2006−2007 | clubs10 = Dubai Club

|totalcaps = 237 | totalgoals = 112

|manageryears1 = 2010–2011 | managerclubs1 = Campo Grande

|manageryears2 = 2011 | managerclubs2 = Itaboraí

|manageryears3 = 2012 | managerclubs3 = São Pedro

|manageryears4 = 2015−2018 | managerclubs4 = Vasco da Gama (assistant)

|manageryears5 = 2017−2018 | managerclubs5 = Vasco da Gama (interim)

|manageryears6 = 2019 | managerclubs6 = Cabofriense

|manageryears7 = 2019– | managerclubs7 = Vitória-ES

}}

Valdir de Moraes Filho (born 15 March 1972), commonly known as Valdir Bigode, is a Brazilian former football manager and former player.

A prolific striker, Valdir is the twelfth highest goalscorer of Vasco da Gama, with 135 goals in 267 matches, while also being a part of Atlético Mineiro history with 57 goals in 111 appearances.{{cite news |title=Valdir Bigode vira treinador e, pelo aprendizado, curte o lado B do futebol|trans-title=Valdir Bigode turns coach and enjoys the other side of football |url=https://www.mg.superesportes.com.br/app/noticias/especiais/por-onde-anda/2011/10/04/se-noticia-por-onde-anda,197819/valdir-bigode-vira-treinador-e-pelo-aprendizado-curte-o-lado-b-do-futebol.shtml |access-date=21 June 2018 |work=UAI |date=4 October 2011 |language=pt}}{{cite news |title=Valdir Bigode: 'Todos os jogos contra o Flamengo foram importantes' |trans-title=Valdir Bigode: "All the matches against Flamengo were big"|url=http://www.netvasco.com.br/n/159966/valdir-bigode-todos-os-jogos-contra-o-flamengo-foram-importantes |access-date=21 June 2018 |work=SportTV.com |publisher=Netvasco |date=21 March 2015 |language=pt}}

Career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Valdir started at Campo Grande Atlético Clube, moving in the same year to Vasco da Gama. There, he was an important part in the conquest of the 1992 to 1994 editions of the Campeonato Carioca, often partnering with Mário Jardel.{{cite news |title=Onde Anda: Valdir Bigode, artilheiro de Atlético-MG e Vasco |trans-title=Where is Valdir Bigode? goalscorer for Atlético Mineiro and Vasco da Gama |url=https://www.futebolinterior.com.br/futebol/noticias/2010-02/Onde-Anda:-Valdir-Bigode-artilheiro-de-Atletico-MG-e-Vasco |access-date=21 June 2018 |work=Futebol Interior |date=11 February 2010 |language=pt}}{{cite news|title=Valdir Bigode: a selecção impossível, Jardel e a política|trans-title=Valdir Bigode: the impossible selection, Jardel and politics|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/benfica/valdir-maisfutebol-futebol-benfica-jardel-brasil/1145876-1456.html|access-date=23 September 2014|work=Maisfutebol|date=9 March 2010|language=pt}}

In 1997, he passed through Portugal, scoring 5 goals in 13 appearances in the two and half months at Benfica,{{cite news|title=Valdir (ex-Benfica): o elogio a JVP e as "coisas estranhas" da Luz|trans-title=Valdir (ex-Benfica): the compliment to JVP and the "strange things" at Da Luz|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/benfica-internacional-valdir-bigode-maisfutebol-futebol-iol/520b5d463004bc615fd1efda.html|access-date=23 September 2014|work=MaisFutebol|date=9 March 2010|language=pt}} before returning to Brazil and being the top scorer of the 1997 Copa CONMEBOL won by Atlético Mineiro, partnering with Marques.

After that, he passed through Botafogo and Santos, without major success, before moving back to Atletico Mineiro in 2000. He then returned to Vasco da Gama, spending two seasons there and winning another Campeonato Carioca in 2003.

He then moved abroad again, joining Al-Nasr in Dubai, winning the topscorer award in 2004–05.{{cite news|title=Top-scorer Valder calls for professional set-up in UAE|url=http://gulfnews.com/sport/football/top-scorer-valder-calls-for-professional-set-up-in-uae-1.291779|access-date=1 October 2014|work=Gulf News|date=24 June 2005}} His final year was in Saudi Arabia.{{cite news|title=Valdir Bigode|url=http://terceirotempo.bol.uol.com.br/que-fim-levou/valdir-bigode-4251|access-date=23 September 2014|work=Terceiro Tempo|language=pt}}{{cite news|title=Aos 41, Valdir Bigode acerta com o Boavista para o Carioca de futebol 7|trans-title=At 41, Valdir Bigode signs with Boavista in the Carioca Championship to play 7's Football|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/outros-esportes/noticia/2013/09/aos-41-valdir-bigode-acerta-com-o-boavista-para-o-carioca-de-futebol-7.html|access-date=23 September 2014|work=Globoesporte|date=16 September 2013|language=pt}} Afterwards, he embarked on a managerial career, mainly at Vasco da Gama.