Rivaldinho

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Mosca and the second or paternal family name is Ferreira. "Júnior" is a generational suffix used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.

Rivaldo Vítor Mosca Ferreira Júnior (born 29 April 1995), commonly known as Rivaldinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for China League One club Qingdao Red Lions.

Rivaldinho

Personal information
Full name	Rivaldo Vítor Mosca Ferreira Júnior
Date of birth	(1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Qingdao Red Lions
Number	9
Youth career
	Mogi Mirim
2013	Corinthians
2013–2014	Mogi Mirim
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	Mogi Mirim	27	(7)
2015–2016	Boavista	1	(0)
2016	XV de Piracicaba	0	(0)
2016	Internacional	0	(0)
2016	→ Paysandu (loan)	8	(1)
2017–2018	Dinamo București	30	(5)
2018–2019	Levski Sofia	12	(1)
2019	→ Viitorul Constanța (loan)	11	(2)
2019–2020	Viitorul Constanța	28	(11)
2020–2022	Cracovia	43	(2)
2022–2023	Universitatea Craiova	23	(1)
2023–2025	Farul Constanța	59	(11)
2025–	Qingdao Red Lions	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 February 2025

Club career

Early career

After playing youth football for Mogi Mirim and Corinthians,^[2] Rivaldinho began his senior career at Mogi Mirim making 47 appearances in all competitions for the club.^[1]

He then moved to Portuguese club Boavista in August 2015, where he made just one league appearance (versus Moreirense) and two appearances in the domestic cups (versus Feirense and Operário).^[3]

Rivaldinho joined XV de Piracicaba on 18 January 2016.^[4] He appeared in 12 matches in the Campeonato Paulista for Piracicaba, scoring three goals, before departing on 12 April.^[5] He was signed by Internacional on 10 May 2016,^[6] but spent the end of the season on loan at Paysandu.^[7]

In Romania and Bulgaria

On 7 February 2017, Rivaldinho returned to Europe, signing a 3+1⁄2-year contract with Romanian team Dinamo București.^[8][9]

He scored his first goal for the club on 5 April, in a 2–0 league win against CFR Cluj.^[10] On 27 July 2017, in a Europa League qualifying game against Athletic Bilbao, Rivaldinho scored from a "terrific" long–range effort to earn Dinamo a 1–1 draw against the Spanish team.^[11][12]

On 27 January 2018, Rivaldinho signed a 2+1⁄2-year contract with Bulgarian club Levski Sofia.^[13] He was on one of the club's largest salaries, but suffered from injuries.^[14]

In January 2019 he returned to Romania joining Viitorul Constanța on loan.^[15] He signed permanently for the club in July 2019.^[16]

Poland

In August 2020, he signed for Polish club Cracovia.^[17] On 20 July 2022, he left the club by mutual consent.^[18]

Return to Romania

On 26 July 2022, Universitatea Craiova announced the signing of Rivaldinho on a two-year contract.^[19] In May 2023 he moved to Farul Constanța.^[20]

China

In February 2025, he signed for Chinese club Qingdao Red Lions.^[21]

Personal life

Rivaldinho is the son of Rose Mosca,^[22] and former Brazil and FC Barcelona player, Rivaldo.^[23] Both he and his father scored in the same Brazilian Série B game for Mogi Mirim in July 2015.^[24]

Career statistics

As of 6 February 2025.^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mogi Mirim	2014	Série C	12	1	—		—		9[c]	2	21	3
	2015	Série B	15	6	—		—		11[c]	2	26	8
	Total		27	7	—		—		20	4	47	11
Boavista	2015–16	Primeira Liga	1	0	1	0	1	0	—		3	0
XV de Piracicaba	2016	Paulista	—		—		—		12[c]	3	12	3
Paysandu (loan)	2016	Série B	8	1	0	0	—		0	0	8	1
Dinamo București	2016–17	Liga I	11	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	14	2
	2017–18	Liga I	19	3	1	0	0	0	2[d]	1	22	4
	Total		30	5	2	0	2	0	2	1	36	6
Levski Sofia	2017–18	First League	8	1	0	0	—		0	0	8	1
	2018–19	First League	4	0	1	0	—		0	0	5	0
	Total		12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	1
Viitorul Constanța (loan)	2018–19	Liga I	11	2	4	2	—		0	0	15	4
Viitorul Constanța	2019–20	Liga I	28	11	0	0	—		0	0	28	11
Cracovia	2020–21	Ekstraklasa	24	1	5	1	—		2[e]	0	31	2
	2021–22	Ekstraklasa	19	1	1	0	—		0	0	20	1
	Total		43	2	6	1	—		2	0	51	3
Cracovia II	2021–22	III liga	3	1	—		—		—		3	1
Universitatea Craiova	2022–23	Liga I	23	1	2	0	—		2[f]	0	27	1
Farul Constanța	2023–24	Liga I	35	6	2	0	—		9[g]	2	46	8
	2024–25	Liga I	24	5	2	1	—		—		26	6
	Total		59	11	4	1	—		9	2	72	14
Qingdao Red Lions	2025	China League One	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Career total			245	42	20	4	3	0	47	10	315	56

1. Includes Taça de Portugal, Cupa României, Bulgarian Cup, Polish Cup
2. Includes Taça da Liga, Cupa Ligii
3. Appearances in Campeonato Paulista
4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. One appearance in Polish Super Cup, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
7. One appearance in Supercupa României, two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Dinamo București

• Cupa Ligii: 2016–17^[1]

Levski Sofia

• Bulgarian Cup runner-up: 2017–18^[1]

Viitorul Constanța

• Cupa României: 2018–19^[1]

Cracovia

• Polish Super Cup: 2020^[25]

Farul Constanța

• Supercupa României runner-up: 2023^[1]