Arnaldo Freitas (born August 6, 1952) is a Portuguese former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender.

Career

Arnaldo played at the youth level with Sp. Madeira in 1967. In 1974, he played in the

Segunda Divisão : : The Segunda Divisão Portuguesa ( English: ''Portuguese Second Division'') was a football league situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system. The division had previously been the second level of the Portuguese pyrami ...

with C.S. Marítimo, and assisted in securing promotion to the

Primeira Divisão The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga P ...

in 1977. In 1978, he returned to the Segunda Divisão to play with C.D. Montijo, and later with Académico Viseu, and C.D. Nacional. In 1982, he returned to the Primeira Divisão to play with Amora F.C. and played three seasons with the club. In 1986, he played abroad in the

National Soccer League The National Soccer League (NSL) was the top-level soccer league in Australia, run by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL, the A-League's predecessor, spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977 until its ...

with Toronto First Portuguese.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Freitas, Arnaldo 1952 births Living people Men's association football defenders Portuguese men's footballers C.S. Marítimo players C.D. Montijo players Académico de Viseu F.C. players C.D. Nacional players Amora F.C. players Toronto First Portuguese players Primeira Liga players Segunda Divisão players Canadian National Soccer League players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Canada 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen