Rosalvo Cândido Rosa Júnior (born 12 February 1991) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Liga 1 club

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. He has played abroad league football in

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, and

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Club career

Starting out with clubs such as SC Carqueijo and AD Mourisquense from the

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on the coast of

, Rosalvo was brought in by IFK Sunne in August 2019 for the last five games of the ongoing Division 3 Västra Svealand season, and scored one goal in those matches. He then moved to AD Cartaya in the sixth tier of

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, making five appearances for the club in southwestern Spain. In early 2020, Rosalvo transferred to his first Thai club

Khon Kaen F.C. Khon Kaen Football Club ( Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดขอนแก่น) is a Thailand professional football club, based in Khon Kaen province, a city located in the heart of the North Eastern Region of Thai ...

of the

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, but moved to Rajpracha F.C. of the T3 West where he became prolific with eight goals in 14 matches total. This earned him a move to Navy F.C. of the T2 the following year where he made 17 appearances, scoring a goal against Lamphun Warriors in a 1–1 draw on 13 November 2021. After a brief spell at

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where the team came second in the 2022 Mato Grosso State League, Rosalvo returned to Southeast Asia with

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in 2023. He scored a hat-trick in a 8–1 win over

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on 25 June of that year. He left the club after the season ended abruptly, ending his tenure with 15 goals in 13 appearances as his now former team won the league comfortably. Rosalvo joined Deltras of

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in November 2023. He scored on his debut in a 2–1 victory over

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on the 6th of the same month. At the end of July 2024, he was inaugurated as a player for the

Honours

;Kasuka FC *

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;Persijap Jepara * Liga 2 Promotion play-offs: 2024–25

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* 1991 births Living people Men's association football forwards Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Division 3 (Swedish football) players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Rosalvo Cândido Rosalvo Cândido Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Brunei Super League players Liga 2 (Indonesia) players Rosalvo Cândido Rosalvo Cândido Rosalvo Cândido União Esporte Clube players Kasuka FC players Deltras F.C. players Persijap Jepara players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Expatriate men's footballers in Brunei Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Brunei Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-forward-1990s-stub