Elisérgio da Silva (born 5 January 1978), commonly known as Serginho Baiano, is a Brazilian retired

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who played as a

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. He played for nearly 20 clubs during his career, competing professionally in

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and

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and amassing

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totals of 93 games and 23 goals over the course of seven seasons. In his country, he represented mostly teams in the Northeast Region.

Football career

Early years / Boavista

Born in Rio Real,

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, Serginho started his professional career with

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, then left for clubs in

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. In 2001–02, he moved abroad and joined Portuguese League title holders

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, scoring seven goals in 22 games as the

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side finished in second position; he also appeared in five matches (two starts) in the season's

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. In the 2002–03 campaign Baiano appeared very rarely for Boavista – he still played one game and scored one goal for the UEFA Cup semifinalists – and, in January 2003, he moved to fellow league team F.C. Paços de Ferreira, helping it equal a best-ever sixth position with four goals from 12 matches.

Nacional / First spell in Asia

In the 2003 summer Serginho signed for

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, but never made any competitive appearances, being immediately loaned to

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also in the Portuguese top flight. He scored a career-best ten goals in his first season, but only found the net twice in

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after agreeing to a permanent deal following an exchange with Adriano Rossato. He started in both legs of the

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's first round, a 1–4 aggregate loss against

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, and left in late January 2005 for

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. Serginho returned to Nacional for 2005–06, but appeared very rarely during the remaining of his stint, leaving the club in December 2006.

Late career

Late in 2006, Serginho signed for

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until the end of the

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. However, in January 2007, he joined neighbouring

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, changing teams again the following month after penning a one-year contract with

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side

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. Serginho left the

ese in July 2007, moving the following month to

América Futebol Clube (RN) América Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as América de Natal, is a Brazilian professional club based in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte founded on 14 July 1915. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian foo ...

until the end of the season. In September, he moved clubs again, playing six times for

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in the season's

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. In January 2008, aged 30, Serginho re-joined CSA until the end of the 2008 ''Alagoano''. In May he returned to another former club, Corinthians Alagoano, appearing in that year's Brazilian Cup by taking part in a 1–3 loss against

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in the quarterfinals (2–8 on aggregate), and being released shortly after. In August, he returned to Portugal, but only played once for

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who finishing in sixth position. In March 2009, Serginho was signed by

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club

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, scoring three goals in eight games in the regional second division and eventually being relegated. In May, he returned to ASA for the campaign's

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, but only played once for the club, as a substitute. On 30 June he left for CSA in the fourth level, scoring on 26 July in a 1–1 draw with

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; in September 2009, after the team failed to qualify for the next round, the player returned to Bahia after an absence of nearly ten years, signing with

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until the end of the year. In January 2010, Serginho was signed by Santa Helena Esporte Clube for the Goiás State Championship, but left for

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the following month in a three-month contract, as the club also appeared in the domestic cup.

Club statistics

;Note: ¹ Included 1 match in 2001

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² Unknown matches in 2007 Campeonato Alagoano
³ Unknown matches in 2007 Copa Pernambuco
⁴ Unknown matches in 2008 Campeonato Alagoano
⁵ 8 matches and 3 goals in

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⁶ Unknown matches 2009 Copa Governador do Estado da Bahia
⁷ 6 matches and 1 goal in 2010 Campeonato Goiano

Honours

Campeonato Paraibano The Campeonato Paraibano is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Paraíba Paraíba ( , ; ) is a states of Brazil, state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Gr ...

: 2010 *Copa Governador Estado da Bahia: 2009 *

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: 2008

References

External links

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Futpédia profile
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baiano, Serginho 1978 births Living people Footballers from Bahia Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football wingers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Esporte Clube Bahia players Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense players Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano players Centro Sportivo Alagoano players América Futebol Clube (RN) players Clube Náutico Capibaribe players Associação Ferroviária de Esportes players Fluminense de Feira Futebol Clube players Treze Futebol Clube players Clube de Regatas Brasil players Primeira Liga players Boavista F.C. players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players C.D. Nacional players Leixões S.C. players Jeonnam Dragons players J1 League players Oita Trinita players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan