The former Valencia and Betis still scoring goals for 38 years

Last update 9 August, 2024 by Alberto Llopis

Some players live a second youth when no one expected. This could be the case of former Valencia, Betis and Real Zaragoza in La Liga but also teams like AC Milan, São Paulo,Al-Jazira and Al-Wasl , Ricardo Oliveira who at 38 years continues scoring goals in the top division in Brazil with Santos.

Veteran striker, still active scoring goals like hotcakes in the Brazilian tournament and the Copa Libertadores, the 'Champions’ south american. Like a kid, It is in a sweet moment of form and his scoring average is much better than a decade ago when it was the center of Milan striker.

The striker experienced last year an anecdote most curious and funny in itself Libertadores in a match against Independiente Bogotá Santa Fe,   when the speaker Oliveira party mistook a Brazilian player the 60 He died a few days earlier.

With Oliveira himself in the field, with the 9 To the back, mefafonía in charge of the stadium urged the Colombian public to observe a minute of silence “the death of Ricardo Oliveira, Santos player” with typical funeral march. When the player realized he took it quite humorous.