Club Career
After having played in modest clubs in native country, Catanha arrived in 1995 in Portugal, to play for Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, teaming up with countryman Everton Giovanella, with whom he would later play in two clubs in Spain. There, Catanha started playing in the second level, with UD Salamanca and CD Leganés.
Moving to Málaga CF in 1998–99, he contributed with 26 goals to the Andalusia outfit's La Liga promotion (winning the Pichichi Trophy), netting a further 24 (tied for second with Atlético Madrid's Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink) in 1999–2000's top flight.
Catanha joined Real Club Celta de Vigo in July 2000, being an instrumental part of the Galician side's domestic and European exploits in a three-year span. However, when Celta played UEFA Champions League in 2003–04, he only backed up Savo Milošević, and Celta was also relegated.
After that Catanha went pretty much unnoticed, representing FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, Belenenses, Marília Atlético Clube and Clube Atlético Mineiro. In January 2006, he returned to Spain, playing with modest teams CD Linares (Segunda División B, two 1/2 seasons) and Unión Estepona CF (fourth level).
In early 2010, aged nearly 38, Catanha returned to his nation of birth, resuming his career in the lower leagues.
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