Career
Born in Damolândia, Goiás state, before becoming a professional footballer, Uidemar played for the youth clubs of União Inhumas, Aparecidense and Goiás. He started his professional career playing for Goiás, where he played 71 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A matches and scored 2 goals from 1986 to 1989. During that period he also won the Campeonato Goiano in 1986, 1987 and in 1989. In 1990, he moved to Flamengo, of Rio de Janeiro, where he played 145 matches and scored six goals from 1990 to 1993, winning during that time the Copa do Brasil in 1990, the Campeonato Carioca in 1991, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1992. On December 2, 1989, he scored a goal during Zico's farewell match, when Flamengo beat Fluminense 5-0 for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He played for the Mexican side Club León, from 1993 to 1995. In 1995, he returned to Goiás, where he played 14 more Campeonato Brasileiro Série A matches, moving to Botafogo in the following year, where he briefly played, winning Taça Cidade Maravilhosa, then moving in the same year to Fluminense, where he played 19 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A matches. After leaving Fluminense, he played for Araçatuba and Ponte Preta from São Paulo state, then moving to Paysandu in 1999, when he retired.
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