Early Years
Valdo was born in Villablino, León, in the region of Laciana, where his parents had moved to emigrating from Cape Verde, to work in the coal mines.
He started playing football with amateurs CF Pozuelo de Alarcón, in Madrid, and stayed there for the following seven years.
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