Givanildo Pulgas da Silva (born 3 January 1993), commonly known as Giva, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Retrô.
Career
Santos Born in Cachoeira, Espírito Santo, Giva joined Santos FC's youth system in May 2012, after starting it out at EC Vitória.Giva, revelação do Vitória, é o novo reforço do Santos (Giva, from Vitória, is the addition of Santos) ; Lance!, 18 May 2012 He progressed through the youth categories, and won 2013 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, being the club topscorer along with Neílton (4 goals each).Artilheiro da base, Giva, 20, vai ter que substituir Neymar (Youth system topscorer, Giva, 20, will have to replace Neymar); Folha de S. Paulo, 7 March 2013
On 24 February 2013, Giva made his first team debut in a Campeonato Paulista game against XV de Piracicaba. On 21 March he scored his first professional goals, netting a brace in a 2–1 home win against Mirassol FC.Com a 11 de Neymar, Giva garante vitória do Santos sobre o Mirassol (With Neymar's #11 jersey, Giva seals Santos victory over Mirassol); Globo Esporte, 21 March 2013
On 7 July, Giva made his Série A debut, starting and scoring the first of a 2–0 victory over São Paulo.Com meio time formado da base, Santos bate São Paulo no Morumbi (With a half team from the youth system, Santos beats São Paulo in Morumbi); Globo Esporte, 7 July 2013 Despite appearing regularly in 2013, he was rarely used in 2014.
Coritiba On 30 December 2014, Giva signed for fellow league team Coritiba.Alvo do Barcelona, promessa do Santos revela acerto com o Coritiba (Barcelona's target, Santos' pearl reveals agreement with Coritiba); Globo Esporte, 30 December 2014 He made his debut for the club on 31 January of the following year, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 Campeonato Paranaense away win against Nacional.
Giva scored his first goal for the club on 27 May, netting the last in a 2–1 Copa do Brasil home win against Ponte Preta. He was released on 4 August, after making no league appearances for Coxa.Coritiba rescinde contrato de Giva; artilheiro do Gaúcho é contratado (Coritiba rescinds Giva's contract; Gaúcho's topscorer is signed); ESPN Brasil, 4 August 2015
Llagostera On 14 August 2015, Giva signed a two-year deal with Spanish Segunda División side UE Llagostera.Giva, de la 'Operación Neymar' al Llagostera (Giva, from the 'Neymar Operation' to Llagostera); Sport, 14 August 2015 On 18 January of the following year, after contributing with two goals in 11 games, he rescinded his link.Giva es desvincula de la Unió Esportiva Llagostera-Costa Brava (Giva leaves Unió Esportiva Llagostera-Costa Brava) ; Llagostera's official website, 18 January 2016
Náutico On 2 January 2017, Giva signed with Náutico.Náutico confirma contratação do atacante Giva, ex-Joinville e Santos; Globo Esporte, 2 January 2017
Badalona After five months at Badalona, Giva left the club by mutual agreement on 1 February 2019. The player had asked to leave the club for personal reasons.Giva marxa per motius personals, diaridebadalona.com, 1 February 2019
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSantos2013Série A13210341——2762014200020——40Total1521036100—316Coritiba2015Série A103021——61Llagostera2015–16Segunda División112—30——142Água Santa2016Paulista—10———10Ponte Preta2016Série A40—20——60Joinville2016Série B100————100Náutico2017Série B1090——34134CSA2018Série B008121—41143Badalona2018–19Segunda División B140—10——150Goiânia2020Goiano—21———21Imperatriz2020Série C2133———54ABC2020Série D60————60Figueirense2021Série C703100——101Goiânia2021Goiano 2ª Divisão—20———20Retrô2022Série D6183———144202316510320—00288Total22618620—004212Botafogo–PB2023Série C20————20Career total95115915183007517934
Honours Santos Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior: 2013
Retrô Campeonato Brasileiro Série D: 2024
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