Serjão (footballer, born 1979)

Serjão
Personal information
Full name	Sérgio Luis Gardino da Silva
Date of birth	9 December 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth	Alvorada, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002	Pelotas
2002	Grêmio
2003	Esportivo Bento Gonçalves
2004	Novo Hamburgo
2004	Defensor
2004–2006	Portimonense
2006–2007	Académica
2006–2007	→ Vizela (loan)
2007–2008	Vizela
2008–2009	Doxa
2009–2011	AEL Limassol
2010–2011	→ Alki Larnaca (loan)
2011–2012	Ermis
2012	Ethnikos Achna
2012–2013	AEP
2013–2014	União Frederiquense
2014	Tupy
2014	Inter Santa Maria
2014	São Gabriel
2014	Bagé
2015	Prudentópolis
2015	Bagé
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sérgio Luis Gardino da Silva (born 9 December 1979), commonly known as Serjão, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker.

Football career[edit]

Born in Alvorada, Rio Grande do Sul, Serjão only played lower league or amateur football in his country. In 2004, after a very brief spell in Uruguay, he moved to Portugal after signing with Portimonense SC in the second division, where his performances attracted the attention of Académica de Coimbra in the Primeira Liga, who acquired the player in the 2006 January transfer window.

Serjão scored his first and only goal in the top level of Portuguese football in just his second appearance, contributing to a 3–0 home win against F.C. Paços de Ferreira on 4 February 2006. However, shortly after, he returned to division two, going on to spend two seasons with F.C. Vizela.

For the 2008–09 campaign, Serjão signed with Doxa Katokopias F.C. in the Cypriot First Division. He scored a career-best 24 goals to help his team to the eighth position among 14 clubs, but netted only 19 times in the next four years combined, also playing in the country's top flight and representing AEL Limassol, Alki Larnaca FC, Ermis Aradippou, Ethnikos Achna FC and AEP Paphos FC.

External links[edit]

Serjão at Sambafoot (archived)
Serjão at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Serjão at Soccerway