[1] He made a name for himself in Scandinavia after joining Swedish club Hammarby IF in 2003, where he had a successful spell, scoring 8 goals in his first season.
He punched Toni Kallio from rival club Molde FK in a pre-season friendly[2] and got suspended the first three games of the 2006 season.
[3] He later made a strong impact in his first season alongside fellow striker Tor Hogne Aarøy, scoring 14 league goals and helping Aalesund to second place and promotion to Tippeligaen, the Norwegian top division.
He returned to Brazil for the holidays after the season ended in November, but did not report back for training in January as agreed and was subsequently suspended by Aalesund in March 2007.
After two months of training, during which his progress was hampered by injury, the club opted to release him from his contract in March 2009.