Having started his career with Sport Club do Recife of his hometown, Patriota moved to Croatia to join third division Junak Sinj in 2007.

[1] He returned to Brazil and played for Boavista and Central before joining Mixto in 2010.

[3] After a short spell with Chã Grande, he joined Sampaio Corrêa in 2011.

[4] He next played for Ypiranga, where he made 6 appearances in the Campeonato Pernambucano, before joining Hermann Aichinger and then eventually moving to Macau to join Windsor Arch Ka I.

[6] Patriota won Best Player of the Year Award again in 2018, after leading Chao Pak Kei to 2018 Macau FA Cup victory.