Documents obtained showed that his real birth year was 1992 and not 1996, meaning that Dourado had been participating in the U17 tournaments while being in his early 20s.
[4] After leaving the youth team of Bahia, he started his first contract at Águia de Marabá, where he stayed for two seasons.
In 2018 he played for three different clubs, most notably at Baré EC, where his team made it to the final of the Campeonato Roraimense but lost on penalties.
After next playing for Gavião Kyikatejê in Brazil, he departed to seek a contract abroad, where he signed with Cambodian club National Police Commissary of the league then-known as the C-League.
He would make another stop in Thailand, playing for Khon Kaen FC in the same league before leaving the year after.