Nildeson

Nildeson "Nenei" da Silva Melo (born 29 October 1968 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian and naturalized Salvadoran football player, who played as a striker.

He arrived in El Salvador in 1989 to play for Luis Ángel Firpo after a couple of seasons at home with Grêmio.

He was later cut by Armando Contreras who had taken the position after Juan Ramón Paredes stepped down of the national team.

He would later play for Chalatenango,[2] FAS and Águila but the latter clubs dismissed him because of indiscipline and apparent drugs abuse.

[5] After his naturalisation, Nildeson made his debut for El Salvador in an August 1997 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica and has earned a total of 10 caps, scoring 3 goals.