Early career At the beginning of the
2005–06 season, Deivid transferred from
Santos in his home country, where he was paired up-front with compatriot and fellow
forward Robinho, to Portuguese club
Sporting CP for a sum of €3.7 million. This was the second time that he tried his hand in Europe after a short spell in
France ended roughly a year prior.
Fenerbahçe Deivid was transferred to Fenerbahçe SK in August 2006 for a sum of €4.5 million. He scored the second goal in the 88th minute against
Trabzonspor on 13 May 2007 and helped
Fenerbahçe win the
Turkish Super League Championship after the game finishing 2–2 crowned them champions. However, he has not satisfied the supporters of the club yet and only performed well in a couple of matches in the
last year. Football circles were sure that his contract would be terminated by the club due to his poor performance. Deivid proved them wrong by becoming the star of the preseason training camp and by scoring an important goal against
Beşiktaş J.K. in the
Turkish Super Cup final, and by scoring the decisive goal in a 1–0 victory over
Internazionale in the first match of the
2007–08 UEFA Champions League in the
Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium on 19 September 2007. Deivid would score another important European goal for Fenerbahçe on the 2nd Champions League match day, to help them record a 2–2 draw away at
CSKA Moscow. In the 3rd Champions League match day he was sent off against
PSV Eindhoven. In the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League round of 16 against
Sevilla in Spain, Deivid also scored two goals which carried the match to
extra time and then penalties. With his goals Fenerbahçe eliminated Sevilla and made it to the
quarter final of the tournament for the first time in their history. In the first leg of the quarter-final match against
Chelsea, Deivid scored an own goal in the thirteenth minute, when an attempted
Florent Malouda cross struck his foot and passed his own keeper. He atoned for this mistake when he scored an astonishing 35-yard shot 9 minutes from the finish to give Fenerbahce a 2–1 lead after
Colin Kazim-Richards had equalised. During the preparation for the 2008–09 season he broke his left leg fibula and, shortly thereafter, his mother died which depressed him. He made his comeback from injury on 25 October 2008, when he joined the
Turkish Super League game against
Bursaspor at the 77th minute to substitute
Semih Şentürk. He scored a goal during stoppage time.
Flamengo In early August 2010,
Fenerbahçe announced that the club and Deivid had mutually agreed to terminate Deivid's contract. Deivid then joined
Flamengo. On 22 February 2012, Deivid missed what appeared to be a simple tap-in goal against
Vasco da Gama, in the
Clássico dos Milhões, in the semifinals of the
Taça Guanabara.
Coritiba On 3 September 2012, Deivid, after breaking his contract with
Flamengo, signed with
Coritiba until April 2015. ==Coaching career==