Valtinho was the conductor of Uberlândia, and beside the head coach
Helio Rubens Garcia, and his son,
Helio Rubens Filho, won the 2004 Brazilian national league title, beating
Flamengo in the finals series 3–0. After the
2007 Pan American Games, Valtinho moved to
Vasco da Gama, to compete for the state championship in Rio de Janeiro, where he was defeated by his greatest team rival, Flamengo. His short spell at
Gigante da Colina ended, when the
point guard signed with the then Brazilian League champions,
Brasilia. In three seasons with Brasilia, Valtinho became one of the greatest club idols of the fans of Brasilia. Along with
Alex Garcia and
Arthur Belchior, da Silva was defeated in two consecutive finals of the Brazilian national league championship by Flamengo, which initiated the largest Brazilian basketball rivalry of recent times. But the following season, Brasilia hit back at the team led by
Marcelinho Machado winning the
FIBA South American League and the Brazilian national championship, in 2010. After the
2010 FIBA World Championship, Valtinho returned to the city where he was an idol, Uberlândia. In his first two seasons with Uberlândia in the NBB, the team was eliminated in the quarterfinals – by Brasília in 2011, and by Flamengo in 2012. But the team's third appearance in the NBB in 2013, included the return of two of the club's idols, Helio Rubens Garcia and his son. The return of the two, added to Valtinho and Americans
Robert Day and
Robby Collum, led to an Uberlândia final against Flamengo, repeating the Brazilian League final from nine years earlier. But the ending was different. With the help of their fanatical fans, Flamengo annulled Robert Day, and led by the
center Caio Torres, won their third Brazilian national league title. ==National team career==