He is considered one of the best foreign players to have played in Brazil, a great free and corner kicker and ball passer. In 2006 while playing for Fluminense, he scored an Olympic goal against Grêmio. In the next game he scored another Olympic goal, but the ball hit the hand of a player from Fluminense and entered the goal; nonetheless the officials counted it as one. Overall he scored eight goals from corner kicks in his career, the last one on November 8, 2009 for Flamengo against Atlético Mineiro in the Brazilian Série A. He is currently the record holder for most Olympic goals scored in football history.