Playing position Role Football player Name Nadson de Position Forward | Years Team Weight 72 kg 1999-2000 Vitoria Height 1.72 m | |
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Full name Nadson Rodrigues de Souza Date of birth (1982-01-30) January 30, 1982 (age 33) Place of birth Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil | ||
Current team Esporte Clube Ypiranga |
Nádson Rodrigues de Souza, usually known as Nádson (born 30 January 1982) is a Brazilian football player.
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Career

Before he moved to Suwon in South Korea, he played for Brazilian side Esporte Clube Vitória, and was a squad member of the Brazilian 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup side.

Nádson is known by fans of the K-League as "Nadgol", a portmanteau of the words 'Nádson' and 'Goal'. He was the first ever foreign MVP, during the 2004 K-League season.
After suffering serious injury problems during the 2006 season, Nádson went on loan to Corinthians, as a short-term replacement for West Ham United-bound Carlos Tevez, following the 2006 World Cup.
On 24 July 2008, Nádson transferred to Japanese football club Vegalta Sendai, he left the club after 6 months on 30 December 2008 and turned back to his youth club Vitória[1].
On January 2010, Nádson transferred to Sport.