Remember him? Ex-São Paulo striker joins São Bernardo after scandal | OneFootball

Who doesn’t remember the skillful forward Pedrinho, who had a brief stint with São Paulo in the early months of 2023? The same one involved in the controversy with his girlfriend, where both exchanged accusations of assault, and the winger ended up being dismissed from Tricolor for just cause.

Well, even though he continues to be involved in some controversies at the other clubs he’s played for, he’s trying to rebuild his career with short-term contracts, like now with São Bernardo, for the 2026 season.

Pedrinho still belonged, until a few months ago, to Lokomotiv Moscow, in Russia, with whom he signed a four-year contract at the end of 2022. He never established himself there, playing only nine matches and scoring four goals (all in a single game), and started to accumulate loan spells, the first of which was to Tricolor.

However, Lokomotiv announced on August 26 the definitive termination of his contract, as he barely played on Russian soil.

ACCUMULATING CONTROVERSIES

After Tricolor, he played for América-MG, Santos—where he won the Série B championship in 2024—and Cuiabá, where he stayed only until August this year. Pedrinho once again had his contract terminated, this time by mutual agreement, after being sidelined by the board due to a series of heated internal arguments with his teammates.

At São Paulo, his contract was terminated in April 2023 after screenshots of conversations in which Pedrinho threatened his girlfriend were made public, leaving the club with three goals in ten matches.

The forward even filed a labor lawsuit against São Paulo seeking to overturn his dismissal for just cause, but ended up losing the case in court.

Sidelined from matches since mid-year, he is now trying to restart his career at São Bernardo, which will compete in the Paulistão, Copa do Brasil, and Série B next season. Pedrinho has always had football skills and talent. Behavioral issues, however, seem to be the real problem that has been hindering his still-short career. The winger has just turned 26, but he’s already played for nine clubs.

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