Career
Nei played one more year in Portugal in 2006-2007, with Associação Naval 1º de Maio, his ten league goals being good enough for joint-fifth in the scorers" list, as the Figueira da Foz club finished 11th and maintained its top division status. He then moved to Bulgaria with PFC, for €500.000: in his only season he netted a career-best 14 goals, also helping the capital side to the national championship. In July 2010, he was sold to Changchun Yatai F.C. from China.
On 11 January 2014, after having represented four clubs in quick succession, Nei returned to the Asian country, transferring to China League One"s Tianjin Songjiang Football Club.
