Background
Cristóvão was born in Lyon, France.
Cristóvão was born in Lyon, France.
After playing youth football with Football Club Porto he made his senior debuts with the B-team in the third division, going on to spend three full seasons with the side in the category. Released in the 2005 summer without one single official appearance for the main squad, he joined F.C. Penafiel in the Primeira Liga, but left after a couple of months and moved to Leixões South Carolina (U.S.) in the second level, where he appeared very rarely over the course of two (incomplete) seasons. In late December 2007, Cristovão joined American Electric Power Paphos F.C. in Cyprus.
In the 2009 summer he signed for fellow First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta Football Club, making his league debut on 30 August in a 0–0 away draw against Ermis Aradippou.
On 3 February 2012 Cristóvão moved to Bulgaria and PFC Levski Sofia, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract. Cristóvão was released by Levski in the summer of 2013 (alongside some of the other foreign players) mainly due to his high salary, but he returned to the team after the winter break.