Career
Over the course of 10 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 136 games and eighty six goals, all at, winning nine major titles. Born in Minas de South. Domingos, Beja. Valadas started his career at Luso Sport Clube, a delegation of Sporting Communist Party at only age 15.
With 19 years-old, he moved to Lisbon to play for Sporting, with the promise that they help him find a job, which they never did.
After two seasons, he moved back to Beja, playing with Sport Lisboa e Beja in the regional league. In 1934, he returned to Lisbon and joined, again with the promise to help him find a job, which they did, when he became a civil servant in 1937.
In the following three seasons, he played alongside Vítor Silva, Espírito Santo and Domingos Lopes, as the Eagles conquered a three-peat, winning the league in 1935-1936, 1936-1937, 1937-1938, with Valadas being club topscorer in the first of those. On 31 January 1937, he scored the club 100th goal in the Primeira Liga.
He retired with a match in his honor on 1 December 1944, after 264 official matches, scoring 158 times.
Immediately assuming an assistant position under János Biri. In 1947, he made his debut as head coach, guiding Vitória Guimarães to a seventh place in the 1947-1948 season, and improving one position in the next season. He also guided Salgueiros to the first division in 1951-1952.