Al-Sadd announced the signing of Brazilian professional player Adinlado Girafite – former player of Al Ahli UAE – instead of Rodrigo Tabata who returned to his former Club Al-Rayyan.

The new player will start the training with Club within the coming few hours after passing the medical test and signing the official contract.
 
Grafite will be the fourth professional player in Al-Sadd beside Monruiqi, Belhajj and Su Lee.
 
Adinaldo Batista “Gravity” born on 02 April 1979 holds a very powerful resume and huge experience. He started with the Brazilian Club Santa Cruz on 2001, then Gremeo Club and joined the Korean Club Seoul on 2003. Then returned to Goyas Club, where Rodrigo Tabata started his career.
 
On 2004 the player joined Sao Paulo then moved to France to join Loman Club on 2007.

Then he transferred to the German Club Wolfsburg on the sports season 2008/2009 where he became the Bundesliga top goal-scorer with 28 goals in 25 matches to lead the team to the Bundesliga title. He even participated in the UEFA Champions League. Finally he moved to Ahli Dubai (UAE) with which he participated in 74 matches and scored 63 goals.