Born in Cornélio Procópio, Paraná to Divino Jandoso and Benedita Fernandes Jandoso, Piá moved to Limeira, São Paulo state at young age.[7] He started his career at Internacional of Limeira. He finished as the champion of 1996 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 (League of São Paulo State Second Division). It was reported that he scored 6 goals in 35 appearances for Inter.[8]
In 2004 season he left for Corinthians, but only played 5 times in 2004 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. In June he left the club[10] for Portuguesa. He made his Série B debut for the club on 3 July 2004 (round 11), winning Santo André 3–0. Since then he was the absolute starter of the team, only missed the last round (round 23) and round 15 (30 July).
In February 2007, Piá returned to União São João, after a brief trail at PAOK. He was an unused bench for PAOK against Panathinaikos on 3 February 2007. With União São João, he finished as the fourth of Group B of the second phase (total of 8 teams divided into 2 groups) of 2007 Campeonato Paulista Série A2. He played 18 league matches and scored 7 goals[12] (including 5 penalty) for the club, as team second scorer, 1 goal behind Thiago Tremonti. In August he left for Ituano of 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. The team finished as the bottom and relegated. He scored his debut goal on 4 September 2007 (round 23), winning Gama 2–0.
He also invited to play at 2007 Copa Gazeta de Limeira, for amateur side Esporte Clube Santa Cruz (of Vila Queiroz, Limeira), which the team winning the cup of the city.[7]
Late career
2008
In January 2008, he started the season in Campeonato Paulista Série A2 with Comercial of Ribeirão Preto (reg. number: 0833/08). He made his club debut on 23 January 2008, round 2 of the state league.[13] He also played the next match.[14] On 31 January 2008 he switched to Rio Preto, for Campeonato Paulista Série A1. He made his club debut on 2 February (round 6), losing to Marília 1–3.[15] In total he played 7 matches in the state league first level.
In August he returned to União São João for 2008 Copa Paulista, which he scored 3 goals[16] (2 of them were penalty) in 7 club appearances. He also played for Santa Cruz of Limeira, scored 2 goals in 2008 Copa Gazeta de Limeira.[7] The team was eliminated in the semi-final.[17][18]
2009
In January 2009 he extended his contract with União São João, for 2009 Campeonato Paulista Série A2. He scored 5 goals (included 1 penalty) in the state league (in 16+6 games), as team second topscorer, behind Andre Luiz.[19] In July 2009 he left for Campeonato Brasileiro Série C side Gama,[20] and made his club debut on 5 July 2009 (the fifth match), against Mixto, but left the club after the 7th game (out of 8 matches), as the team failed to qualify for the next stage. He was signed by CSA on 29 July 2009, for 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. He scored a debut goal on 1 August, winning Sergipe 2–0. The team 2–2 draw in the next round on 9 August, thus failed to qualify for the next stage. He also played the 2009 edition of Copa Gazeta de Limeira.[21][22]
2010
In February 2010 he left returned to Comercial, after informally agreed a deal with Sport Club Barueri (ex-Campinas Futebol Clube)[23] He played for the team at 2010 Campeonato Paulista Série A3, scored 2 goals.[24] In June he left for Independente of Limeira, played at 2010 Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão, scored twice (included 1 penalty) in 6 games, including 2 derby against his former club Inter de Limeira.[25] The team failed to advance to the next stage, finished as the 6th (out of 7 teams) in Group 3. The first stage consist of 46 teams and divided into 6 groups.
In 2001, he was found guilty of illegal possession of a weapon, which happened in 1997.[30] He acquitted a murder case which happened in 1999, on 3 April 2008.[31][32] He was arrested again in 2014 for alleged robbery on ATMs.[33]