He was a samba musician throughout childhood and adolescence, but became a football player.
Career
After a serious knee injury, Nogueira decided to venture into the already well-known path of samba and released the CD and DVD Live, recorded at the Teatro João Caetano in Rio de Janeiro.[1] In 2015, his album Bossa Negra, a partnership with Hamilton de Holanda, was nominated for the 16th Latin Grammy Awards in the Best Samba/Pagode Album category. The title track of the album was also nominated for the same award, in the Best Brazilian Song category.[2] In the 2017 Award, his album Alma Brasileira was nominated in the same category as Bossa Negra and his song "Pé na Areia" was nominated in the same category (now renamed as Best Portuguese Language Song) as "Bossa Negra".[3]