Golden has completed a loan move from Santa Catarina to Piauí-PI, joining the Piauí-based side on a temporary deal that is scheduled to run from 2026-02-06 until 2026-10-01, when he is due to return to his parent club. The Nigerian centre-forward, 23, leaves Santa Catarina on an active loan transfer, with the move formally registered as a loan rather than a permanent sale.
The transfer sees Golden remain in Brazil, swapping Santa Catarina Clube (SC) for Piauí EC (PI) in a deal officially classified as a “loan transfer.” No standalone market value has been recorded for the player, and the transaction list does not assign a specific monetary figure beyond the description of the move type. His contractual rights remain held by Santa Catarina, which will receive him back on 2026-10-01 under a confirmed “end of loan” arrangement.
Golden’s switch to Piauí-PI continues a pattern of short-term moves within Brazilian football. Since signing for Santa Catarina, he has spent consecutive spells on loan at Esporte Clube São Bernardo (SP), Nação Esportes FC and CA Carlos Renaux, before returning to Santa Catarina after each stint. On 2025-02-21 he was loaned to São Bernardo, then recalled on 2025-05-22; he went out again to Nação Esportes FC on 2025-05-30 and returned on 2025-10-31. Most recently, he joined CA Carlos Renaux on loan on 2026-01-01 and was recalled once more on 2026-01-18, before this latest move to Piauí-PI was finalised.
Listed primarily as a centre-forward, Golden stands 1.95m tall and plays with his right foot, offering Piauí-PI a classic physical presence at the tip of the attack. A Nigerian national, he continues to build his career entirely in Brazil rather than in his home country, with all recorded clubs and transfers taking place within Brazilian football. Both Santa Catarina and Piauí-PI are recorded without a defined league designation in the available data, noted only as “N/A,” but the move still represents another step in his professional journey abroad from Nigeria.
His current agreement with Piauí-PI is explicitly time-bound: he is contracted there on loan from 2026-02-06 until 2026-10-01, after which he is scheduled to revert to Santa Catarina. There is no information in the data indicating an option to buy or a contract extension beyond that date, meaning his mid-term future remains tied to his parent club once the Piauí-PI spell concludes. The absence of a listed market value also leaves his longer-term valuation open, especially given the frequency of his recent loan moves.
Golden’s career path so far shows a player repeatedly trusted to gain experience through temporary deals rather than being settled at a single club. With his age, height and positional profile, Piauí-PI now have a target man under contract for the duration of this loan, while Santa Catarina retain control of his rights and the ability to reassess his situation once he returns at the end of the agreed period on 2026-10-01.
