Edmundo

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Personal information
Edmundo
Full name	Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto
Date of birth	April 2, 1971 (age 36)
Place of birth	Niterói, Brazil
Height	177cm
Nickname	The Animal
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Palmeiras
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990-1992 1993-1995 1995 1996 1996-1997 1997-1999 1999-2000 2000 2001 2001 2002 2003 2003 2004 2005 2005 2006-present	Vasco da Gama Palmeiras Flamengo Corinthians Vasco da Gama Fiorentina Vasco da Gama Santos FC SSC Napoli Cruzeiro Tokyo Verdy Urawa Reds Vasco da Gama Fluminense Nova Iguaçu Figueirense Palmeiras	23 (8) 133 (65) 14 (9) 23 (22) 44 (38) 37 (12) 17 (13) 20 (13) 17 (4) ? (6) 40 (25) 0 (0) 20 (7) 19 (7) 2 (1) 31 (15) 67 (29)
National team²
1993-2000	Brazil	36 (12)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto (born April 2, 1971 in Niterói) is one of the greatest Brazilian football players in activity, one of the greatest players developed by Vasco da Gama at the last three decades and is currently in Palmeiras.

Edmundo played for Brazil at the 1998 World Cup and is known for his fiery temper and subsequent receiving of numerous red cards and earning the nickname The Animal. He is one of the greatest football players revealed by Vasco da Gama in the last three decades. For Palmeiras, he won the Campeonato Brasileiro in the beginning of the Nineties. For Vasco da Gama he won the 1997's Campeonato Brasileiro, being the best player of the year, with 29 goals. In this same year, Vasco da Gama scored 69 goals. Edmundo also scored 6 goals in a same game in 1997, against a club from São Paulo, called "União São João".

Edmundo moved from club-to-club in Brazil and Italy and was embroiled in a number of controversies, including a car crash in which three people died (he was subsequently sentenced to imprisonment, although not serving any time). On 30 October 1994, when his former club Palmeiras was playing against São Paulo, Edmundo angerly tackled one of the opponents players with a sliding tackle and earned a booking. After that he ran towards São Paulo's bench and physically attacked 3 players. He slapped the first one, knocked out the second one and kicked the third one in his groin. Later he explained that he went crazy because the players were disprespecting and talking bad things about his mother. In 1999 he faced prosecution by animal welfare groups after hiring an entire circus to perform in his back garden to celebrate his son's first birthday. At the party he was accused by some individuals of the press of having a chimpanzee called Pedrinho drunk on beer and whiskey. Subsequent images of this appeared in the media (including the February 2004 issue of the UK version of FHM magazine) and have passed into football legend.[1]. Days later, Edmundo proved those accusations were false.

[edit] Current information

In 2005, his signing by Figueirense was seen as much of a gamble, since he was not said to be in good form and retirement seemed to be looming. However, he had a rather good season and helped the club avoid relegation. In a match against Palmeiras at Parque Antártica, he was applauded by the opposing crowd and declared his love of the green-and-white club. He ended up signing again with Palmeiras in 2006 and, as of September, is still playing for the club in the first division of the Brazilian league. As of the final rounds of the first stage of the Campeonato Paulista of 2007(Championship of the State of Sao Paulo), Edmundo is one of the top scores, leading Palmeiras to be a team with the second best attack in the state. On March 29, 2007, Edmundo played his 200th match with Palmeiras against América-SP.

[edit] Titles

Rio de Janeiro State Championship - 1992 - Vasco
São Paulo State Championship - 1993 - Palmeiras
Rio-São Paulo Cup - 1993 - Palmeiras
Brazilian Championship - 1993 - Palmeiras
São Paulo State Championship - 1994 - Palmeiras
Brazilian Championship - 1994 - Palmeiras
Brazilian Championship - 1997 - Vasco
Copa América - 1999 - Brazil national team

Preceded by Renaldo Paulo Nunes	Brazilian Championship Top Scorer 1997	Succeeded by Viola

[edit] External Links

Edmundo's profile on Sambafoot
Edmundo arrested for dangerous driving - People's Daily Online
National Football Teams

	Brazil squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Runners-up
1 Taffarel \| 2 Cafu \| 3 Aldair \| 4 Júnior Baiano \| 5 César Sampaio \| 6 Roberto Carlos \| 7 Giovanni \| 8 Dunga \| 9 Ronaldo \| 10 Rivaldo \| 11 Emerson \| 12 Carlos Germano \| 13 Zé Carlos \| 14 Gonçalves \| 15 André Cruz \| 16 Zé Roberto \| 17 Doriva \| 18 Leonardo \| 19 Denílson \| 20 Bebeto \| 21 Edmundo \| 22 Dida \| Coach: Zagallo