Edcarlos Conceição Santos

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Edcarlos
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Personal information
Full name	Edcarlos Conceição Santos
Date of birth	June 20, 1985 (1985-06-20) (age 22)
Place of birth	Bahia, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Benfica
Number	3
Youth clubs
2001-2002	São Paulo
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2007 2007-	São Paulo Benfica	64 (2) 16 (0)
National team
2003	Brazil U-20
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Edcarlos Conceição Santos, or simply Edcarlos (born May 10, 1985 in Bahia), is a Brazilian central defender who currently plays for Benfica after signing from São Paulo on August 27, 2007. He made his Benfica debut against Naval 1º de Maio, in a September 15 league match and 3-0 win. Three days later he started again in the UEFA Champions League contest against AC Milan, which ended 2-1 to the Italian club.

Edcarlos played for Brazil in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, held in The Netherlands.

[edit] Honours

• Zico Cup (2002)
• São Paulo State Superleague (2005)
• São Paulo State League (2005)
• Libertadores Cup (2005)
• FIFA Club World Championship (2005)
• Brazilian League (2006)

[edit] External links

• (English) Guardian Stats Centre
• (Portuguese) zerozero.pt
• (Portuguese) edcarlos.com
• (German) soccerterminal

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