Edmundo

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Edmundo
Personal information
Full name Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto
Date of birth April 2, 1971 (1971-04-02) (age 37)
Place of birth    Niterói, Brazil
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre Forward
Club information
Current club Vasco da Gama
Number 10
Youth clubs
1982-1986
1987-1989		 Vasco da Gama
Botafogo
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
2004
2005
2005
2005-2007
2008-		 Vasco da Gama
Palmeiras
Flamengo
Corinthians
Vasco da Gama
Fiorentina
Vasco da Gama
Santos
Napoli
Cruzeiro
Tokyo Verdy
Urawa Red
Vasco da Gama
Fluminense
Nova Iguaçu
Figueirense
Palmeiras
Vasco da Gama		 24 (8)
40 (20)
13 (4)
36 (32)
43 (38)
34 (12)
27 (29)
16 (9)
17 (4)
12 (3)
30 (18)
0 (0)
19 (7)
19 (7)
0 (0)
31 (15)
48 (14)
1 (2)   
National team
1992-2000 Brazil 42 (12)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto (born April 2, 1971 in Niterói), better known simply as Edmundo, a Brazilian football player currently playing for Vasco da Gama.

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, 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 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.

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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. 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 São 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. On May 13, 2007, Edmundo scored 2 goals against Flamengo, when Palmeiras beat Flamengo, 4-2. Once more, Edmundo humiliated Flamengo, as he used to do when playing for Vasco da Gama. On January 22, 2008, Edmundo returned to Vasco da Gama to close his career as quoted by himself. He is going to revive his partnership with ex-fellow striker Romario who is the coach of Vasco da Gama. They played together during 2000 in Vasco.

[edit] Edmundo & Vasco da Gama: A Complicated History

The history of Edmundo, as a soccer player, is strongly closed with Vasco da Gama. In that club he started his first steps in amateur divisions and as professional. His career is full of magia and problems with "the club of his heart".

Although all those indiscipline problems, he's always remember by Vasco crowd as a true fan of the club and a football legend, one of greatest players ever played for the team. He is as popular as legends like Roberto Dinamite, Ademir "Queixada" Menezes, Romário and Juninho Pernambucano.

The excellent form he showed in 1997 was fundamental for Vasco to win the Brazilian National Championship that season. That year he confirmed his status of an exceptional player.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Vasco

[edit] Palmeiras

[edit] National Team

[edit] Career statistics


Club Performance League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brazil League Copa do Brasil Total
1992 Vasco da Gama 24 8
1993 Palmeiras 19 11
1994 21 10
1995 Flamengo 13 2
1996 Corinthians Paulista 11 4
1996 Vasco da Gama 16 9
1997 26 29
Italy League Coppa Italia Total
1997-98 Fiorentina Serie A 9 4
1998-99 28 8
Brazil League Copa do Brasil Total
1999 Vasco da Gama 26 16
2000 Santos 21 12
Italy League Coppa Italia Total
2000-01 Napoli Serie A 17 4
Brazil League Copa do Brasil Total
2001 Cruzeiro 12 3
Japan League Emperor's Cup Total
2001 Tokyo Verdy J. League Division 1 5 2
2002 26 16
2003 Urawa Red Diamonds J. League Division 1 0 0
Brazil League Copa do Brasil Total
2003 Vasco da Gama Série A 20 7
2004 Fluminense Série A 19 7
2005 Nova Iguaçu 0 0
2005 Figueirense Série A 31 15
2006 Palmeiras Série A 29 10
2007
2008 Vasco da Gama Série A
Total Brazil 288 143
Italy 54 16
Japan 31 18
Career Total 373 177

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Preceded by
Renaldo
Paulo Nunes		 Brazilian Championship Top Scorer
1997		 Succeeded by
Viola
Preceded by
Djalminha		 Bola de Ouro Winner
1997		 Succeeded by
Edílson


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