Egmar Goncalves

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Egmar Goncalves was a professional soccer player. He was born in Brazil, but changed his nationality to Singaporean in 2002 in order to play for the Singapore national football team.

[edit] Career

In his time with Home United FC, Goncalves scored a total of 239 S.League goals in 11 S-league seasons and was the first recipient of the 100 S.League goals award in 2001, although it was his 107 S-league goals. It was due to S-league deciding not to include the inaugural Singapore Cup goals as it was known as League Cup but backtracked on it later. He was also awarded the 200 S-league goals award in 2004. Both time, Gonclaves celebrated the milestone by notching a hat-trick, first against SAFFC in a 4-0 win and then Sinchi in a 5-1 win.

He also won the top scorer in both Singapore's S.League and the AFC Cup in 2004, playing for Home United.

Goncalves returned to Brazil in January 2007 after failing to agree a new contract with Home United. He played for Desportiva Capixaba in Espírito Santo state and then retired. Currently, Egmar Gonçalves lives in Vila Velha city, Brazil, with his wife and children.

He failed to make any impact for Singapore at international level and was one of the unsuccessful players in the foreign talent scheme endorsed by the Football Association of Singapore, although he is well remembered for scoring in the 4-2 away defeat against Iraq in the 2007 Asian Cup qualifying campaign.