| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eduardo dos Reis Carvalho | ||
| Date of birth | 19 September 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Mirandela, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Benfica (on loan from Genoa) | ||
| Number | 47 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Braga | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2006 | Braga B | 110 | (0) |
| 2005–2010 | Braga | 60 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Beira-Mar (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Vitória Setúbal (loan) | 30 | (0) |
| 2010– | Genoa | 37 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Benfica (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004 | Portugal U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2009– | Portugal | 27 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 1 July 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Eduardo dos Reis Carvalho (born 19 September 1982 in Mirandela), simply Eduardo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica and the Portuguese national football team, as a goalkeeper.
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Eduardo had to wait until his mid-twenties to make the breakthrough into top-flight football. A product of Sporting Clube de Braga's youth system, he first appeared in Portugal's first division during 2006–07, when he served a six-month loan at lowly S.C. Beira-Mar.
In the following season, Eduardo was also loaned, this time to Vitória de Setúbal, and was as a key player in a Carlos Carvalhal-led side that conquered the inaugural Portuguese League Cup, thus qualifying for the UEFA Cup, with a Man of the match display in the final against Sporting Clube de Portugal, saving three kicks in the penalty shootout.
Eduardo returned to Braga in 2008–09, playing in all the league matches, while doing the same in the Minho side's UEFA Cup round-of-16 run. The same happened in the following year, with the club finishing in its best-ever position, second, as he only conceded 20 goals (joint-best in the competition).
On 7 July 2010, Eduardo signed a four-year contract with Italy's Genoa C.F.C. for a reported €4 million,[1] replacing departed Marco Amelia. Braga would also receive a 25% future transfer fee if Genoa sold the player.[2]
Eduardo started all the games but one for Genoa in his first Serie A season, in a final midtable position. Beginning of 2011-12 of Seria A, Eduardo fell out of favour for Sébastien Frey after being signed from ACF Fiorentina.In July 2011, he returned to his country and joined S.L. Benfica on loan, with the Lisbon outfit having and option to buy at the end of the campaign.
After UEFA Euro 2008, Eduardo was called for new national team coach Carlos Queiroz for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Denmark, where he played understudy to Quim.
He made his full debut on 11 February 2009, in a friendly match with Finland, playing the first 60 minutes in a 1–0 home win, and remained the starter throughout the remainder of the qualifying campaign. He also started in the final stages in South Africa, keeping clean sheets against Ivory Coast, North Korea and Brazil, and only conceding in the round of 16 loss against Spain (0–1), where he effectively denied many shots from the opposition, namely by David Villa.
After being relegated to the bench in his club, Eduardo met the same fate in the national team, to Rui Patrício, and both finished the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with five games (450 minutes) as Portugal qualified for the final stages.
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