Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto

Edmundo
Personal information
Full nameEdmundo Alves de Souza Neto
Date of birth2 April 1971
Place of birthNiterói, Brazil
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionSecond striker
Youth career
1982–1986Vasco da Gama
1987–1989Botafogo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1990–1992Vasco da Gama23(8)
1993–1995Palmeiras180(74)
1995Flamengo14(2)
1996Corinthians0(0)
1996–1997Vasco da Gama44(38)
1998Fiorentina37(12)
1999–2000Vasco da Gama16(13)
2000Santos20(13)
2001Napoli17(4)
2001Cruzeiro12(3)
2001–2002Tokyo Verdy31(18)
2003Urawa Red Diamonds0(0)
2003–2004Vasco da Gama20(7)
2004Fluminense19(7)
2005Nova Iguaçu2(1)
2005Figueirense31(15)
2006–2007Palmeiras49(14)
2008Vasco da Gama26(13)
Total402(190)
National team
1992–2000Brazil39(10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto (born 2 April 1971 in Niterói), better known simply as Edmundo, is a retired Brazilian footballer.

Nicknamed as Animal, Edmundo played for Brazil at the 1998 World Cup. For Palmeiras, he won the Campeonato Brasileiro in the beginning of the Nineties. For Vasco da Gama he won 1997's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, scoring 29 goals. In that same year, Vasco da Gama scored 69 goals. Edmundo also scored 6 goals in the same game in 1997, against a club from São Paulo, União São João.

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. He also escaped a prison sentence for drinking driving during carnival of the same year after being involved in an accident that resulted in the deaths of his three passengers, for his behaviour he received seven day suspended sentence and was two days late returning to Florence according to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.

Current information

During the end of his career, Edmundo had good performances, although he was not physically so strong as in the mid-90s. That is why he alternated great appearances with bad ones. Even though, his football skills were fundamental to avoiding relegation with Figuerense in the 2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and with Palmeiras in the 2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

He was the main footballer of Palmeiras (along with Valdivia and Marcos) in the 2007 season, but his contract was not renewed. There are two versions of this fact: according to the "official" one, his salary was too high for his irregular performances. But it is more possible that the actual reason was that Caio Júnior, who was favorable to this permanence, was sacked and Vanderlei Luxemburgo, who has personal problems with Edmundo, was hired.

In January 2008, Edmundo returned to Vasco da Gama. Unfortunately, he could not do anything when Vasco da Gama was relegated to 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

In the middle of 2009, he became a football pundit in Rede TV!. In the beginning of 2010, Rede Bandeirantes hired him. He was part of the broadcaster's jornalstics team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012 coverages.

Edmundo and Vasco da Gama: A Complicated History

The history of Edmundo, as a football player, is strongly intertwined with Vasco da Gama. In that club he started his first steps in amateur divisions and as professional.

In 1997, when Vasco won the Brazilian National Championship, he was the season's top scorer, his 29 goals breaking a record set by Reinaldo of Atlético-MG 20 years earlier.

Edmundo always says that his love for Vasco da Gama is like a son-mother love. On 28 March 2012, he played his farewell match when Vasco da Gama hosted Barcelona de Guayaquil in a friendly match. The game ended 9–1 with Edmundo scoring twice.[2]

Honours

Club
International
Individual

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Total
1991Vasco da GamaSérie A00
1992Série A238
1993PalmeirasSérie A1911
1994Série A219
1995FlamengoSérie A142
1996CorinthiansSérie A002727105
1996Vasco da GamaSérie A169
1997Série A2829
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
1997–98FiorentinaSerie A94
1998–99288
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Total
1999Vasco da GamaSérie A1613
2000SantosSérie A2013
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
2000–01NapoliSerie A174
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Total
2001CruzeiroSérie A123
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
2001Tokyo VerdyJ. League 1523200-84
200226160065-3221
2003Urawa Red DiamondsJ. League 1000020-20
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Total
2003Vasco da GamaSérie A207
2004FluminenseSérie A197
2005Nova Iguaçu00
2005FigueirenseSérie A3115
2006PalmeirasSérie A2910
2007204
2008Vasco da GamaSérie A2513
Total Brazil 291143
Italy 5416
Japan 31183285-4225
Career total 376177

[4]

Brazil national team
YearAppsGoals
199241
199351
199400
1995125
199610
199752
199881
199900
200020
Total3710

References and notes

  1. ↑ "Common ground". observer.theguardian.com. 5 May 2002. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Edmundo marca duas vezes, ouve gritos de 'fica', e Vasco goleia: 9 a 1" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.globo.com. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "South American Team of the Year". 16 January 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto". National Football Teams. Retrieved 21 December 2013.

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