Édson de Jesus Nobre

Édson
Personnel
Surname	Édson de Jesus Nobre
birthday	March 2, 1980
place of birth	Benguela ,  Angola
size	173 cm
position	Left midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1999-2001	DG Mealhada
2001-2003	Anadia FC	65 (17)
2003-2005	Oliveira do Bairro SC	65 (15)
2005-2009	FC Paços de Ferreira	102 (11)
2009	Ethnikos Achnas	2 0(0)
2010	CRD Libolo	11 0(0)
2010-2011	FC Arouca
2011–2012	Aliados Lordelo
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2005-2009	Angola	16 (0)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of career

Édson de Jesus Nobre , known as Édson (born March 2, 1980 in Benguela ) is a former Angolan football player . The attacking midfielder played most of his career in Portugal , where he has lived since 1987.

Career

Édson's career began in 1999 with DG Mealhada in the Portuguese fourth division. He came to Oliveira do Bairro SC via Anadia FC in 2003 in the Segunda Divisão, the third Portuguese division. In the summer of 2005, first division club FC Paços de Ferreira signed him . There he became a regular in midfield and was promoted to national team in 2005 when he made his debut in a friendly against Japan on November 16 . Édson was part of the Angolan squad for the 2006 World Cup and was used there in the preliminary round match against Portugal . In March 2009 he played his last of a total of 16 international matches.

In the summer of 2009, Édson left Paços de Ferreira and switched to Ethnikos Achnas in Cyprus. There he could not assert himself and in early 2010 joined the Angolan club CRD Libolo . In the summer of 2010 he returned to Portugal, but could no longer build on previous performances. He ended his career in 2012.

Web links

• Édson in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Édson in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)