Edu (soccer player, 1978)

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Edu
Edu.jpg
Personnel
Surname Eduardo César Daude Gaspar
birthday May 15, 1978
place of birth São Paulo ,  Brazil
size 189 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
Corinthians São Paulo
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1998-2000 Corinthians São Paulo 26 (0)
2001-2005 Arsenal FC 79 (7)
2005-2009 Valencia CF 50 (1)
2009-2011 Corinthians São Paulo 15 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2004-2005 Brazil 18 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Edu , real name Eduardo César Daude Gaspar (born May 15, 1978 in São Paulo ), is a former Brazilian soccer player .

Career

Edu started his football career with the Brazilian top club Corinthians São Paulo . He played in the club's youth team until he was called up to the men's professional team in 1998 and played his first game in the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol . During his time at Corinthians he was twice champion (1998, 1999) and once FIFA club world champion ( 2000 ).

Two years later, Edu's talent was also noticed in Europe; on January 16, 2001 he signed a contract with the English Premier League club Arsenal . The transfer was actually supposed to take place in the summer of 2000, but problems arose when it was discovered that Edu's Portuguese passport was forged. With the help of his father, who has Italian roots, Edu got an Italian passport and was able to switch to Arsenal for around € 9 million. In his private life, he suffered a fate when his sister was killed in a traffic accident.

On his debut for Arsenal - 0-0 against Leicester City - he was injured so that he could only play five league games this season. He was also not considered for the Brazilian squad for the 2002 World Cup. After the injury had healed, he played through the following two seasons. The 2003/04 season was his best season for Arsenal, he played a total of 30 league games (2 goals) and became English champions with Arsenal without a single defeat. The subsequent 2004/05 season he was not quite as successful, he missed the preparation for the season by the Copa America and played a total of only 3 league games over the full season.

In July 2005 Edu moved to the Spanish first division club Valencia CF on a free transfer after initial contractual disagreements . He signed a contract until 2010. Even before the season started, Edu injured himself while training, so that he could not make his debut against FC Cádiz until April 4 . For the 2006/07 season , Edu was a regular at Valencia until matchday 11, when a cruciate ligament ruptured him again . He made his comeback a good year later on match day 13 against Racing Santander . In that season he was mostly only a substitute, which did not change in the 2008/09 season . For the 2009/10 season he moved back to his hometown club Corinthians São Paulo . In 2011 Edu ended his active career.

Immediately afterwards, Edu started working as a manager for Corinthians. He later moved to the national association CBF . For this he worked as a technical coordinator. Due to his successful collaboration with national coach Tite , the CBF announced in July 2018 that it would be extending the contract by four years until the 2022 World Cup .

successes

Corinthians

arsenal

Valencia

National team

Edu played 16 games for the Brazilian national soccer team from 2004 to 2005 . He made his Seleção debut on April 28, 2004 in a friendly against Hungary . With Brazil he won the 2004 Copa America and the 2005 Confederations Cup . He also played in qualifying matches for the 2006 World Cup , but was unable to take part due to his injury.

successes

Others

After Edu was never called up for the Brazilian national team until 2004, he considered, since he now also had English citizenship, to recommend himself for the English national soccer team. After he later made his debut for Brazil and was nominated for the Copa América , he gave up this venture.

He has a wife Paula, with whom he has a son and a daughter.

Web links

  • Edu in the database of fussballdaten.de
  • Edu in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kicker online: "I love to play for Arsenal" , accessed on February 27, 2009
  2. ↑ kicker online: Valencia gets Edu , accessed on February 27, 2009
  3. ↑ kicker online: Edu with a torn cruciate ligament , accessed on February 27, 2009
  4. ↑ handelsblatt.com: Cruciate ligament tear - Valencia long without Edu , accessed on February 27, 2009
  5. ↑ CBF extends contract until 2022 , report on cbf.com.br from July 25, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on July 26, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Edu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Daude Gaspar, Eduardo César (real name); Gaspar, Edu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH São Paulo , Brazil