Edinho (footballer, born 1955)

In this Portuguese name, the second or paternal family name is Nazareth. "Filho" is a generational suffix meaning "son", which is used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.
Edinho
Personal information
Full name Edino Nazareth Filho
Date of birth (1955-06-05) 5 June 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1969–1974 Fluminense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1982 Fluminense 88 (11)
1982–1987 Udinese 138 (22)
1987–1988 Flamengo 11 (0)
1988–1989 Fluminense 27 (3)
1989–1990 Grêmio 8 (1)
1990 Toronto Blizzard 20 (3)
Total 292 (42)
International career
1977–1986 Brazil 45 (3)
Managerial career
1991 Fluminense
1992 Botafogo
1993 Fluminense
1993–1994 Marítimo
1994–1995 Flamengo
1996 Vitória
1997 Portuguesa
1998 Fluminense
1998 Grêmio
2002 Goiás
2003 Vitória
2003 Bahia
2004–2005 Brasiliense
2005 Atlético Paranaense
2005 Sport Recife
2006 Portuguesa
2009 Boavista
2010 Joinville
2010–2011 Americana
Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1975 Mexico City Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edino Nazareth Filho (born 5 June 1955), known as Edinho, is a Brazilian former football player and manager. He played as a central defender with Fluminense, Grêmio, Toronto Blizzard[1][2] and with the Brazil national team. He is currently a sports commentator.

International career

Edinho obtained 45 caps with the Brazil national team between March 1977 and June 1986.[3] He took part at three "FIFA World Cup" final tournament.

He played 3 matches in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, in Argentina. He appeared only once during the 1982 FIFA World Cup, subbing in for Oscar after 75 minutes against New Zealand.[4] He played all Brazil's five matches during the 1986 FIFA World Cup in which he was captain, scoring one goal.[5]

Edinho was also in the team which finished fourth in football at the 1976 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in football at the 1975 Pan American Games.[6][7]

After retiring and past the age of 40, he made a career at beach soccer. He was part of the winning Brazilian team on the first 3 Beach Soccer World Championships in 1995, 1996 and 1997. He was selected as the best player from the 1996 tournament.

Honours

Player

Brazil
Fluminense
Flamengo
Grêmio

Manager

Fluminense
Vitória-BA
Goias
Brasiliense
Atlético Paranaense

References

  1. ^ "Bunbury gets wish to contribute to soccer in Canada".
  2. ^ "Edinho soccer statistics on StatsCrew.com".
  3. ^ "Edinho". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Brazil-New Zealand" game report
  5. ^ "World Cup 1986". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Match Report: Soviet Union - Brazil". FIFA. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  7. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Edinho (Edinho Nazareth Filho)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2018.