Eduardo dos Santos (footballer, born 1980)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Eduardo Ribeiro dos Santos | ||
Date of birth | 5 August 1980 | ||
Place of birth | São João do Piauí, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ríver | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2000 | Flamengo do Piauí | 114 | (73) |
2000–2001 | Joinville | 29 | (17) |
2001–2006 | Grasshoppers | 111 | (36) |
2007–2009 | Guingamp | 64 | (22) |
2009–2012 | Lens | 77 | (10) |
2012–2014 | Ajaccio | 43 | (11) |
2014 | Metz | 11 | (2) |
2014–2015 | Ríver | 19 | (9) |
2015–2016 | Fortaleza | 0 | (0) |
2016 | Ríver | 11 | (3) |
2017 | Flamengo do Piauí | 0 | (0) |
2017 | Altos | 7 | (3) |
2018–19 | Ríver | 0 | (0) |
2018 | → Campinense | 6 | (1) |
2019 | Treze | 17 | (8) |
2019 | Timon | 0 | (0) |
2020– | Ríver | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:48, 20 January 2020 (UTC) |
Eduardo Ribeiro dos Santos (born 5 August 1980 in São João, Piauí) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as striker for Ríver.
Career
[edit]France
[edit]Dos Santos scored his first goal for Guingamp, a penalty against Strasbourg.[1] He gained many admirers due to his versatile play exhibited with Grasshoppers playing opposite Richard Nuñez.
On 9 May 2009, dos Santos entered French football history by scoring both his team's goals in a 2–1 triumph in the Coupe de France final against Stade Rennais FC, despite his side being a Ligue 2 club at the time.[2]
Dos Santos joined promoted Ligue 1 club RC Lens in July 2009 after agreeing to a three-year deal.[3]
After two stints with AC Ajaccio, dos Santos signed an eighteen-month contract with Ligue 2 club FC Metz in January 2014.[4]
Return to Brazil
[edit]Eduardo returned to Brazil in June 2014, after 13 years in Europe, signing for Ríver in his native state of Piauí.[5] In between spells with Ríver, he featured for Altos and Campinense in Campeonato Brasileiro Série C and, in 2019, for Treze in 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, where he was joint top scorer with 8 goals.[6][7][8] He returned to Ríver for the 2020 season.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Born in Brazil, dos Santos applied for Swiss citizenship in September 2006 after having lived in Switzerland for six years, thus enabling him to play for the Swiss national team.[9]
Honours
[edit]Grasshoppers
Guingamp
Metz
River
- Campeonato Piauiense: 2015, 2016, 2019
Fortaleza
- Copa dos Campeões Cearenses: 2016
References
[edit]- ^ Four in for Eduardo[permanent dead link]
- ^ "GUINGAMP LIFT CUP | Football Transfer News, Football News, Fixtures, Results, Match Reports, Stats". Sportinglife.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ "Eduardo Signe Trois Ans". Mercato365.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ "Eduardo en renfort !" [Eduardo joins Metz!] (in French). fcmetz.com. 30 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Após 13 anos na Europa, Eduardo dos Santos fecha com River-PI para Série D" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 20 June 2014.
- ^ "Final Feliz: Altos fecha com atacante Eduardo para disputar a Série D" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 May 2017.
- ^ "Atacante do River-PI, Eduardo acerta ida ao Campinense até o fim da Série D" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 29 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Artilheiro da Série C pelo Treze, Eduardo revela "conversa boa" com o River-PI: "Perto do acordo"" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Eduardo applies for Swiss nationality (German article)". Blick.ch. Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
External links
[edit]- "Brazilian FA Database" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2007.
- Eduardo dos Santos at Soccerway
- Eduardo dos Santos at FootballDatabase.eu