Éder Guterres Silveira (born 7 October 1977), known as Éder or Éder Gaúcho, is a Brazilian retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

São Borja São Borja is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. São Borja is the oldest municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and was founded in 1682 by the Jesuits as the first of the Seven Points of the Missions, and named ...

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

, Gaúcho started his professional career with

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense (), commonly known as Grêmio, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre, capital city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The club plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série ...

. In 2000, he moved abroad, joining

U.D. Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. M ...

of Portugal, where he remained two seasons. Éder stayed in the country afterwards, transferring to

Boavista F.C. Boavista Futebol Clube, commonly known as Boavista (), is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Porto. Founded on 1 August 1903 by British entrepreneurs and Portuguese textile workers (thus the "FC" being appended – the British way as oppos ...

with the aid of an

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, which signed a portion of the player's rights and received a portion of any future transfer fee. He played all four games in the campaign's

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qualifying rounds, adding 12 matches and one goal in the

2002–03 UEFA Cup The 2002–03 UEFA Cup was the 32nd edition of the UEFA Cup, the second-tier European club football tournament organised by UEFA. The final was played between Portuguese side Porto and Scottish side Celtic at the Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla, Sev ...

as the

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

club reached the semifinals. In the 2005 summer, Gaúcho signed for Russian side

FC Terek Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

. In February 2007, however, he returned to Brazil and agreed to a six-month contract with

Sertãozinho Futebol Clube Sertãozinho Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Sertãozinho, is a professional association football club based in Sertãozinho, São Paulo, Brazil. The team competes in Campeonato Paulista Série A3, the third tier of the São Paulo state fo ...

, which appeared in the Paulistan League. In July he returned to

Leiria Leiria (; cel-x-proto, ɸlāryo) is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat of its own distr ...

, notably scoring in the 4–1 home win over

FK Hajduk Kula FK Hajduk Kula (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Хајдук Кула) was a Serbian football club based in Kula. The club was named after a Hajduk, a much celebrated hero figure in the Serbian epic poetry. On 30 July 2013, just eleven days before start ...

in the second leg of the last qualifying round of the

2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup The 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup was the 19th and penultimate edition of the competition and took 50 entries. Three rounds were held, and 11 teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The draw took place at UEFA headquarters in ...

which subsequently qualified for the

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, with his team being eliminated in the first round of the competition. In July 2008, Éder joined

Al-Nassr FC Al Nassr Football Club ( ar, نادي النصر السعودي; ''An-Nasr, Naṣr'' meaning ''Victory'') is a Saudi Arabian Association football, football club based in Riyadh. Formed in 1955, the club plays its home games at the Mrsool Park. ...

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– he also played in the Middle East region for

Al-Rayyan SC Al-Rayyan Sports Club () is a Qatari multi-sports club fielding teams in a number of sports such as football, futsal, basketball, volleyball, handball, athletics, table tennis, and swimming. It is based at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in Umm Al ...

, appearing in the

2009 Emir of Qatar Cup The 2009 Emir of Qatar Cup was the 37th edition of a cup tournament in men's football (soccer). It is played by the 1st and 2nd Level divisions of the Qatari football league structure. The top four sides of the 2008–09 Qatari League season en ...

final. In January 2010 he left the club, in exchange for

Pascal Feindouno Pascal Feindouno (born 27 February 1981) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a winger. In his prime, he was widely recognised as one of the best footballers to come out of Guinea. He scored 30 goals in 85 appearances betwe ...

International career

Éder played for Brazil under-20's at the

1997 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1997 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 11th staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held from 16 June to 5 July 1997 in Malaysia. It was th ...

in Malaysia. As the national team exited in the quarter-finals, he scored in a 10–0 demolition of

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in the round-of-16.

Honours

UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting pool'),Most precisely, from (football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Foot ...

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Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...

: 1999

References

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CBF data

Futpédia profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaucho, Eder 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Sul Brazilian footballers Association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players Sertãozinho Futebol Clube players Primeira Liga players U.D. Leiria players Boavista F.C. players Russian Premier League players FC Akhmat Grozny players Saudi Professional League players Al Nassr FC players Al-Rayyan SC players UAE Pro League players Sharjah FC players Baniyas Club players Brazil youth international footballers Brazil under-20 international footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Qatar Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates