Éderson José dos Santos Lourenço da Silva (born 7 July 1999), simply known as Éderson, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Éderson started his professional career at

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, a club from

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Cruzeiro

On 15 July 2018, Éderson was loaned for Cruzeiro, a team playing in the

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, that has the option to sign him after the loan ending in mid-2019. At first, the player should be part of Cruzeiro U20 team, but after training with the first team for some time, Éderson impressed coach

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who decided to give him a chance in the first team. As Cruzeiro was playing three competitions at once, Menezes was forced to use most of the players in the squad in order of rest some important players for some priority competitions. Due to this fact, many young and reserve players had his chance in the first team. On 5 September 2018, Éderson debuted in a 1–1 draw against

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. He came in the match's 75th minute, replacing

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. Despite Cruzeiro disastrous campaign in the

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(which led the team to be relegated to Série B for the first time in its history), Éderson was one of the best players in the team and was considered by many journalists one of the club's few bright spots in the season.

Corinthians

After Cruzeiro's relegation to Série B, Éderson sued the club for unpaid wages. They reached an agreement allowing him to freely sign with another club. On 20 February 2020, after several days of speculation,

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announced they had signed the athlete for 5 years.

Fortaleza

On 20 February 2021, Éderson was loaned to Fortaleza. He debuted with Fortaleza on 10 March of that same year. In Fortaleza, in 2021, he was one of the main players of the club during the Campeonato Brasileiro of that year, helping the club to qualify to the Copa Libertadores of 2022.

Salernitana

On 30 January 2022, Éderson signed a contract with

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in Italy until 2026.

Atalanta

On 6 July 2022, Éderson joined fellow Serie A club

International career

On 7 October 2018, Éderson was called to play for the Brazil U20 team in two

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against

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on 13 and 15 October 2018. He played as a starter in the second game, a 2–2 draw.

Honours

Cruzeiro *

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Fortaleza *

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: 2021

References

External links

Profile
at the Atalanta B.C. website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ederson 1999 births Living people Footballers from Campo Grande Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Desportivo Brasil players Shandong Taishan F.C. players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Fortaleza Esporte Clube players US Salernitana 1919 players Atalanta BC players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Serie A players Brazil men's youth international footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in Italy