Edimar Curitiba Fraga (born 21 May 1986), simply known as Edimar, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Born in Iconha,

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, Edimar joined Cruzeiro's youth setup in 2003, aged 16, after starting it out at Cachoeiro. In 2006, he was loaned to Guarani, but only appeared in one match during the whole campaign. In 2008, Edimar played 13

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games for

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and scored one goal, before moving to

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. He appeared in five Série A matches for the latter. On 1 July 2008 Edimar was loaned to Portuguese

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club

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, in a

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-long deal. He made his debut in the competition on 15 March 2009, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Académica de Coimbra. Edimar scored his first goal on 24 May, netting his side's only in a 1–1 away draw against

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. He subsequently returned to Cruzeiro in June 2009, but moved to Romanian

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side

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on 28 July; with the latter he featured regularly over the course of three campaigns, winning both league and cup in 2009–10. On 3 August 2011 Edimar was loaned to

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team

Xanthi F.C. Xanthi Football Club ( el, Α.Ο. Ξάνθη Π.Α.Ε.) is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Xanthi, Western Thrace and plays at Xanthi FC Arena. The club resigned from the Super League Greece 2, Super League 2 du ...

, in a season-long deal. During his spell he suffered with weather, and with

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in a match against

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On 5 August 2012 Edimar joined

Rio Ave F.C. Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave (), is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila do Conde, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after the Ave River, which flows through the town and into the Atlanti ...

, also in a temporary deal. He featured regularly as a first choice, and returned to Cluj in June 2013; however, on 23 July he returned to his previous club, also on loan. On 4 June 2014 Edimar joined

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club

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, after agreeing to a three-year deal. On 7 January of the following year, after featuring in only nine minutes in the league, he was loaned to

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, until June. Edimar made his debut in the main category of Spanish football on 12 January, starting in a 1–0 away win against

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. On the 24th, in a 1–2 home loss against

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, Edimar was kicked by

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, which led to the ejection of the latter. He later stated that it was "all forgiven", after a formal excuse was made by Ronaldo in his

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Honours

;CFR Cluj *

: 2009–10 *

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: 2009–10 *

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