Edivaldo Martíns da Fonseca, best known as ''Edivaldo'' (born in

Volta Redonda Volta Redonda () is the name of a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil with an area of 182.81 km2, located from 350m to 707m above the sea level (22°31'23" S, 44°06'15" W) an ...

, Rio de Janeiro State, April 13, 1962 – died in

Boituva Boituva is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba. The population is 62,170 (2020 est.) in an area of 248.97 km². The elevation is 637 metres. It is known as the "National Skydive ...

, São Paulo State, January 13, 1993) was a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward. In his career, which started in 1982, he played for Atlético Mineiro,

Palmeiras Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around ...

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

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(his last club), in Japan with Gamba Osaka, and in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

with

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. For the Brazil national team he played in three matches (April 1986 to July 1989) without scoring a goal, and was in the squad for the

1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia ha ...

. He died in the Castelo Branco highway disaster in

, at 30 years of age.

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* 1962 births 1993 deaths People from Volta Redonda Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Association football forwards Clube Atlético Mineiro players Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players São Paulo FC players Gamba Osaka players Club Puebla players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Liga MX players J1 League players 1986 FIFA World Cup players Expatriate footballers in Mexico Expatriate footballers in Japan Brazil international footballers Road incident deaths in Brazil Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (state) {{Brazil-footy-forward-1960s-stub