Edon Amaral Neto (born 21 February 1967), commonly known as Edinho, is a Brazilian retired

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who played as a

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Playing career

Born in

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, Edinho played for modest clubs in his homeland. In 1990, he moved to Portugal where he spent four seasons competing in both the

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and third divisions, with

S.C. Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense () is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of Portuguese football. It holds home matches at the ...

and

Portimonense SC Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese sports club based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, it is most notable for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. It a ...

. From 1994 to January 1997, Edinho played in the

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, scoring 29 goals combined for

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and Vitória de Guimarães. On 6 February he signed with English

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side

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, netting ten times in 41 games in his first full season with the Bantams. On 23 March 1999, Edinho moved to Dunfermline Athletic on loan, scoring once against Hearts during his short spell. After leaving Bradford, he returned to Portugal and continued to play in the country until his retirement one decade later (at the age of 42), only two of his ten seasons being spent in the second tier, with C.F. União de Lamas and Olhanense – in 2007–08, he even helped historic

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team

S.C. Farense Sporting Clube Farense, simply known as Farense, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Faro in the district of the same name and the region of Algarve. Founded in 1910, the club will play the 2021–22 season in the Liga Portugal ...

promote from the regional championships; in the two major levels combined, he amassed totals of 188 matches and 59 goals.

Coaching career

As of June 2019 Edinho was coaching youth players at a Portuguese academy. That same month he played for the Bradford City veteran's team at a friendly tournament in the Algarve.

Personal life

Edinho' son,

Edinho Júnior Edon Júnior Viegas Amaral (born 7 March 1994), known as Edinho Júnior, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward. Career Edinho started his career in Portuguese club S.C. Olhanense's youth team where he caught the eye of ...

, is also a footballer and a forward.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edinho 1967 births Living people Brazilian footballers Association football forwards Avaí FC players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players S.C. Olhanense players Portimonense S.C. players G.D. Chaves players Vitória S.C. players C.F. União de Lamas players F.C. Vizela players Juventude Sport Clube players S.C. Farense players English Football League players Bradford City A.F.C. players Scottish Premier League players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Scotland Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England Brazilian football managers S.C. Farense managers Sportspeople from Alagoas People from Arapiraca