Eduardo Antunes Coimbra (born February 5, 1947), better known as Edu, is a former Brazilian

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who played as an

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and went on to become a manager.

Background

He was one of the most talented dribblers of the 1970s and is considered one of the best players in America Football Club's history. He scored 212 goals for America—which makes him the second highest scorer for the club—and also played for

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and

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Early life

Edu came from a lower-middle-class family, in the suburbs of Quintino,

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. His father was a goalkeeper and three of his brothers were professional footballers as well. However the most famous was Zico.

Career

They played together in 1976 in

Coaching career

He was a member of Zico's veteran team in Turkey during the coaching period of his brother Zico at Fenerbahce. The team has Brazilian members as Roberto Carlos's father Oscar Silva, Edu's brother and Fenerbahçe manager Zico, Fenerbahçe conditioner Moraci Vasconcelos Sant'anna (who was 3 World Cup coach of Brazil),

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's uncle Sebastião and

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's brother whom were all playing or coaching for Fenerbahçe at that time. He was also the assistant manager of Russia club CSKA Moscow, the team formerly managed by his brother and Brazil football legend Zico. He is currently the assistant manager of Iraq national football team.

Honours

Player

* Copa Rio Branco 1967 –

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Taça Guanabara The Taça Guanabara, or Guanabara Cup, is a football tournament organized annually since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. In its first four editions (1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968), the Taça Guanabara was a tournament in its o ...

: 1974 * Bahia State Championship: 1975

Coach

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1982 * Tournament of the Champions: 1982 *

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: 1989 * Rio State Championship: 1990 *

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: 2007

Individual

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's top scorer: 1969

References

External links

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Fenerbahçe SK official website

Profil on TFF.org
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