Eduardo Adelino da Silva (born October 13, 1979), better known as simply Eduardo, is a former
Brazilian footballer. He played as
forward
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or as a attacking
midfielder
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.
Career
Early career
Eduardo started out as a youngster at his home-town club
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama
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in 1999. He started out in the reserves originally but soon broke into the first team because of his goalscoring ability. He made his debut at the age of 20 and made an impact. He grew stronger with every game and by the end of the season he had a respectable goal tally. His goalscoring talent had got him noticed in Europe and in 2000 he signed for Belgian
Jupiler League side
R. Charleroi S.C.
Royal Charleroi Sporting Club, often simply known as Charleroi or Sporting Charleroi, is a Belgian football club based in the city of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut. Charleroi plays in the Belgian Pro League and their current spell at ...
at the age of 21. He was a substitute for the first few games of the season but when he eventually did start in the black and white shirt he impressed both the management and the fans. He kept up his good performances and stayed in the first team not just that season but for the 2001/02 and the 2002/03 too.
Toulouse
After becoming a fans' favorite in Charleroi he was spotted and snapped up by French
Ligue 1
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club
Toulouse FC. He seemed to have left his shooting boots in
Belgium
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however, after failing to live up to his "goalmachine" reputation. His pace and accurate passing had impressed the coach in training, though. He and the coach agreed that trying a new position may help him and he turned out as a left-winger in the next match. He played well there and kept his place in the first team. The next season did not turn out as well as first. He lost his place after a few big-money signings came to the club.
Basel
On 26 July 2005,
FC Basel
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announced that Eduardo had signed a one-year contract coming in on a free transfer.
He joined Basel's first team during their
2005–06 season under head coach
Christian Gross
Christian Jürgen Gross (born 14 August 1954) is a Swiss football manager and former player who most recently coached Schalke 04. He played as a sweeper and central midfielder.
Gross was manager of Basel from 1 July 1999 to 27 May 2009, winning ...
, who started his seventh season with the club in that position. After playing in two test games Eduardo played his
domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the
St. Jakob-Park
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on 20 August, coming on in the 81st minute as Basel won 7–2 against
Aarau
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.
He scored his first goal for his new club one week later, in the home game, on 27 August as Basel won 3–0 against
Xamax.
As Swiss champions, Basel entered the
2005–06 Champions League third qualifying round. However, they were drawn against
German Bundesliga
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club
Werder Bremen
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and they lost 4-2 on aggregate.
Subsequently Basel dropped into the
2005–06 UEFA Cup, where against
NK Široki Brijeg
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in the first round, they sealed a 6–0 aggregate win to qualify for the Group stage. Here Basel were then drawn into Group E, alongside
Strasbourg
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,
Roma
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,
Red Star Belgrade
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and
Tromsø
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. Basel qualified for the knock-out stage and in the round of 32 Basel were drawn against
AS Monaco
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, this was won 2-1 on aggregate. In the round of 16 Basel were drawn against
Strasbourgh winning the first leg 2–0. In the return leg in
Stade de la Meinau
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on 15 March 2006 Eduardo scored both goals as Basel played a 2–2 draw to win 4–2 on aggregate. In the quarter-finals, drawn against
Middlesbrough
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they won the first leg 2–0, but Middlesbrough fought back to win the return match 4–1 and the tie 4–3 on aggregate. Eduardo played in 11 of the 12 European games.
Basel had started the season well and were joint leaders of the championship with
Zürich
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right until the last day of the league campaign. On the final day of the league season FCB played at home against FCZ. A last-minute goal from Zürich's
Iulian Filipescu
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meant the final score was 1–2 in favour of the away team and it gave FCZ their first national championship since 1980–81. The title for Basel was lost on goal difference.
During the season Basel and Eduardo signed a new, over two-years extended contract.
FC Basel's European campaign started in the first qualifying stage of the
2006–07 UEFA Cup
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, here they beat
Kazakhi side
FC Tobol
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3–1 on aggregate. In the second qualifying round they were drawn against
FC Vaduz
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from
Liechtenstein
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, narrowly progressing on the
away goals rule
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after a 2–2 aggregate draw. In the first round Basel won 7–2 on aggregate against
FK Rabotnički
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to qualified for the group stage. Here Basel played their first match at home against
Feyenoord
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, this ended in a 1–1 draw. Their second was away and FCB lost 3–0 against
Blackburn Rovers
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. At home against
AS Nancy
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the match was drawn 2–2 and the final game ended with a 3–1 defeat against
Wisła Kraków
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. Basel ended the group stage in last position in the table and were eliminated. Due to an injury that he had in Autumn, Eduardo played only in four of these ten matches, scoring twice.
At the end of the
2006–07 Super League season Basel were runners-up, one point behind championship winners
Zürich
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.
In the Swiss Cup Basel advanced to the final, beating FC Liestal in the first round,
Lugano
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,
FC Baulmes
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,
Aarau
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and
Wil
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in the semi-final. In the final they played
Luzern
, neighboring_municipalities= Adligenswil, Ebikon, Emmen, Horw, Kriens, Malters, Meggen, Neuenkirch
Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a ...
and won this 1–0 thanks to a penalty goal in the third minute of added time.
Basel played in the
2007–08 UEFA Cup
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. Winning both matches in the qualification round and both matches in the play-off round, they team advanced to the group stage, which they ended undefeated in second position, after playing 1–0 at home against
Stade Rennes
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, 0–0 away against
Dinamo Zagreb
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, 1–0 at home against
Brann and 1–1 away against
Hamburger SV
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, to continue the knockout stage. But then they were eliminated here by
Sporting CP
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. Eduardo played in all 10 of these European matches.
At the end of the 2007–08 season Eduardo won the
Double
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with the club. They won the
League
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Championship title with four points advantage over second placed
Young Boys. Eduardo had 35 appearances in the 36 league matches.
In the
Swiss Cup
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via FC Léchelles,
SC Binningen
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Founded in 1920, the club competes in 2. Liga, the fifth tier of the Swiss Football League. They play at Spiegelfeld, a stadium in Binningen which opened in 2005 and has a capaci ...
,
Grasshopper Club,
Stade Nyonnais
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and in the semi-final
Thun
, neighboring_municipalities= Amsoldingen, Heiligenschwendi, Heimberg, Hilterfingen, Homberg, Schwendibach, Spiez, Steffisburg, Thierachern, Uetendorf, Zwieselberg
, twintown =
, website = www.thun.ch
Thun (french: Thoune) ...
, Basel advanced to the final, and winning this 4–1 against
AC Bellinzona
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they won the competition. Eduardo played in all six cup games.
To the beginning of the 2008–09 season he was member of the Basel team that won the
Uhrencup
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. They beat
Legia Warsaw 6–1 and played a 2–2 draw with
Borussia Dortmund
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to end the table on top slot above Dortmund and
Luzern
, neighboring_municipalities= Adligenswil, Ebikon, Emmen, Horw, Kriens, Malters, Meggen, Neuenkirch
Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a ...
. Eduardo injured himself in the 10th minute of the second game and he was substituted out. This injury would hamper him throughout the season.
At the end of the
2008–09 Super League season Basel were third in the table, seven points behind new champions
Zürich
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and one adrift of runners-up
Young Boys. Eduardo had only 12 appearances during the league season.
On June 18, 2009, he was released by Basel after newly appointed manager
Thorsten Fink
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Career
Fink began his career with Borussia Dortmund's reserve squad before moving to SG Wattenscheid 09, where he hel ...
decided not to offer him a new contract. During his period with the club, Eduardo played a total of 180 games for Basel scoring a total of 42 goals. 96 of these games were in the
Swiss Super League
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, 13 in the
Swiss Cup
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, 31 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and UEFA Cup) and 40 were friendly games. He scored 17 goals in the domestic league, four in the cup, six in the European games and the other 15 were scored during the test games.
San Jose Earthquakes
After his release by Basel, Eduardo signed with the
Major League Soccer
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club
San Jose Earthquakes
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on 10 February 2010.
After struggling with injury, and with getting playing time, Eduardo was released at the end of the 2010 MLS season.
Brasil de Farroupilha
In April 2011 Eduardo joined Brasil de Farroupilha
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and November he retired from his active football career.
Honours
;Vasco da Gama
*Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
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: 2000
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*Copa Mercosur
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: 2000
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*Taça Guanabara
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: 2000
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*Taça Rio
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: 1999
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* Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1999
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;Toulouse
*Ligue 2
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: 2002-03
;Basel
*Swiss Super League
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: 2007-08
*Swiss Cup
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: 2006-07, 2007-08
* Uhren Cup: 2006, 2008
References
Sources
* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage
External links
Profile at FC Basel
Profile at Swiss Football League Website
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1979 births
Living people
Brazilian footballers
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in France
CR Vasco da Gama players
R. Charleroi S.C. players
Toulouse FC players
FC Basel players
San Jose Earthquakes players
Ligue 1 players
Swiss Super League players
Belgian First Division A players
Major League Soccer players
Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Association football forwards
Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Sociedade Esportiva Recreativa e Cultural Brasil players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players