Eduardo Neves de Castro (29 August 1944 – 28 April 1969), also known as Eduardo Neves or simply Eduardo, was a Brazilian professional
footballer
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who played as a
left winger.
Career
Revealed in the youth categories of America-RJ, Neves played for the club from 1961 to 1967, when he was traded to Corinthians. He was part of the historic game to break the club's winning drought against
Pelé
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and labelled "the greatest" by FIFA, ...
's
Santos FC
Santos Futebol Clube (), commonly known simply as Santos or Santos FC and nicknamed the ''Peixe'' (; "fish"), is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a '' bairro'' in the city of Santos. It is also the team with the most goals i ...
on 6 March 1968. He made 71 appearances and scored 15 goals.
In 1968 Eduardo played seven matches for the Brazil national team, scoring a goal against
Paraguay
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.
Honours
;Brazil
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Taça Jorge Chávez/Santos Dumont: 1968
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Taça Oswaldo Cruz
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for a training session with Corinthians. The right back
Lidu, who was driving the car, also died.
References
External links
Eduardoat ogol.com.br
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1944 births
1969 deaths
Men's association football wingers
Brazilian men's footballers
Brazil men's international footballers
America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro) players
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players
Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Road incident deaths in Brazil