Ederzito António Macedo Lopes (born 22 December 1987), commonly known as Eder (), is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a forward. He signed with Académica in 2008 from the lower leagues, and joined

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four years later. Over seven seasons, he appeared in 143

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matches and scored 38 goals. He also played in Wales, France, Russia and Saudi Arabia, notably winning the

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with

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. A Portugal international since 2012, Eder represented the country at the

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and Euro 2016, winning the latter and also scoring the sole goal in the final.

Club career

Early years

Born in

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, Eder moved to

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as a child, and started playing football with Associação Desportiva e Cultural da Adémia in the

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at the age of 11. He made his senior debut with

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and G.D. Tourizense, the latter in the third division and the

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of Académica de Coimbra.

Académica

Eder made his

debut for Académica on 24 August 2008, in a 0–1 away loss against

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. He scored his first goal for the club at the end of the season, netting the ''Students'' equalising goal in an eventual 3–1 victory over

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. On 2 May 2010, Eder scored what looked like a winning goal against

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, but the visitors equalised at 3–3 in the 90th minute. On 12 September of the following year, against the same opponent and also in

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, he scored twice in a 4–0 rout. He finished the season with five goals in 16 appearances, and helped the club win its first Portuguese Cup since

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after defeating

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in the final, but he only featured in the earlier rounds of the cup as he was suspended for not reporting to training for several weeks, as interest from other clubs in signing him grew.

Braga

Eder signed with

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in summer 2012, for four years. He made his official debut for his new team on 2 September in a 0–2 defeat at F.C. Paços de Ferreira but scored twice late into that month as the

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side defeated Rio Ave F.C. 4–1 at home, contributing one in a 4–4 home draw with S.C. Olhanense. On 30 November 2012, in the fifth round of the

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, Eder netted the winning goal as Braga defeated

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2–1, booking a place in the quarter-finals. On 6 January 2013, in a league match against Moreirense FC, he scored the game's only goal shortly after the restart. On 23 February he scored in each half of the

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against

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in a 3–2 win at the ''

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'', but missed the rest of the campaign after suffering a

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tear in early March. In the domestic cup final on 31 May 2015, Eder opened the scoring against Sporting with a

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after

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had been

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for fouling

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, but missed in the

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in an eventual loss following a 2–2 draw.

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On 28 June 2015,

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club

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agreed a fee of around £5 million to sign Eder on a three-year deal. He made his debut on 8 August, playing the final 11 minutes of a 2–2 draw at title holders

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in place of Bafétimbi Gomis. Having not scored in 15 competitive games for the Swans – only four starts – Eder joined

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on loan for the remainder of the season. He made his French

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debut on 3 February 2016 as a

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replacement for Yassine Benzia in a 1–0 home win over

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. He scored his first goal four days later, to open a 1–1 draw against

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also at the

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. Eder played the full 90 minutes in the final of the

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on 23 April 2016, which ended in a 2–1 loss against

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. On 24 May, after helping his team finish fifth and qualify to the

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, he signed a permanent four-year contract. On 2 March 2017, Eder scored the final goal (four minutes into injury time after 90 minutes of normal time had elapsed) in a 2–1 away defeat of

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side Bergerac Périgord FC in the

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Lokomotiv Moscow

On 23 August 2017, Eder joined

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club

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in a

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-long loan with a buyout option. On 5 May 2018, he scored the winning goal in the 87th minute from Vladislav Ignatyev's cross against

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in a 1–0 victory, which helped to grant his team their first league title since

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. Eder moved to the

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on 16 July 2018, on a permanent basis. He ended that season as a

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winner, scoring a penalty to open a 4–1 home win over FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk in the last 16 on 31 October. On 6 July, he was a substitute in the 3–2 defeat of

in the 2019 Russian Super Cup. Eder scored for the first time in the

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on 21 October 2020, in a 2–2 away draw against

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in the group stage. He won the cup again at the end of the season.

Al Raed

On 23 September 2021,

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Eder signed a contract of undisclosed length with

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in the

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International career

Eder chose to represent

internationally. After impressive club performances for Braga, he was first called up by the national team in August 2012 for a match against

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for the

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qualifiers, but remained an unused substitute in the 2–1 away win on 7 September. He made his debut four days later in the same competition, replacing

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in the dying minutes of a 3–0 home victory over

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. On 19 May 2014, Eder was named in the final 23-man squad for the tournament in Brazil. He made his debut in the competition on 16 June, replacing injured

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in the first half of a 0–4 group stage loss to Germany. In the second game, a 2–2 draw against the

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, he replaced another injured striker early on, this time Postiga. Eder's first international goal came on his 18th cap, the only goal in a friendly defeat of Italy at the

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on 16 June 2015. He was selected by Fernando Santos for his

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squad, appearing in three matches as a substitute and scoring the only goal in the final to help defeat hosts France after

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. Eder was not picked for the

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squad, being replaced by Porto's André Silva. He was included in a preliminary 35-man list for the

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, but did not make the final cut.

Style of play

Eder is a strong, hard-working and well-rounded striker, with a solid first touch. Usually deployed as a

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, he excels in the air due to his height and powerful physique, although he is also capable of playing in other offensive positions due to his ability to hold up the ball with his back to goal and play-off his teammates.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Eder goal.''

Honours

Académica *

: 2011–12 Braga *

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Lokomotiv Moscow *

: 2017–18 * Russian Cup: 2018–19, 2020–21 *

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Portugal *

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Orders *

Commander of the

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References

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