Edílson da Silva Ferreira (born 17 September 1971) is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer who played as a forward. Dubbed as ''Capetinha'', Edílson was a

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who was known for his

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skills, and is mainly known for his stand-out performances with Brazilian clubs

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and

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. In 1998, he received the

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, the award given to the best player of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. At international level, he received 21 caps with the Brazil national team, scoring 6 goals, and taking part in the nation's

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victory.

Club career

Born in Salvador, Edílson youth development was spent in several amateur clubs of his home town. In 1990, he received an invitation of manager Jaime Braga to join Industrial Esporte Clube, which played in the

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, where he became a professional footballer. A year later, he moved to Tanabi in the Paulista A2, with his performances attracting attention of larger clubs in the

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region, first Guarani in 1992, and latter

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, momentarily breaking the Série A transfer record, being surpass two weeks later by Edmundo. At Palmeiras, Edilson played alongside Edmundo, Zinho,

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, Mazinho,

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, in a team that won two consecutive league titles, in 1993 and

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, plus two Campeonato Paulista and the Torneio Rio – São Paulo. During this time, he received his first callup to the

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. In 1994, Edilson moved abroad for the first team, joining Benfica in the Primeira Liga on a loan deal. He made his debut on 21 August, replacing Abel Xavier, in a 2–0 home win against

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. Although Artur Jorge only made him a regular starter from December onwards, Edilson still finished the 1994–95 season as the club top scorer, with 17 goals. He returned to Palmeiras for the remainder of

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, only to move to

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in the J1 League in 1996, in a second loan deal. In the two seasons in Japan, Edílson finished both as runner-up in Golden Boot ranking, scoring 21 goals in 1996, and 23 in

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. Back to Brazil, Edílson joined Palmeiras old rival,

in 1997. He remained a goalscorer, and partnered with Marcelinho Carioca, and latter Luizão; he helped the team win the league title in

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and 1999, adding accolades for

in the first of those years. A notable event of his period at Corinthians was the 1999 Campeonato Paulista Final against Palmeiras, with the title already in Corinthians hands, Edilson started taunting his opponents by playing with the ball, which led to a brawl that ended the match. A repercussion of this, was the annulment of his call up for the 1999 Copa América, which was given to

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instead. In the inaugural FIFA Club World Cup, in

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, Edílson was involved in a controversy with Real Madrid player,

Karembeu Christian Lali Kake Karembeu (born 3 December 1970) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the sporting director for Olympiacos. Karembeu represented Nantes, Sampdoria, Real Madrid, M ...

. Edilson months earlier claimed that the French was not a player for Real Madrid, to which Lorenzo Sanz replied that "Who is Edilson?". In the match against Real Madrid, a 2–2 draw, Edilson scored both goals of Corinthians, the first after giving a

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to Karembeu. Later in the competition, won by Corinthians, Edilson was named Golden Ball of the tournament. However, his spell at the club ended only a few weeks later, after a semi-final loss to Palmeiras in the Copa Libertadores, fans stormed the training session and started a brawl. Edilson then moved to

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, helping the team win the Rio de Janeiro State Championship and the 2001 Copa dos Campeões. Yet, he did not perform to expectations in the Brasileirão, and after starting a brawl with

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, the club shipped him to Cruzeiro in 2002. After a second stint in Japan, in 2002 and 2003, he returned to Flamengo in 2003, performing better in the Brasileirão, scoring 13 times, while also helping the team reach the final of the

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. In 2004, Edilson changed teams again, signing with Vitória, where he won another State Championship, the

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. In the Brasileirão, he scored 19 goals, but could not prevent his team from being relegated. Faced with late salaries, Edílson moved to

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, joining Al Ain, where he won local Cup tournament, and helped the club finish second in the

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. In the final years of his career, he passed through São Caetano, Vasco da Gama,

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and

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, finally retiring in 2010, at 39.

International career

Edilson debuted for

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on 24 June 1993, in a 3–0 win against

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. He then spent several years without playing, returning in 2001, when he became an important player in the final stages of the CONMEBOL qualification for the

. He was a used substitution in the games against China and

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and started in the matches against Costa Rica and

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After football

Media career

Since November 2019, Edilson appears daily as a pundit on Bandeirantes' Os Donos da Bola.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club

Palmeiras * Brasileirão Série A:

, * Campeonato Paulista:

* Torneio Rio – São Paulo: 1993 Corinthians *Brasileirão Série A:

, 1999 *Campeonato Paulista: 1999 * FIFA Club World Cup:

Flamengo * Campeonato Carioca: 2001 *

Copa dos Campeões Copa dos Campeões (Portuguese for Brazilian Champions Cup) was a Brazilian football competition, organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), contested by the best teams from each one of the regional cups. The Copa dos Campeões wi ...

: 2001 Cruzeiro *

Copa Sul-Minas Copa Sul-Minas was a Brazilian football competition that ran between 2000 and 2002, with teams from the three Southern states of Brazil, plus the Southeastern state of Minas Gerais. It replaced the 1999 tournament called Copa Sul which only include ...

: 2002 Vitória *

: 2004 Al Ain *

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: 2004–05

International

Brazil *

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: 2002

Individual

* FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2000 *

: 1998 * Bola de Prata: 1998 * Campeonato Carioca best striker: 2001

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edilson 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Salvador, Bahia Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players 1993 Copa América players 2002 FIFA World Cup players FIFA World Cup-winning players Primeira Liga players J1 League players Brazil international footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Japan Guarani FC players Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players S.L. Benfica footballers Kashiwa Reysol players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players CR Flamengo footballers Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Esporte Clube Vitória players UAE Pro League players Al Ain FC players Associação Desportiva São Caetano players CR Vasco da Gama players Nagoya Grampus players Esporte Clube Bahia players Clube Atlético Taboão da Serra players