Edson Luis Zwaricz (born 4 July 1971) is a Brazilian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played for clubs in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

and

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

Career

Born in

União da Vitória União da Vitória is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil. Its population was about 57,913 people in 2020. In the economic area, União da Vitória's GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is US$115,364,648.65. History The colonization of ...

, Zwaricz began playing professional football as a striker with

Esporte Clube Pinheiros (PR) Esporte Clube Pinheiros, commonly known as Pinheiros, was a Brazilian football club from Curitiba. The club won three times the state championship, the Campeonato Paranaense, and competed twice in the national championship. History Savóia Fut ...

at age 17. He also played for local sides

Paraná Clube Paraná Clube, commonly referred to as Paraná, is a Brazilian professional club based in Curitiba, Paraná founded on 19 December 1989. It competes in the Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata, the second tier of the Paraná state football leag ...

and Platinense-PR. In 1993, he moved to

to play for Tecos de la UAG, where he won the 1993–94 Mexican Primera División title. He continued to play in the lower divisions of Mexican football, except for brief stints back in the Primera with

C.F. Monterrey Club de Fútbol Monterrey, often known simply as Monterrey or their nickname Rayados, is a Mexican professional football club based in Monterrey, Nuevo León which currently plays in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football. Founded on 28 ...

and

Dorados de Sinaloa Dorados de Sinaloa, or Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based on Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. History Dorados de Sinaloa was founded on August 9, 2003. The Dorados was the youngest team to play on First Division de México, hav ...

, scoring more than 200 goals in his Mexican playing career. By 2003, Zwaricz was a naturalized Mexican citizen, and was captain of Primera A División side

Alacranes de Durango Club de Fútbol Alacranes de Durango, is a Mexican football club based in the city of Durango, Durango, Mexico and currently play in the second level of the professional Mexican football league system. Their colors are green, white with black tr ...

. In June 2008, he joined Socio Águila, America's Primera A affiliate.

Honours

;UAG Tecos * Mexico Primera Division: 1993–94

References

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Edson Luis Zwaricz
at BDFA.com.ar 1971 births Living people People from Paraná (state) Brazilian emigrants to Mexico Mexican footballers Naturalized citizens of Mexico Paraná Clube players Tecos F.C. footballers C.F. Monterrey players Dorados de Sinaloa footballers Lobos BUAP footballers C.F. Mérida footballers Liga MX players Association football forwards {{Mexico-footy-forward-stub