Éder Guterres Silveira (born 7 October 1977), known as Éder or Éder Gaúcho, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career

Born in São Borja,

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, Gaúcho started his professional career with Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense. In 2000, he moved abroad, joining U.D. Leiria of Portugal, where he remained two seasons. Éder stayed in the country afterwards, transferring to Boavista F.C. with the aid of an

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, which signed a portion of the player's rights and received a portion of any future transfer fee. He played all four games in the campaign's

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qualifying rounds, adding 12 matches and one goal in the 2002–03 UEFA Cup as the

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club reached the semifinals. In the 2005 summer, Gaúcho signed for Russian side FC Terek Grozny. In February 2007, however, he returned to Brazil and agreed to a six-month contract with Sertãozinho Futebol Clube, which appeared in the Paulistan League. In July he returned to Leiria, notably scoring in the 4–1 home win over FK Hajduk Kula in the second leg of the last qualifying round of the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup which subsequently qualified for the

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, with his team being eliminated in the first round of the competition. In July 2008, Éder joined Al Nassr FC of

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– he also played in the Middle East region for Al-Rayyan SC, appearing in the 2009 Emir of Qatar Cup final. In January 2010 he left the club, in exchange for Pascal Feindouno.

International career

Éder played for Brazil under-20s at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia. As the national team exited in the quarter-finals, he scored in a 10–0 demolition of

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in the round of 16.

Honours

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* Campeonato Gaúcho: 1999

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CBF data

Futpédia profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaucho, Eder 1977 births Living people Footballers from Rio Grande do Sul Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Grêmio FBPA players Sertãozinho Futebol Clube players Primeira Liga players U.D. Leiria players Boavista F.C. players Russian Premier League players FC Akhmat Grozny players Saudi Pro League players Al-Nassr FC players Al-Rayyan SC players UAE Pro League players Sharjah FC players Baniyas Club players Brazil men's youth international footballers Brazil men's under-20 international footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates People from São Borja