Edson Cholbi do Nascimento (born 27 August 1970), commonly known as Edinho, is a Brazilian

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manager and former player who played as a

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. He is a son of

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Playing career

Edinho played for four clubs, Santos,

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, São Caetano and Ponte Preta before retiring from professional football in 1999, at the age of 29. He scored 7 career goals as a goalkeeper, scoring all of them while at Santos. His greatest achievement was playing in the Santos side that finished runner-up in the Série A in

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Post-playing career

Edinho was hired as Santos' goalkeeping coach on 9 February 2007.Último Segundo - Edinho está de volta à Vila Belmiro
Until 2015, he was the team's assistant coach. On 13 April 2015, Edinho was announced as manager of

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, but was dismissed on 31 May. He was named in charge of Água Santa on 27 May 2016, but resigned on 19 September. On 14 October 2016, Edinho took over his father's hometown club Tricordiano for the ensuing campaign, but was relieved from his duties the following 8 February, after only two official matches. On 1 November 2019, Edinho returned to Santos as a development coordinator. In October of the following year, he was named manager of the under-23s. In 2021, Edinho arrived at

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to coach the under-20 team. He was an interim head coach of the first team in 2022, after the dismissal of

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, and was permanently appointed head coach ahead of the 2023 season. On 5 February 2023, however, he resigned after only one win in seven matches.

Personal life

Edinho is the son of football legend

with his first wife Rosemeri Cholbi Nascimento, who is of Brazilian-Argentinian background. Pelé's second son and Edson's half-brother

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was also a footballer; a forward, he too played for Santos' youth setup. Edinho was also close friends with late Brazilian forward Dener, who had called him hours before his death.

Legal problems

In 2005, he was arrested for money laundering and drug trafficking. He appealed the sentence and was allowed to remain free during his appeal. In 2014, he was given a 33-year sentence for the charges but adamantly denies any involvement. A court reduced the sentence to 12 years and 10 months, but Edinho must serve his sentence in jail. In 2017, Edinho started to serve his sentence in prison, but was given the semi- open regime in the following year. In September 2019, he was given the open regime.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Edinho 1970 births Living people Footballers from Santos, São Paulo Brazilian drug traffickers Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Santos FC players Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) players Associação Desportiva São Caetano players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube managers Esporte Clube Água Santa managers Londrina Esporte Clube managers Santos FC non-playing staff People convicted of money laundering Brazilian sportspeople convicted of crimes