Edinho (footballer, Born July 1982)
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Arnaldo Edi Lopes da Silva (born 7 July 1982), known as Edinho, is a Portuguese former professional
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who played as a striker. Over 11 seasons, he appeared in 185
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matches and scored a total of 49 goals for
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(two spells),
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, Vitória de Setúbal (twice) Marítimo, Académica and Feirense. He also played professionally in Greece, Spain and Turkey. Edinho won six
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for
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in five years.


Club career

Edinho was born in Aveiro, of
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an descent. After making his professional debut with
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, and playing there without much impact, he served two loans from 2005 to 2007; in the second, he scored six goals for
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in the Segunda Liga. Edinho was released by Braga prior to the start of the 2007–08 season, joining Vitória de Setúbal in the
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. In January 2008, he was loaned to
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in Greece; not an undisputed starter at the former, he put up impressive performances for the latter in his first months, managing to net in five straight games, against
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at home (3–0), at
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(4–1), at home against
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(1–1) and away against
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(1–0), topping it with another in the 4–0 rout of arch-rivals
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. On 6 May 2008, the move to AEK was made permanent in a
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500,000 deal and Edinho started the new campaign in fashion, scoring once and winning a
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against Panathinaikos in a 2–1 home win, in the first
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of the year. Edinho signed with
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on 17 July 2009, for €900,000. After being irregularly used in the first half of the season, he was loaned for five months to
PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...
in a return to Greece, with an option to make the move permanent for €1.2 million at its closure. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 victory at Olympiacos, but returned to
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in June 2010. In December 2010, shortly after the arrival of manager
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, Edinho was deemed surplus to requirements at the
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side, alongside five other players, but finally stayed at the club. However, on 31 January of the following year, he was loaned to Marítimo in his country until the end of the season. On 29 January 2012, without having made a single official appearance for Málaga during 2011–12, Edinho returned to Portugal with Académica de Coimbra having an option to make his loan signing permanent at the end of the campaign. He made his league debut on 13 February, playing 54 minutes as a substitute in a 0–2 home loss against Gil Vicente. On 21 May 2013, Edinho signed a two-year contract with former club Braga. Again rarely played at the
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, he took his game to Turkey, where he represented
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(
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) and
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(
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); he scored 11 goals in his first full season with the former, having previously been named their Player of the Year. The 34-year-old Edinho returned to his country on 22 August 2016, joining Vitória de Setúbal on a two-year deal. He netted eight times in his debut campaign, helping to a 12th-place finish. Edinho scored all of his team's goals in a 4–1 away win over
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on 29 March 2018. In the ensuing summer, he signed a one-year deal with Feirense. Edinho retired aged 41, following a short spell at amateurs Olímpico do Montijo; he previously was part of Villa Athletic Club, a short-lived Portalegre-based project. In July 2023, he was named Vitória de Setúbal's
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.


International career

In late March 2009, Edinho was called up by
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coach
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for an important
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qualifier against
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and the subsequent friendly with
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. He made his debut in the latter in a 2–0 win in
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: after a missed chance early in the second half, he made up in the ensuing corner kick by
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in the 55th minute, charging into the area to close the scoring. In March 2014, more than four years after his last international, Edinho was selected by manager
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for a friendly against
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. He played the second 45 minutes in the match in
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, contributing one goal to the 5–1 victory.


Career statistics


Club


International goals


Honours

Vitória Setúbal *
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: 2007–08; runner-up 2017–18 AEK *
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runner-up: 2008–09 Académica *
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: 2011–12 *
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runner-up:
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Torreense * Liga 3: 2021–22 Individual *
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Forward of the Month: August 2018


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* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edinho 1982 births Living people Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent Black Portuguese sportspeople 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Aveiro, Portugal Men's association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Liga 3 (Portugal) players F.C. Barreirense players S.C. Braga B players S.C. Braga players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players Gil Vicente F.C. players Vitória F.C. players C.S. Marítimo players Académica de Coimbra (football) players C.D. Feirense players C.D. Cova da Piedade players S.C.U. Torreense players Clube Olímpico do Montijo players Super League Greece players AEK Athens F.C. players PAOK FC players La Liga players Málaga CF players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players Kayseri Erciyesspor footballers Şanlıurfaspor footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portugal men's international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey