Carlos Eduardo Marangon (born 2 February 1963), best known as ''Edu Marangon'' or as ''Edu'', is a retired Brazilian

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player and manager, who played as a

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Playing career

Edu Marangon started his career with Portuguesa, joining

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, after a spell with Italian club

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. He played 15 games for Flamengo. Edu Marangon played 54 games and scored nine goals as a

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player. After leaving Santos, he played 2 years in the

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with

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. On 1 January 1994, he scored twice and provided two assists in a 6-2 win over

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in the final of the

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Managerial career

He started a managerial career in 1999, as Internacional-SP manager. He managed

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in 2003,

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in 2005, 2007, and 2009, and Rio Claro in 2008.

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