Edmundo (footballer)

Edmundo
Edmundo playing for Vasco da Gama in 2008
Personal information
Full name Edmundo Alves de Souza Oliveira
Date of birth (1971-04-02) 2 April 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Niterói, Brazil
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1982–1986 Vasco da Gama
1987–1989 Botafogo
1990–1991 Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Vasco da Gama 23 (8)
1993–1995 Palmeiras 40 (20)
1994Parma (loan) 0 (0)
1995–1996 Flamengo 14 (2)
1996Corinthians (loan) 0 (0)
1996–1997 Vasco da Gama 44 (38)
1998–1999 Fiorentina 37 (12)
1999–2001 Vasco da Gama 17 (13)
2000Santos (loan) 20 (13)
2001Napoli (loan) 17 (4)
2001 Cruzeiro 12 (3)
2001–2002 Tokyo Verdy 31 (18)
2003 Urawa Red Diamonds 0 (0)
2003 Vasco da Gama 20 (7)
2004 Fluminense 19 (7)
2005 Nova Iguaçu 2 (1)
2005 Figueirense 31 (15)
2006–2007 Palmeiras 49 (14)
2008 Vasco da Gama 25 (13)
Total 377 (177)
International career
1992–2000 Brazil 39 (10)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1998 France
Copa América
Winner 1997 Bolivia
Runner-up 1995 Uruguay
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1998 USA
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edmundo Alves de Souza Oliveira (born 2 April 1971), better known simply as Edmundo, is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer who played as a forward. Nicknamed "O Animal", he was a talented yet controversial footballer and drew attention both for his skill, as well as for his volatile behaviour, both on and off the pitch.[1][2][3][4]

Edmundo started his professional career in Vasco da Gama in 1991, making his debut in 1992, where he won the Cariocão Grupo A in 1992. In 1993, he signed with Palmeiras, where he was part of the team that won the Brasileirão Série A in 1993 and 1994 and the Paulistão Série A1 in 1993, which ended the club's 17-year major title drought, and 1994, with a loan spell at Parma in 2000. [5] In 1995, he moved to Flamengo and in 1996, after a loan spell in Corinthians, he returned to Vasco da Gama, where he won the Brasileirão Série A in 1997, netting 29 goals in 28 games, breaking the then Brasileirão Série A scoring record for a season. In 1998, he moved to Italian club Fiorentina. In 1999, he returned to Vasco da Gama. After loans to Santos and Napoli and a spell at Cruzeiro, in 2001, he moved to Japan, where he played in Tokyo Verdy and Urawa Red Diamonds. In 2003, he moved to Vasco da Gama, and after spells at Fluminense, Nova Iguaçu, Figueirense and Palmeiras, he returned to Vasco da Gama in 2008, where he retired, returning in 2012 to a testimonial match.

Edmundo played for Brazil national team from 1992 to 2000. He played the World Cup in 1998, where Brazil reached the final and finished runner-up. He played three Copa América editions, in 1993, 1995 and 1997, winning the 1997 and finished runner-up in 1995. He also played the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1998.

  1. ^ Leonardo Bardazzi (7 March 2015). "Edmundo, O Animal: l'uomo del carnevale" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. ^ Tom Beck (25 January 2015). "Romario and Edmundo, the bad boys from Brazil". World Soccer. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Common ground". observer.theguardian.com. 5 May 2002. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Edmundo, una vita in dribbling" (in Italian). Mai Dire Calcio. 12 December 2014. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  5. ^ "COLOMBIA: COLOMBIA DEFEATS PARMA 3-1 IN SOCCER FRIENDLY". Reuters. 11 May 1994. Retrieved 5 October 2021.