Edmar Bernardes dos Santos (born 20 January 1960 in

Araxá Araxá () is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located approximately 370 kilometers (230 miles) northwest of the state capital Belo Horizonte, with an area of , and designated as the urban perimeter. As of 2022, the popul ...

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), or simply Edmar, is a Brazilian former

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who played as a

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for the Brazil national team. He won the silver medal at the

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with Brazil.

Honours

Individual

* Brazilian Championship Top Scorer: 1985 *

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Top Scorer: 1980, 1987

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* * * * * 1960 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazil men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Brazil Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Esporte Clube Taubaté players Grêmio FBPA players CR Flamengo footballers Guarani FC players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Delfino Pescara 1936 players Clube Atlético Mineiro players Santos FC players Rio Branco Esporte Clube players Vegalta Sendai players São Paulo state football team players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Serie A players Serie B players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Olympic medalists in football Sport Club Barueri players Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Men's association football forwards People from Araxá Footballers from Minas Gerais 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan {{Brazil-footy-forward-1960s-stub