Edgar Patrício de Carvalho Pacheco (born 7 August 1977), known simply as Edgar, is a former

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who played as a

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. Born in Angola, he represented Portugal internationally. After making his professional debut with Benfica at the age of 18 he appeared irregularly for the club, and spent most of his later career in Spain, almost exclusively in representation of

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Club career

Born in

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, Edgar was a product of

S.L. Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904, as ''Sport Lisboa'', Benfica is one of the " ...

's youth system, making his debut with the first team at only 18 by playing 45 minutes in a 1–0 away win against

F.C. Tirsense Futebol Clube Tirsense, commonly known as just Tirsense, is a Portuguese association football, football club from Santo Tirso, founded on 5 January 1938. They currently play in the Divisão de Elite of AF Porto. They currently play their home ga ...

on 26 August 1995 and finishing his first season with 21 appearances and two goals. He was regularly used during his spell, but mainly from the bench, and also served a six-month loan at

F.C. Alverca Futebol Clube de Alverca is a Portuguese Association football, football club based in Alverca do Ribatejo, Vila Franca de Xira. It currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2. History F.C. Alverca was founded on 1 September 1939. After many decades i ...

who acted as the

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, in the

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. In summer 1998, Edgar was bought by

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, but never represented the

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club. He went on to spend the following eight years in the country, almost exclusively with

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; in the 2002–03 campaign he played for four months with

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on loan, in the second level. With the

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ns, Edgar was a heavily used attacking weapon. Having partnered compatriots

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and Litos for four and five seasons respectively, he eventually appeared in 218 games across all competitions, helping the side to top-flight promotion in his first year. Edgar then returned to Portugal for 2007–08, in a disastrous campaign with

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– seven matches for the player,

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relegation for the club (due to irregularities). He quickly moved abroad again, signing with

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, being released after one sole season and retiring from football at age 31.

International career

Edgar was born in Angola to a Portuguese father and Angolan mother, and moved to Portugal at a young age. He played for

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internationally. After earning 25

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for the under-21s he appeared once with the full side, against

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on 19 August 1998. Subsequently, Edgar had his application to represent

rejected in December 2004, because he had already represented one nation at senior level.

Honours

Benfica *

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: 1995–96 Málaga *

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1998–99

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edgar Pacheco 1977 births Living people Footballers from Luanda Portuguese men's footballers Portugal men's international footballers Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portugal men's B international footballers Angolan men's footballers Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent Angolan people of Portuguese descent Men's association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players S.L. Benfica footballers F.C. Alverca players Boavista F.C. players La Liga players Segunda División players Real Madrid CF players Málaga CF players Getafe CF footballers Cypriot First Division players Alki Larnaca FC players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Angolan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus