Edivaldo Martíns da Fonseca, best known as ''Edivaldo'' (born in

Volta Redonda Volta Redonda () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil with an area of 182.81 km2, located from 350m to 707m above the sea level (22°31'23" S, 44°06'15" W) and with a pop ...

, Rio de Janeiro State, April 13, 1962 – died in

Boituva Boituva is a municipality in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba. The population is 62,170 (2020 est.) in an area of 248.97 km2. The elevation is 637 metres. It is known as the ...

, São Paulo State, January 13, 1993), was a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward. In his career, which started in 1982, he played for

Atlético Mineiro Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

Palmeiras The Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional association football, football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes (district of São Paulo), Perdizes. Palmeiras is ...

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(his last club), in Japan with

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, and in

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with

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. For the Brazil national team he played in three matches (April 1986 to July 1989) without scoring a goal, and was in the squad for the

1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-tea ...

. He died in the Castelo Branco highway disaster in

, at 30 years of age.

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* 1962 births 1993 deaths Footballers from Volta Redonda Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Clube Atlético Mineiro players SE Palmeiras players São Paulo FC players Gamba Osaka players Club Puebla players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Liga MX players J1 League players 1986 FIFA World Cup players Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Brazil men's international footballers Road incident deaths in Brazil 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan {{Brazil-footy-forward-1960s-stub