Edmar Gomes Rodrigues (born 27 March 1981 in

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), commonly known as Edmar or Edmar Dida is a retired

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ian professional

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who played as a

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Career

Edmar began his career at the youth ranks of

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. He was nicknamed Dida due to his looks, similar to fellow goalkeeper

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. He was promoted to the senior 1999 squad, and had a brief loan spell at Democrata before returning to Atlético. On 21 January 2002, Edmar got arrested for cocaine possession. He served as an understudy to Velloso for three seasons before getting his maiden appearance for ''Galo'' on 11 August 2002, starting in a 2–1 home loss to

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. He played in four more matches for the club before being replaced during the 25 August match against Palmeiras, leaving the game at half time due to injury. After being relegated to third-string behind Velloso and

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, Edmar had short spells at Tupi,

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and Corinthians Alagoano, before leaving for

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in December 2005. On 2007, Edmar joined Gama. He moved to Democrata de Sete Lagoas for the 2008 Campeonato Mineiro. The following year, he joined

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as second-fiddle to Flávio. He went on to play for Anapolina and Iranian club Damash Guilan before moving to

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on 2012.

International career

Edmar was part of the Brazil under-20s team that won the 2001 Hong Kong tournament.

Honours

International

* Hong Kong International Tournament: 2001

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Edmar 1981 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Esporte Clube Bahia players Sociedade Esportiva do Gama players Clube Atlético Mineiro players América Futebol Clube (MG) players Esporte Clube Democrata players Democrata Futebol Clube players Associação Atlética Anapolina players 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen