Edmar Galovskyi de Lacerda (; born 16 June 1980) often known as simply Edmar, born as Edmar de Lacerda Aparecida, is a retired professional

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who played as a

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. Born in Brazil, he was naturalized as a Ukrainian and has played fifteen times and scored one goal for the

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Career

Club

On 21 February 2017,

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announced the signing of Edmar.

International

Edmar made his debut for

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on 10 August 2011, in a 0–1 loss against

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in a

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at his club ground in

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, replacing Ruslan Rotan for the final 17 minutes. On 7 June 2013, his third cap, he made his first start in a 4–0 away win over

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in qualification for the following year's World Cup. Edmar was one of nine Ukrainian players on 6 September to score in their 9–0 thrashing of

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at the Arena Lviv in another qualifier. On 15 November, he provided the pass to teammate Roman Zozulya for the first goal in a 2–0 victory over

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, in the qualification play-off, although France won on aggregate.

Personal life

He got married on 13 December 2008 in

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to Ukrainian Tetiana Halovska, a native of Simferopol Raion. As a naturalized Ukrainian citizen, on 20 July 2014, Edmar was called up to serve in the

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during the

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Career statistics

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 12 October 2014''

International goals

References

External links

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Edmar's profile at Metalist's web pageEdmar's interview with Lviv NewspaperEdmar Aparecida profile at the Brazilian FA databaseEdmar Lacerda's football career story from O Globo Esporte in Brazil
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Edmar 1980 births Living people Footballers from Mogi das Cruzes Ukrainian men's footballers Ukraine men's international footballers Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Paulista Futebol Clube players SC Internacional players FC Metalist Kharkiv players SC Tavriya Simferopol players FC Dnipro players FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian Second League players Brazilian emigrants to Ukraine Ukrainian people of Brazilian descent Naturalized citizens of Ukraine Naturalised association football players Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Boca Raton FC players Ukrainian football managers FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv managers Ukrainian Premier League managers Ukrainian military personnel of the war in Donbas Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine personnel 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen