Edon Amaral Neto (born 21 February 1967), commonly known as Edinho, is a Brazilian retired

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who played as a striker.

Playing career

Born in

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, Edinho played for modest clubs in his homeland. In 1990, he moved to Portugal where he spent four seasons competing in both the

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and third divisions, with

S.C. Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense (), commonly known as Olhanense, is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its Association football, football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Algarve Football Association Portuguese Di ...

and Portimonense SC. From 1994 to January 1997, Edinho played in the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

, scoring 29 goals combined for G.D. Chaves and Vitória de Guimarães. On 6 February he signed with English

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side

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, netting ten times in 41 games in his first full season with the Bantams. On 23 March 1999, Edinho moved to

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on loan, scoring once against Hearts during his short spell. After leaving Bradford, he returned to Portugal and continued to play in the country until his retirement one decade later (at the age of 42), only two of his ten seasons being spent in the second tier, with

C.F. União de Lamas Clube de Futebol União de Lamas ''(abbreviated as CF União de Lamas)'' is a Portugal, Portuguese Association football, football club based in Santa Maria de Lamas, Santa Maria da Feira Municipality, Santa Maria da Feira. Background CF União ...

and Olhanense – in 2007–08, he even helped historic

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team

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promote from the regional championships; in the two major levels combined, he amassed totals of 188 matches and 59 goals.

Coaching career

As of June 2019 Edinho was coaching youth players at a Portuguese academy. That same month he played for the Bradford City veteran's team at a friendly tournament in the Algarve.

Personal life

Edinho' son, Edinho Júnior, is also a footballer and a forward.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edinho 1967 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Avaí FC players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players S.C. Olhanense players Portimonense S.C. players G.D. Chaves players Vitória S.C. players C.F. União de Lamas players F.C. Vizela players Juventude Sport Clube players S.C. Farense players English Football League players Bradford City A.F.C. players Scottish Premier League players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England Brazilian football managers S.C. Farense managers Footballers from Alagoas People from Arapiraca 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen