Eduardo dos Reis Carvalho (; born 19 September 1982), known simply as Eduardo, is a Portuguese former

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who played as a

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. He appeared in 138

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games over 11 seasons, almost always representing

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. He also played professionally in Italy, Turkey, Croatia, England and the Netherlands. After winning the first of his 36

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for

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in 2009, Eduardo was part of the squads in two

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and as many

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, starting in the 2010 edition of the former tournament and winning the 2016 installment of the latter.

Club career

Braga

Eduardo was born in

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. A product of

's youth system, he first appeared in the

during 2006–07 when he served a six-month loan at

Beira-Mar Sport Clube Beira-Mar (), commonly known as Beira-Mar, is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its Association football, football team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal (league), Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth natio ...

. In the following season he was also loaned, this time to

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, and was as a key player in a

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-led side that won the inaugural

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and thus qualified for the

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, with a ''

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'' display in the final against

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where he saved three attempts in the

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. Eduardo returned to Braga for the 2008–09 campaign, playing in all the league matches and also in the

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team's UEFA Cup round-of-16 run. The same happened in the following season – with them finishing in their best-ever position, second – as he only conceded 20 goals, joint-best in the competition.

Genoa

On 7 July 2010, Eduardo signed a four-year contract with

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for €4.8 million, replacing departed

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. Braga would also receive a 25% future transfer fee if Genoa sold the player. Eduardo started all the games but one for the Italians in his first and only season, in a final midtable position. In July 2011 he returned to his country and joined Benfica on loan, with the

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club having an option to buy at the end of the campaign; during his spell at the ''

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'', he appeared in only nine competitive matches. On 26 June 2012, Eduardo signed for

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in a temporary deal, being coached by Carvalhal at the

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team. The following summer he returned to both Portugal and Braga, while still owned by Genoa.

Later career

On 27 June 2014, Eduardo joined several compatriots at Croatian side

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after agreeing to a three-year contract. On 25 August 2016, after 95 competitive appearances, he signed with

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club Chelsea on a one-year deal, being brought in to provide experienced cover and competition to

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and

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. In spite of his team being crowned league champions, Eduardo did not receive a medal as he did not appear in any games. He agreed to a one-year contract extension on 23 May 2017, with technical director

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calling him "a model professional". Despite being listed on Chelsea's released list following the conclusion of 2017–18, Eduardo signed a new one-year contract in July. Early in the same month, he agreed to join Dutch club Vitesse on a

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-long loan. He made his competitive debut on 26 July 2018, in a 2–2 draw away to

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for the Europa League second qualifying round. On 1 July 2019, after no official matches during his stint at Chelsea, Eduardo left the club. The previous week, he had already agreed to a two-year deal at Braga. He played for one season before announcing his retirement at the age of 37.

International career

After

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, Eduardo was called up by new Portugal national team coach

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for the

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qualifiers against

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and

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, where he was understudy to Quim. He made his full debut on 11 February 2009 in a

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with

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, playing the first 60 minutes in a 1–0 home win, and remained the starter throughout the remainder of the qualifying campaign; he also started in the final stages in South Africa, keeping

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against

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and

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and only conceding in the round-of-16 loss against eventual champions

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(0–1), where he saved many shots from the opposition, mostly by

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. After being relegated to the bench at his club, Eduardo met the same fate in the national team to

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, and both finished the

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qualifying campaign with five games as Portugal qualified for the finals. He was also named in the squad of 23 for the

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, but only actually played five minutes in the last group stage match against

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, coming on for injured Beto. An unused member as the side won

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in France and Patrício starred, Eduardo made his final international appearance on 1 September 2016 in his first such match for over two years. He kept a

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in the 5–0 friendly win over

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at the

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club

Vitória de Setúbal *

: 2007–08 Braga *

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Benfica *Taça da Liga: 2011–12 Dinamo Zagreb *

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: 2014–15, 2015–16 *

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: 2014–15, 2015–16 *

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runner-up:

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International

Portugal *

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Individual * Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2006–07

Orders

Commander of the

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References

External links

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National team data
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eduardo Carvalho 1982 births Living people People from Mirandela Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Primeira Liga players Segunda Divisão players S.C. Braga B players S.C. Braga players S.C. Beira-Mar players Vitória F.C. players S.L. Benfica footballers Serie A players Genoa CFC players Süper Lig players İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. players Croatian Football League players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players Chelsea F.C. players Eredivisie players SBV Vitesse players Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portugal men's international footballers 2010 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2012 players 2014 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2016 players UEFA European Championship–winning players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Commanders of the Order of Merit (Portugal) Sportspeople from Bragança District S.C. Braga non-playing staff 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen