Luiz Eduardo Azevedo Dantas (born 24 May 1985) is a Brazilian former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Brazil

Luiz Eduardo was born in

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Mun ...

. For four years he played for

ABC Futebol Clube ABC Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as ABC, is a Brazilian professional club based in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte founded on 29 June 1915. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third tier of Brazilian football, as well as ...

Ceará Sporting Club Ceará Sporting Club, or simply Ceará, () is a Brazilian Football League Teams, Brazilian professional football club from the city of Fortaleza, capital city of the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Ceará. Founded on June 2, 1914, Cear ...

Santa Cruz Futebol Clube Santa Cruz Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club based in Recife, Pernambuco, that competes in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, and in the Campeonato Pernambucano, the top flight of the Pernambuco stat ...

Social Futebol Clube Social Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Social, is a currently inactive Brazilian football club from Coronel Fabriciano, founded in 1944. Their home stadium is Louis Ensch Stadium, which has a maximum capacity of 6,000 people. The club co ...

, Caldense,

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 ...

and

Londrina Esporte Clube Londrina Esporte Clube, more commonly referred to as Londrina, is a Brazilian professional football club in Londrina, Paraná, which currently plays in Série C, the third tier of Brazilian football, after being relegated from Série B in 20 ...

Montana

In June 2009, Eduardo relocated to Bulgaria, signing a contract with

PFC Montana FC Montana () is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Montana, which currently plays in the Second League, the second level of the Bulgarian football league system. Montana plays its home matches at the Ogosta Stadium, which has a ...

. On 22 August 2009, he made his A Group debut in a match against

Minyor Pernik FC Minyor () is a football club in Pernik, Bulgaria, currently competing in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. Founded in 1919 as SC Krakra, the club's home ground since 1954 has been Stadion Minyor. The club's name comes ...

. Eduardo scored a goal for the first time in Bulgaria on 17 October 2009 against

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Stadion Lokomotiv (Plovdiv), Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park and ha ...

, netting twice in a 3–2 loss. In January 2010, it was reported in the Bulgaria media that he was a target for Armenian side

FC Banants Football Club Urartu (, translated ''Futbolayin Akumb Urartu''), commonly known as Urartu, is an Armenian professional football team based in the capital Yerevan that currently plays in the Armenian Premier League. The club won the Armenian Cup f ...

. He left

at the end of 2011–12 season when his contract expired.

External links

Profile at jogadoresdobrasil.com
* 1985 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players TFF 1. Lig players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players ABC Futebol Clube players Esporte Clube Bahia players Ceará Sporting Club players Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players FC Montana players FC Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo players Adana Demirspor footballers Associação Atlética Caldense players Boa Esporte Clube players Luverdense Esporte Clube players América Futebol Clube (RN) players Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate men's footballers {{Brazil-footy-forward-1980s-stub