Eduardo Nascimento da Silva Júnior (born 5 March 1993), commonly known as Edu, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Cruzeiro.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Eduardo Nascimento da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Cruzeiro | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2008 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 2009 | Portuguesa | ||
| 2010–2011 | Botafogo | ||
| 2012 | São Gonçalo EC [pt] | ||
| 2013 | Flamengo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012 | São Gonçalo EC [pt] | 7 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | São Gonçalo FC [pt] | 33 | (22) |
| 2014–2015 | → Boavista (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Itaboraí | 27 | (17) |
| 2017 | → Portuguesa-RJ (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Brusque | 3 | (1) |
| 2018 | Itaboraí | 13 | (8) |
| 2018–2020 | Nova Iguaçu | 9 | (2) |
| 2019 | → Atlético Tubarão (loan) | 15 | (6) |
| 2020–2021 | Brusque | 46 | (25) |
| 2022– | Cruzeiro | 43 | (22) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:52, 23 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Edu made his senior debut with São Gonçalo Esporte Clube [pt] in 2012. He then signed for Flamengo in the following year, but only featured for the under-20s before moving to São Gonçalo Futebol Clube [pt].[1]
On 7 October 2014, after being São Gonçalo's top goalscorer in the year's Campeonato Carioca Série C, Edu signed for Boavista.[2] He returned to SGFC after playing rarely in the 2015 Campeonato Carioca, and scored a further seven times for the club before joining Itaboraí on 10 July 2015.[3]
On 21 September 2017, after scoring prolifically for Itaboraí, Edu agreed to a pre-contract deal with Brusque for the Copa Santa Catarina.[4] The following 28 March, after featuring sparingly, he returned to his previous club.[5]
On 18 October 2018, Edu signed for Nova Iguaçu,[6] but moved out on loan to Atlético Tubarão on 22 February of the following year.[7] On 29 December 2019, he returned to Brusque after signing a deal until April 2021.[8]
In August 2020, after becoming an undisputed starter, Edu suffered a knee injury,[9] and was sidelined for the remainder of the campaign, which ended in promotion to the Série B. On 17 April 2021, he renewed his contract until November 2022.[10]
On 15 October 2021, during a match against Remo, Edu missed a penalty, scored one goal and subsequently played as a goalkeeper after Ruan Carneiro was taken off due to an injury; he also saved a penalty late in the match.[11] He finished the league as top scorer with 17 goals, as his side narrowly avoided relegation.
On 9 December 2021, Edu joined fellow second division side Cruzeiro.[12]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| São Gonçalo EC [pt] | 2012[14] | Carioca Série C | — | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | ||||
| São Gonçalo FC [pt] | 2014[15] | Carioca Série C | — | 17 | 15 | — | — | — | 17 | 15 | ||||
| 2015[16] | Carioca Série B | — | 16 | 7 | — | — | — | 16 | 7 | |||||
| Total | — | 33 | 22 | — | — | — | 33 | 22 | ||||||
| Boavista (loan) | 2014[17] | Série D | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8[lower-alpha 1] | 4 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 2015 | Carioca | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 4 | 13 | 4 | |||
| Itaboraí | 2015[18] | Carioca Série C | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 2016[19][20] | Carioca Série B | — | 5 | 0 | — | — | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 11 | 2 | ||||
| 2017[21][22] | Carioca Série B1 | — | 15 | 10 | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 17 | 12 | ||||
| Total | — | 27 | 17 | — | — | 8 | 4 | 35 | 21 | |||||
| Portuguesa-RJ (loan) | 2017 | Carioca | — | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||||
| Brusque | 2017 | Série D | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8[lower-alpha 2] | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 8 | 12 | 9 | |||
| Itaboraí | 2018[23][24] | Carioca Série B1 | — | 13 | 8 | — | — | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 20 | 11 | |||
| Nova Iguaçu | 2019 | Carioca | — | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | ||||
| 2020 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | — | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| Atlético Tubarão (loan) | 2019 | Série D | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | — | — | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 3 | 18 | 9 | ||
| Brusque | 2020 | Série C | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 2 | 17 | 12 | |
| 2021 | Série B | 33 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 17 | |||
| Total | 34 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 50 | 29 | |||
| Cruzeiro | 2022 | Série B | 28 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 43 | 22 | ||
| Career total | 40 | 19 | 137 | 71 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 24 | 233 | 130 | ||
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