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Edmílson (footballer, born 1982)

Edmilson
Personal information
Full name Edmilson dos Santos Silva
Date of birth (1982-09-15) 15 September 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Sport Recife
Youth career
2000 Palmeiras
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Palmeiras
2004–2007 Albirex Niigata 116 (62)
2008–2011 Urawa Reds 110 (47)
2011–2012 Al-Gharafa 10 (4)
2012FC Tokyo (loan) 10 (2)
2013–2014 Vasco da Gama 51 (11)
2015 Red Bull Brasil 14 (7)
2015 Chapecoense 0 (0)
2015 Cerezo Osaka 16 (2)
2016 Red Bull Brasil 15 (3)
2016– Sport Recife 16 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2016

Edmilson dos Santos Silva, or simply Edmilson (born 15 September 1982), is a Brazilian football forward who currently plays for Sport Recife.

Club career

Edmilson started his career playing for the Palmeiras. In January 2004, he joined J1 League side Albirex Niigata on loan from Palmeiras. He had a short loan spell at Niigata, and signed a permanent deal next year. He played for the club, scoring 62 league goals in four seasons as a regular player.

Edmilson moved to J1 League rival Urawa Red Diamonds in January 2008. He continued his successful career with Urawa, scoring 11 goals in 31 appearances. He ended up the second highest scorer in the league for the 2009 season with 17 goals.

On 29 June 2011, Urawa announced that Edmilson would leave Japan to join Qatari club Al-Gharafa.[1]

On 25 April 2015, Edmílson joined Chapecoense.[2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 June 2011[1]

Club Season League Cup1 League Cup2 Continental3 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Palmeiras 2001
2002
2003 12 7 12 7
Total 12 7 12 7
Albirex Niigata 2004 29 15 1 0 5 4 35 19
2005 33 18 1 0 6 4 40 22
2006 25 10 2 1 1 2 28 13
2007 29 19 1 0 5 3 35 22
Total 116 62 5 1 17 9 138 72
Urawa Reds 2008 31 11 2 0 6 3 4 2 43 16
2009 33 17 1 0 7 3 41 20
2010 34 16 4 3 6 2 44 21
2011 12 3 1 1 13 4
Total 110 47 7 3 20 9 4 2 140 61
Al-Gharafa 2011–12
Total
Career total 238 116 12 4 37 18 4 2 291 140

1Includes Emperor's Cup.

2Includes J.League Cup.

3Includes AFC Champions League.

Honours

Palmeiras

References

  1. ^ a b エジミウソン、アルガラファに完全移籍. Urawa Red Diamonds official site (in Japanese). 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Reforço para o ataque da Chape" (in Portuguese). Associação Chapecoense de Futebol. 25 April 2015. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015.