Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto | ||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Niterói, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Second striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1986 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1987–1989 | Botafogo | ||
| 1990–1991 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992 | Vasco da Gama | 23 | (8) |
| 1993–1995 | Palmeiras | 180 | (74) |
| 1995 | Flamengo | 14 | (2) |
| 1996 | Corinthians | 0 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Vasco da Gama | 44 | (38) |
| 1998–1999 | Fiorentina | 37 | (12) |
| 1999–2001 | Vasco da Gama | 16 | (13) |
| 2000 | → Santos (loan) | 20 | (13) |
| 2001 | → Napoli (loan) | 17 | (4) |
| 2001 | Cruzeiro | 12 | (3) |
| 2001–2002 | Tokyo Verdy | 31 | (18) |
| 2003 | Urawa Reds | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | Vasco da Gama | 20 | (7) |
| 2004 | Fluminense | 19 | (7) |
| 2005 | Nova Iguaçu | 2 | (1) |
| 2005 | Figueirense | 31 | (15) |
| 2006–2007 | Palmeiras | 49 | (14) |
| 2008 | Vasco da Gama | 26 | (13) |
| Total | 402 | (190) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–2000 | Brazil | 39 | (10) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto (born 2 April 1971 in Niterói), better known simply as Edmundo, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a forward.
Nicknamed as Animal, Edmundo played for Brazil in the victorious 1997 Copa América, and at the 1998 World Cup, where they finished in second place. With Brazilian side Palmeiras, he won the Campeonato Brasileiro in the beginning of the Nineties, while with Vasco da Gama, he won the 1997 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, scoring 29 goals; he also had spells in Italy and Japan.
A talented yet controversial footballing figure, he drew attention both for his skill, as well as for his volatile behaviour, both on and off the pitch.
Edmundo played for several clubs throughout his career, both in his native country of Brazil, and abroad. However, the history of Edmundo, as a football player, is strongly intertwined with Vasco da Gama. He began his career with the club in the amateur divisions in 1982, also later playing for the Botafogo youth side before returning to the club. He went on to make his debut as professional with the Vasco da Gama senior side, where he remained until 1992.
He returned to the club in 1996, and in 1997, when Vasco won the Brazilian National Championship, he was the season's top scorer, his 29 goals breaking a record set by Reinaldo of Atlético Mineiro 20 years earlier. In that same year, Vasco da Gama scored 69 goals. That season, Edmundo was named the league's player of the year. He also scored 6 goals in a match against União São João. After moving between several clubs abroad, he returned to Vasco da Gama in 1999, where he joined his international team-mate Romário, and was initially handed the captain's armband, reaching the final of the 2000 Club World Championship, defeating Manchester United in the process; he was later kicked off the team in 2000 by vice-president Eurico Miranda for lack of discipline, however, after he left the dressing-room before a game. He returned to Vasco da Gama again in 2003, where he remained until 2004, and was released at the end of the season after scoring only 7 goals in 19 appearances. In total, he made 127 appearances with the club.
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