Vavá
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edvaldo Jizídio Neto | ||
| Date of birth | 12 November 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Recife, Brazil | ||
| Date of death | 19 January 2002 (aged 67) | ||
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1949–1950 | Sport Recife | ||
| 1951–1958 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1958–1961 | Atlético Madrid | 71 | (31) |
| 1961–1963 | Palmeiras | ||
| 1964–1967 | América | ||
| 1967–1968 | Toros Neza | ||
| 1968 | San Diego Toros | 28 | (5) |
| 1969 | Portuguesa | ||
| National team | |||
| 1955–1964 | Brazil | 20 | (15) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1971–1972 | Córdoba | ||
| 1974–1975 | Córdoba | ||
| 1977–1978 | Granada | ||
| 1984–1985 | Al Rayyan | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Edvaldo Jizídio Neto (12 November 1934 – 19 January 2002), commonly known as Vavá, was a Brazilian footballer who is widely considered one of the best strikers of his generation. His nickname was "Peito de Aço" (Steel Chest). He played as a main striker (or centre forward) for Sport Club do Recife, C.R. Vasco da Gama, S.E. Palmeiras and the Brazilian national team.
Vava earned 20 caps with the Brazilian national football team between 1955 and 1964, scoring a total of 15 goals. He was on the side that won both the 1958 and 1962 World Cup, in which he scored 5 and 4 goals, respectively. Furthermore, he was a joint recipient of the 1962 World Cup Golden Shoe award, as one of the tournaments top scorers.
Vavá scored in the final of both 1958 (twice) and 1962 (once), thus becoming the first player to score in the final of two different world cups. To this day, only four players achieved this feat, the other three being Pelé, Paul Breitner and Zinedine Zidane.
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