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| Full name | Jonas Eduardo Américo | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1949-08-06)6 August 1949 (age 76) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Jaú, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1966 | Santos | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1966–1976 | Santos | 584 | (183) | ||||||||||||||
| 1976 | Corinthians | 40 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1977 | Internacional | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1977–1983 | Tigres UANL | 59 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983 | São Cristovão | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Nacional-AM | 26 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1985 | Dom Bosco | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 718 | (198) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1976 | Brazil | 42 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jonas Eduardo Américo, calledEdu, (born 6 August 1949) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as aforward.
Edu was born inJaú,São Paulo. From 1966 to 1985 he played forSantos,Corinthians,Internacional,Tigres UANL (in Mexico),São Cristovão andNacional-AM.[1] He won fiveCampeonato Paulista titles (1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1977) and received theBrazilian Silver Ball Award in 1971.
With theBrazilian team he played in 42 matches, from June 1966 to June 1976, and scored eight goals.[2] He was a1970 World Champion, and was also selected for Brazil at the1966 and the1974 FIFA World Cup. He played once in 1970 and once in 1974. He was also called up for the1966 FIFA World Cup, at 16 years and 339 days of age at the start of the tournament, being the youngest player to ever be called up for the tournament; however, he did not play in any match.[3]
More recently Edu played in an all-stars masters team in touring exhibition matches.
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