| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edmilson Dias de Lucena | ||
| Date of birth | (1968-05-29)29 May 1968 (age 57) | ||
| Place of birth | Emas, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988 | Matsubara | ||
| 1988–1991 | Nacional | 86 | (23) |
| 1991–1997 | Maritimo | 145 | (48) |
| 1997–2000 | Vitória Guimarães | 88 | (29) |
| 2000–2001 | Braga | 37 | (12) |
| 2001–2002 | Al-Hilal | 26 | (6) |
| 2002–2005 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 70 | (31) |
| Total | 452 | (149) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Edmilson Dias de Lucena (born 29 May 1968), known simply asEdmilson, is a Brazilian retired professionalfootballer who played as aforward.[1]
Born inEmas, Paraíba, Edmilson arrived in Portugal at the age of 20, and would remain in the country for the following decade – exactly 13 full seasons plus the start of the2001–02 campaign – always in thePrimeira Liga. He started his career inMadeira, representing bothC.D. Nacional andC.S. Marítimo.
In 1997 Edmilson moved toVitória de Guimarães, scoring six goals inhis debut season as theMinho side finished in third position (he bettered that individual total in the following two years). In the summer of 2000, the 32-year-old stayed in the region after signing withS.C. Braga, and wasted no time in contributing, netting 11 times in a narrow miss onqualification to theUEFA Cup after afourth-place finish.
Late into 2001, Edmilson had a brief spell withAl-Hilal FC after having appeared in 356 matches in thePortuguese top flight and scored 112 goals. He finished his career at the age of 37 after a three-year spell with another Asian team, South Korea'sJeonbuk Hyundai Motors.
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