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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eduardo Antunes Coimbra | ||
| Date of birth | (1947-02-05)February 5, 1947 (age 78) | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1960–1966 | America | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1974 | America | 402 | (212) |
| 1975 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1975 | Bahia | ||
| 1975–1976 | Flamengo | 24 | (6) |
| 1976–1977 | Colorado | ||
| 1978 | Joinville | ||
| 1979 | Brasília | ||
| 1980–1981 | Campo Grande | ||
| International career | |||
| 1967–1974 | Brazil | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1982 | America | ||
| 1983–1984 | Brazil | ||
| 1984–1985 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1986 | Iraq | ||
| 1987 | Joinville | ||
| 1987 | Criciúma | ||
| 1988 | Barcelona de Guayaquil | ||
| 1989 | Coritiba | ||
| 1990 | Botafogo | ||
| 1991 | Veracruz | ||
| 1992 | Sport Boys | ||
| 1992 | Remo | ||
| 1993 | Fluminense | ||
| 1994 | Campo Grande | ||
| 1994–1995 | Kashima Antlers | ||
| 2002–2006 | Japan(assistant) | ||
| 2006–2008 | Fenerbahçe(assistant) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Bunyodkor(assistant) | ||
| 2009 | CSKA(assistant) | ||
| 2009–2010 | Olympiacos(assistant) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Iraq(assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Eduardo Antunes Coimbra (born February 5, 1947), better known asEdu, is a former Brazilianfootballer who played as anattacking midfielder and went on to become a manager.
He was one of the most talenteddribblers of the 1970s and is considered one of the best players inAmerica Football Club's history. He scored 212 goals for America—which makes him the second highest scorer for the club—and also played forVasco da Gama,Bahia andFlamengo.
Edu came from a lower-middle-class family, in the suburbs of Quintino,Rio de Janeiro. His father was a goalkeeper and three of his brothers were professional footballers as well. However the most famous wasZico.
They played together in 1976 inFlamengo.
He was a member of Zico's veteran team in Turkey during the coaching period of his brother Zico atFenerbahce. The team has Brazilian members asRoberto Carlos's father Oscar Silva, Edu's brother and Fenerbahçe manager Zico, Fenerbahçe conditionerMoraci Sant'Anna (who was 3 World Cup coach of Brazil),Marco Aurélio's uncle Sebastião andEdu Dracena's brother whom were all playing or coaching for Fenerbahçe at that time.
He was also the assistant manager of Russia clubCSKA Moscow, the team formerly managed by his brother and Brazil football legendZico.
He is currently the assistant manager ofIraq national football team.
