Eduardo dos Santos (footballer, born 1980)

Eduardo dos Santos
Personal information
Full name	Eduardo Ribeiro dos Santos
Date of birth	5 August 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth	São João do Piauí, Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Ríver
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2000	Flamengo do Piauí
2000–2001	Joinville
2001–2006	Grasshoppers
2007–2009	Guingamp
2009–2012	Lens
2012–2014	Ajaccio
2014	Metz
2014–2015	Ríver
2015–2016	Fortaleza
2016	Ríver
2017	Flamengo do Piauí
2017	Altos
2018–19	Ríver
2018	→ Campinense
2019	Treze
2019	Timon
2020–	Ríver
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:48, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Eduardo Ribeiro dos Santos (born 5 August 1980 in São João, Piauí) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as striker for Ríver.

Career[edit]

France[edit]

Dos Santos scored his first goal for Guingamp, a penalty against Strasbourg.^[1] He gained many admirers due to his versatile play exhibited with Grasshoppers playing opposite Richard Nuñez.

On 9 May 2009, dos Santos entered French football history by scoring both his team's goals in a 2–1 triumph in the Coupe de France final against Stade Rennais FC, despite his side being a Ligue 2 club at the time.^[2]

Dos Santos joined promoted Ligue 1 club RC Lens in July 2009 after agreeing to a three-year deal.^[3]

After two stints with AC Ajaccio, dos Santos signed an eighteen-month contract with Ligue 2 club FC Metz in January 2014.^[4]

Return to Brazil[edit]

Eduardo returned to Brazil in June 2014, after 13 years in Europe, signing for Ríver in his native state of Piauí.^[5] In between spells with Ríver, he featured for Altos and Campinense in Campeonato Brasileiro Série C and, in 2019, for Treze in 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, where he was joint top scorer with 8 goals.^[6]^[7]^[8] He returned to Ríver for the 2020 season.^[8]

Personal life[edit]

Born in Brazil, dos Santos applied for Swiss citizenship in September 2006 after having lived in Switzerland for six years, thus enabling him to play for the Swiss national team.^[9]

Honours[edit]

Grasshoppers

Swiss Super League: 2002–03

Guingamp

Coupe de France: 2008–09

Metz

Ligue 2: 2013–14

River

Campeonato Piauiense: 2015, 2016, 2019

Fortaleza

Copa dos Campeões Cearenses: 2016

References[edit]

^ Four in for Eduardo^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "GUINGAMP LIFT CUP | Football Transfer News, Football News, Fixtures, Results, Match Reports, Stats". Sportinglife.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
^ "Eduardo Signe Trois Ans". Mercato365.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
^ "Eduardo en renfort !" [Eduardo joins Metz!] (in French). fcmetz.com. 30 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.
^ "Após 13 anos na Europa, Eduardo dos Santos fecha com River-PI para Série D" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 20 June 2014.
^ "Final Feliz: Altos fecha com atacante Eduardo para disputar a Série D" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 May 2017.
^ "Atacante do River-PI, Eduardo acerta ida ao Campinense até o fim da Série D" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 29 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Artilheiro da Série C pelo Treze, Eduardo revela "conversa boa" com o River-PI: "Perto do acordo"" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 15 October 2019.
^ "Eduardo applies for Swiss nationality (German article)". Blick.ch. Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2011.

External links[edit]

"Brazilian FA Database" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2007.
Eduardo dos Santos at Soccerway
Eduardo dos Santos at FootballDatabase.eu

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[1] Four in for Eduardo^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "GUINGAMP LIFT CUP | Football Transfer News, Football News, Fixtures, Results, Match Reports, Stats". Sportinglife.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.

[3] "Eduardo Signe Trois Ans". Mercato365.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2011.

[4] "Eduardo en renfort !" [Eduardo joins Metz!] (in French). fcmetz.com. 30 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.

[5] "Após 13 anos na Europa, Eduardo dos Santos fecha com River-PI para Série D" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 20 June 2014.

[6] "Final Feliz: Altos fecha com atacante Eduardo para disputar a Série D" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 May 2017.

[7] "Atacante do River-PI, Eduardo acerta ida ao Campinense até o fim da Série D" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 29 April 2018.

[river2020-8] "Artilheiro da Série C pelo Treze, Eduardo revela "conversa boa" com o River-PI: "Perto do acordo"" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 15 October 2019.

[9] "Eduardo applies for Swiss nationality (German article)". Blick.ch. Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2011.

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