Vavá

This article is about the Brazilian football player. For the Mega Man X character originally known as Vava, see Vile (Mega Man X).

Vavá

Personal information
Full name	Edvaldo Izídio Neto
Date of birth	12 November 1934(1934-11-12)
Place of birth	Recife, Brazil
Date of death	19 January 2002(2002-01-19) (aged 67)
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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Vavá, real name Edvaldo Izídio Neto, (born 12 November 1934 in Recife, Brazil; died 19 January 2002 in Rio de Janeiro) was an association 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 full striker (center forward) whose only role was to score goals, which he did 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 team, 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.

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.

Club statistics

Club performance			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Spain			League
1958/59	Atlético Madrid	La Liga	27	16
1959/60			29	10
1960/61			15	5
Country	Spain		71	31
Total			71	31

Honours

• World champion in 1958 and World champion in 1962 with the Brazilian national team
• Campeonato Pernambucano in 1949 with Sport Club do Recife
• Campeonato Carioca (Rio de Janeiro State championship) in 1952, 1956, 1958 with C.R. Vasco da Gama
• Campeonato Paulista (São Paulo State championship) in 1963 with Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
• Torneio Rio - São Paulo (Rio – São Paulo Tournament) in 1958 with C.R. Vasco da Gama
• Oswaldo Cruz Cup: 1955, 1958, 1962
• Quadrangular Tournament of Rio: 1953 with C.R. Vasco da Gama
• Rivadavia Corrêa Meyer's Tournament (Rio): 1953 with C.R. Vasco da Gama
• Santiago de Chile Tournament: 1957 with C.R. Vasco da Gama
• Paris Tournament: 1957 with C.R. Vasco da Gama
• Theresa Herrera Trophy: 1957 with C.R. Vasco da Gama
• Guadalajara Tournament: 1963 with Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
• FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe

External links

• Legends of the Football World Cup
• NASL stats
• BDFutbol player profile
• BDFutbol coach profile
• Vavá at National-Football-Teams.com

Preceded by Just Fontaine

FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe 1962 Shared with: Dražan Jerković, Garrincha, Flórián Albert, Leonel Sánchez and Valentin Ivanov

Succeeded by Eusébio