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Edmilson Junior
Personal information
Full name Edmilson Junior Paulo da Silva
Date of birth (1994-08-19) 19 August 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Liège, Belgium
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Al-Duhail
Number 10
Youth career
2003–2005 Seraing
2005–2006 HFC Hoei
2006–2012 Standard Liège
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Sint-Truiden 87 (9)
2016–2018 Standard Liège 72 (17)
2018– Al-Duhail 52 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Edmilson Junior Paulo da Silva (born 19 August 1994), commonly known as Edmilson, is a Belgian footballer who plays as a winger for Qatari club Al-Duhail.

Career

On 22 August 2012, Edmilson made his debut for Sint-Truiden in the Belgian Second Division as an 81st-minute substitute in the 3–1 win over KV Oostende.[1] His first goal for the club came later that year in November, during the Belgian Cup tie against KVC Westerlo which ended 5–5. Sint-Truiden won the tie on penalties.[2] On 6 January 2016, after making 87 appearances and scoring 9 goals for Sint-Truiden, Edmilson left to rejoin former club Standard Liège where he made a reunion with former Sint-Truiden manager Yannick Ferrera. He signed a three-year contract.[3]

On 17 March 2018 he played as Standard Liège beat Genk 1–0 in extra time to win the 2018 Belgian Cup Final and qualify for the UEFA Europa League.[4]

On 22 July 2018, he announced that would leave the club, and play for Qatari club Al-Duhail SC.[5]

Personal life

Edmilson Junior's father, Edmilson, is a Brazilian former footballer who played for Standard Liège and Seraing in Belgium in the 1990s.[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 August 2018[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sint-Truiden 2012–13 Belgian Second Division 26 1 4 1 — — 30 2
2013–14 Belgian Second Division 19 1 0 0 — 5[a] 0 24 1
2014–15 Belgian Second Division 23 2 2 0 — — 25 2
2015–16 Belgian Pro League 19 5 2 0 — — 21 5
Total 87 9 8 1 0 0 5 0 100 10
Standard Liège 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 11 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 14 3
2016–17 Belgian First Division A 27 5 1 0 6[b] 0 5[c] 1 39 6
2017–18 Belgian First Division A 34 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 37 11
Total 72 17 7 2 6 0 5 1 90 20
Al-Duhail SC 2018–19 Qatar Stars League 2 2 0 0 0 0 1[d] 0 3 2
Career total 161 29 15 2 6 0 11 1 193 32
  1. ^ Appearances in the Belgian Second Division play-offs
  2. ^ Appearances in the Europa League
  3. ^ Four appearances in the Belgian First Division A 'Europa League' play-offs and one in the Belgian Super Cup
  4. ^ One appearance in the Qatari Sheikh Jassim Cup.

Honours

Sint-Truiden

Standard

Al-Duhail

°Qatar stars league 2019/20

References

  1. ^ "Sint-Truiden vs. KV Oostende 3 - 1". Soccerway. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Westerlo vs. Sint-Truiden 5 - 5". Soccerway. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Edmilson Junior joins Rouches". Standard Liège. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Edmilson Junior se marcó un 'Cristiano'". BeSoccer (in European Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Edmilson Jr veut jouer pour la Belgique mais cela coince administrativement". 5 October 2015.
  7. ^ Edmilson Junior at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
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