Edmilson Junior
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edmilson Junior Paulo da Silva | ||
Date of birth | 19 August 1994 | ||
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 | 37 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:44, 11 October 2019 (UTC) |
Edmilson Junior Paulo da Silva (born 19 August 1994), commonly known as Edmilson, is a Belgian-Brazilian 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 Liege 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]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 |
- ^ Appearances in the Belgian Second Division play-offs
- ^ Appearances in the Europa League
- ^ Four appearances in the Belgian First Division A 'Europa League' play-offs and one in the Belgian Super Cup
- ^ One appearance in the Qatari Sheikh Jassim Cup.
Honours
Sint-Truiden
Standard
Al-Duhail
References
- ^ "Sint-Truiden vs. KV Oostende 3 - 1". Soccerway. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Westerlo vs. Sint-Truiden 5 - 5". Soccerway. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Edmilson Junior joins Rouches". Standard Liège. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Edmilson Junior se marcó un 'Cristiano'". BeSoccer (in European Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "Edmilson Jr veut jouer pour la Belgique mais cela coince administrativement". 5 October 2015.
- ^ Edmilson Junior at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
External links
- Player profile at Sint-Truiden Website
- Edmilson Junior at Soccerway
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Brussels
- Association football wingers
- Belgian footballers
- Belgian people of Brazilian descent
- Standard Liège players
- Sint-Truidense V.V. players
- Al-Duhail SC players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Belgian Second Division/Belgian First Division B players
- Qatar Stars League players
- Expatriate footballers in Qatar
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar