Edgar (footballer, born 1987)

Edgar Bruno da Silva (born 3 January 1987), known simply as Edgar, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker.

Edgar
Personal information
Full name Edgar Bruno da Silva
Date of birth (1987-01-03) 3 January 1987
Place of birth São Carlos, Brazil
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2004–2005 Paulistinha
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Joinville 11 (4)
2006 → São Paulo (loan) 3 (0)
2007 Beira-Mar 13 (4)
2007–2008 Porto 2 (0)
2008 → Académica (loan) 11 (3)
2008 → Red Star (loan) 8 (1)
2009–2010 Vasco da Gama 5 (2)
2009–2010 → Nacional (loan) 24 (12)
2010–2012 Vitória Guimarães 58 (21)
2012–2015 Al Shabab 70 (37)
2015–2016 Al-Wasl 13 (7)
2016–2017 Adanaspor 13 (0)
2017 Lekhwiya 3 (2)
2018 Buriram United 15 (8)
2018 → Daegu FC (loan) 18 (8)
2019– Daegu FC 123 (41)
International career
2006–2007 Brazil U-20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 January 2021

Club career

Born in São Carlos, São Paulo, Edgar started professionally for São Paulo FC in 2006, being loaned by Série C side Joinville Esporte Clube. In January 2007 he moved to Portugal with S.C. Beira-Mar, scoring four league goals which proved insufficient in avoiding relegation from the Primeira Liga; also in that year, he was part of the Brazilian under-20 team that won the South American Youth Football Championship.[1]

In the 2007 summer transfer window, Edgar was transferred to FC Porto but, after featuring sparingly, moved on loan to fellow league club Associação Académica de Coimbra. He joined Red Star Belgrade in Serbia in July 2008 on a season-long loan, but, in January of the following year, he was released by Porto and returned to Brazil, signing for CR Vasco da Gama.[2]

In August 2009, Edgar returned to Portugal after agreeing to join C.D. Nacional, which had just lost Nenê – 2008–09's league top scorer – to Cagliari Calcio. He started off well, netting seven times in as many games, including twice in a 2–1 derby win against C.S. Marítimo[3][4] and a hat-trick at Leixões SC (4–2).[5]

Edgar enjoyed another productive season in 2010–11, scoring ten goals in the league with Vitória de Guimarães to help the Minho team qualify to the UEFA Europa League. He also netted five in seven appearances in the campaign's Portuguese Cup, including one in the final against Porto, albeit in a 2–6 loss – he also missed a penalty kick with the score levelled at 2–2.[6]

In July 2012, Edgar moved to UAE Pro-League side Al Shabab (Dubai) on a one-year contract.[7] On 16 August 2016, he left Al-Wasl F.C. also in the UAE Arabian Gulf League and signed a two-year deal with Turkish club Adanaspor,[8] being released the following January.[9]

In 2022, during the 2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs against Buriram United, Edgar got an achilles tendon injury and had to miss rest of the season. Eventually, he had to leave the club through a mutual consent.[10]

Honours

Club

São Paulo

Porto

Vasco

Al Shabab

Lekhwiya

Daegu

International

Brazil U-20

References
  1. Lanterna do Português assina com Edgar, sub-20 do São Paulo (Bottom-placed at Portuguese Championship sign Edgar, São Paulo's under-20); Notícias, 25 November 2011 (in Portuguese)
  2. Vasco acerta com mais um atacante: Edgar (Vasco sign another forward: Edgar); ESPN Brasil, 20 January 2009 (in Portuguese)
  3. Nacional vende [sic] derbi da Madeira (Nacional win Madeira derby); Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, 20 September 2009 (in Portuguese)
  4. Nacional-Guimarães, 2–0 (Edgar 9' G.P., 26' G.P.) (Nacional-Guimarães, 2–0 (Edgar 9' P.K., 26' P.K.)); Record, 5 October 2009 (in Portuguese)
  5. Nacional bate Leixões (Nacional beat Leixões); Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, 8 November 2009 (in Portuguese)
  6. Também o Jamor é o destino do FC Porto (Jamor is FC Porto's destiny as well); Público, 22 May 2011 (in Portuguese)
  7. Al Shabab sign a one-season contract with Brazilian Edgar; Pro League, July 2012
  8. Edgar Silva Adanaspor’da (Edgar Silva to Adanaspor), Goal, 16 August 2016 (in Turkish)
  9. Adanaspor'da Edgar Silva ile yollar ayrıldı (Edgar Silva and Adanaspor part ways), Fanatik, 27 January 2017 (in Turkish)
  10. 대구, 아킬레스건 파열 에드가와 계약 해지…대체 선수 물색 (Daegu, part ways with Edgar whose achilles tendon was ruptured), News1, 23 March 2022 (in Korean)
  11. "Edgar Silva – Trophies". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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