Edu Dracena
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Eduardo Luis Abonízi de Souza | |
| Date of birth | May 18, 1981 | |
| Place of birth |  Dracena, Brazil |
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| Height | 192 cm (6ft 4in) | |
| Playing position | Central defender | |
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| Current club |  Fenerbahçe |
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| Number | 36 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1995 - 2002 2002 - 2003 2003 - 2006 2006 - Present |
Guarani FC Olympiacos Cruzeiro EC Fenerbahçe |
53 (1) 5 (0) 89 (6) 56 (4) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2003 - | Brazil | 9 (0) |
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Edu Dracena real name Eduardo Luis Abonízi de Souza (born 18 May 1981 in Dracena) is a Brazilian (of Italian descent) football defender who, as of 2006, plays for Fenerbahçe after transferring from Cruzeiro Esporte Clube for €5.7 million.
Played his first professional game with Guarani against Matonense, in 1999. He was selected to the Brazilian U-20 Team, in 2001. A year later he was loaned to Olympiakos Piraeus, in 2002. He won the greek championship. After a couple of months turned back to Guarani, in 2002 but the next year was transferred to Cruzeiro. He won the Brazilian Leage and Brazilian Cup with Cruzeiro, in 2003. He was chosen in the Golden team of South America, in 2003. Selected to the Brazilian national team for Confederations Cup, in 2003. In 2004, he won the Mineiro Championship with Cruzeiro. However, he had a surgery due to an injury and was out for 7 months, in 2005. In 2006, he was awarded as the captain of Cruzeiro and won Mineiro Championship with his team.
In August of 2006, he was transferred to Fenerbahçe SK
On 19 May 2007, he scored Fenerbahçe's 500th goal against Galatasaray.
He also has Italian citizenship [1] [2]
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[edit] International career
He was a member of the Brazil team at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup and Confederations Cup 2003.
He was also a member of Brazil U-23 team that failed to qualify for 2004 Summer Olympics.
In 2005 he was part of the national team in their successful FIFA Confederations Cup campaign.
Recently, he's called to play in the national team in the friendly against USA and Mexico on 9 September and 12 September 2007. He played 45 minutes against USA in his ninth national match [3] followed by a place in the starting line-up for the match against Mexico.[4]
He played 4 times for Brazilian U20 National Team, 2 times for Brazilian U23 National Team and 9 times for Brazilian National Team.
[edit] Achievements
- 1994 São Paulo Youth Cup Champion with Guarani
- 1998 Copa Zico de Futebol Juvenil Champion with Guarani
- 2001 Copa Toyota de Futebol Juvenil Champion with Guarani (disputed in Japan)
- 2002 Copa Toyota de Futebol Juvenil Champion with Guarani (disputed in Japan)
- 2002-03 Greek Championships Champion with Olympiacos
- 2003 Brazilian League Champion with Cruzeiro
- 2003 Brazil Cup Champion with Cruzeiro
- 2003 State Championships Champion with Cruzeiro
- 2004 State Championships Champion with Cruzeiro
- 2007 Turkish Super League Champion with Fenerbahçe
- 2007 Turkish Super Cup Winner with Fenerbahçe
[edit] References
- ^ Biography at transfermarkt.de
- ^ Edu Dracena Biography Fenerbahçe Official Web Site
- ^ USA 2 - Brazil 4 Official USSoccer Site
- ^ Edu é titular e Brasil ganha de 3 a 1 Fenerbahçe Official Web Site
[edit] External links
- (Portuguese) Sambafoot profile
- (Portuguese) Official website
- (English) Biography at fenerbahce.org
- (Turkish) Profil at fenerbahce.org
- (Turkish) Profil at TFF.org
- (German) Profil at transfermarkt.de
- (English) Profil at national-football-teams
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