For other people named Eduardo da Silva, see Eduardo da Silva (disambiguation).
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Alves and the second or paternal family name is da Silva.
Eduardo
Eduardo with Shakhtar Donetsk in May 2011
Personal information
Full name
Eduardo Alves da Silva[1]
Date of birth
(1983-02-25) 25 February 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s)
Forward
Youth career
0000–1996
CBF Nova Kennedy
1996–1998
Bangu
1999–2001
Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2001–2007
Dinamo Zagreb
109
(73)
2001
→ Croatia Sesvete (loan)
5
(2)
2003
→ Inter Zaprešić (loan)
15
(10)
2007–2010
Arsenal
41
(7)
2010–2014
Shakhtar Donetsk
81
(24)
2014–2015
Flamengo
27
(10)
2015–2016
Shakhtar Donetsk
29
(14)
2017
Atlético Paranaense
2
(0)
2018
Legia Warsaw
11
(0)
Total
320
(140)
International career
2004–2005
Croatia U21
12
(8)
2004–2014
Croatia
64
(29)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Eduardo Alves da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese:[eduˈaʁdudɐˈsiwvɐ], Croatian pronunciation:[eduâːrdodasǐlʋa]; born 25 February 1983), commonly known as Eduardo and sometimes nicknamed Dudu,[3][4] is a former professional footballer who played as a forward.
He began his career with his hometown club in Brazil, Bangu Atlético Clube. He later joined Dinamo Zagreb's youth team. He spent a period on loan at Inter Zaprešić, scoring ten goals in 15 matches. His prolific scoring at Dinamo Zagreb, where he scored 73 times in 109 league appearances, attracted the interest of Arsenal who signed him for a fee of £7.5 million in 2007. A serious leg injury hampered his time with Arsenal and, after three seasons with the club, he moved to Shakhtar Donetsk in 2010.
Eduardo took up Croatian citizenship in 2002 and made his international debut for the Croatia national team as a second-half substitute in a friendly match against Ireland on 16 November 2004 at the age of 21. He was selected by the national team's coach Slaven Bilić for the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament and again by Niko Kovač for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. With 29 goals scored for Croatia, Eduardo is Croatia's fourth most prolific striker on record.
^"2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
^"Soccernet Profile". ESPN. Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
^"Sportal.hr – Dudu ponovo strijelac! Arsenalu..., Sportal, nogomet, strani nogomet" (in Croatian). Vecernji.hr. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
^"Sportal.hr – Dudu je uspio – zabio Arsenalu! (video i galerija), Sportal, nogomet, strani nogomet" (in Croatian). Vecernji.hr. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
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