Edu Coimbra

Edu Coimbra
Personal information
Full name	Eduardo Antunes Coimbra
Date of birth	February 5, 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1960–1966	America
Senior career*
Years	Team
1966–1974	America
1975	Vasco da Gama
1975	Bahia
1975–1976	Flamengo
1976–1977	Colorado
1978	Joinville
1979	Brasília
1980–1981	Campo Grande
International career
1967–1974	Brazil
Managerial career
1982	America
1983–1984	Brazil
1984–1985	Vasco da Gama
1986	Iraq
1987	Joinville
1987	Criciúma
1988	Barcelona de Guayaquil
1989	Coritiba
1990	Botafogo
1991	Veracruz
1992	Sport Boys
1992	Remo
1993	Fluminense
1994	Campo Grande
1994–1995	Kashima Antlers
2002–2006	Japan (assistant)
2006–2008	Fenerbahçe (assistant)
2008–2009	Bunyodkor (assistant)
2009	CSKA (assistant)
2009–2010	Olympiacos (assistant)
2011–2012	Iraq (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eduardo Antunes Coimbra (born February 5, 1947), better known as Edu, is a former Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and went on to become a manager.

Background

He was one of the most talented dribblers of the 1970s and is considered one of the best players in America Football Club's history. He scored 212 goals for America—which makes him the second highest scorer for the club—and also played for Vasco da Gama, Bahia and Flamengo.

Early life

Edu came from a lower-middle-class family, in the suburbs of Quintino, Rio de Janeiro. His father was a goalkeeper and three of his brothers were professional footballers as well. However the most famous was Zico.

Career

They played together in 1976 in Flamengo.

Coaching career

He was a member of Zico's veteran team in Turkey during the coaching period of his brother Zico at Fenerbahce. The team has Brazilian members as Roberto Carlos's father Oscar Silva, Edu's brother and Fenerbahçe manager Zico, Fenerbahçe conditioner Moraci Sant'Anna (who was 3 World Cup coach of Brazil), Marco Aurélio's uncle Sebastião and Edu Dracena's brother whom were all playing or coaching for Fenerbahçe at that time.

He was also the assistant manager of Russia club CSKA Moscow, the team formerly managed by his brother and Brazil football legend Zico.

He is currently the assistant manager of Iraq national football team.

Honours

Player

Copa Rio Branco 1967 – Brazil
Taça Guanabara: 1974
Bahia State Championship: 1975

Coach

Individual

Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa's top scorer: 1969

References

External links

Edu Coimbra at National-Football-Teams.com
Edu Coimbra manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Fenerbahçe SK official website
Profil on TFF.org