Eduardo Da Silva

Quick Facts

Full Name	Eduardo Da Silva
Occupation	Soccer Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 25, 1983(1983-02-25)
Age	41
Birthplace	Brazil
Country	Brazil
Horoscope	Pisces

Eduardo Da Silva Biography

Eduardo Da Silva is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on February 25, 1983 in Brazil, Brazil. Soccer player who has won multiple titles with clubs like Dinamo Zagreb and Shakhtar Donetsk. He is considered one of the best Croatian strikers ever, winning the Croatian Footballer of the Year award in 2006.

He was managed by Niko Kovac on the Croatian team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Eduardo grew up in the Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Bangu and made his first steps in club football with CBF Nova Kennedy and Bangu Atlético Clube, although he did not play regularly in the youth categories. He was later noticed by Dinamo Zagreb’s scouts and joined the club’s youth squad in September 1999. Eduardo stayed at Dinamo on trial until December 1999 and returned to the club in February 2000, starting to play regularly for their under-17 squad. Eduardo found his way to the first team in the summer of 2001, despite suffering some injuries early in his career.

After making his first-team debut with Dinamo in the 2001–02 season, Eduardo was loaned for one season to Croatian second division side Inker Zaprešić (now Inter Zaprešić) in 2002–03 to see more first-team action, scoring 10 goals in 15 league appearances for the club.

He has a daughter named Lorena.

Eduardo Da Silva Net Worth

Eduardo Da Silva is one of the richest Soccer Player from Brazil. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Eduardo Da Silva 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He played for his home town club Bangu Atletico Clube from 1996 to 1998.

He was the top goal-scorer in Croatian First League in 2007.

Eduardo Alves da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese: [eduˈaɾdu dɐ ˈsiwvɐ] , Croatian pronunciation: [eduâːrdo dasǐlʋa] ; born 25 February 1983), commonly known as Eduardo, sometimes nicknamed Dudu, is a Brazilian-born Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

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After the 2006 World Cup, Eduardo returned to the national team under new coach Slaven Bilić and started Croatia’s friendly match against Italy on 16 August 2006, scoring the first goal in Croatia’s 2–0 victory. He would later establish himself as one of the key players in Croatia’s qualifying campaign for the Euro 2008. He made his competitive debut at senior international level in Croatia’s goalless away draw against Russia on 6 September 2006 and went on to score his first competitive international goal for Croatia on 11 October 2006 in their 2–0 home win against England, when he opened the scoring by sending a looping header over the stranded Paul Robinson. In the following qualifier, away to Israel on 15 November 2006, Eduardo netted a hat-trick to help Croatia to drive home a narrow 4–3 victory over the strong Israeli side.

Facts & Trivia

Eduardo Ranked on the list of most popular Soccer Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Brazil. Eduardo Da Silva celebrates birthday on February 25 of every year.

In the 2006–07 season, he scored five goals in six matches for Dinamo Zagreb in two qualifying rounds for the Champions League and in the first round of the UEFA Cup. After netting a brace in Dinamo Zagreb’s 4–1 away win at Ekranas, he went on to score the first European goal at Arsenal’s new Emirates Stadium in London on 23 August 2006 as Dinamo Zagreb suffered a 5–1 aggregate defeat in the third qualifying round for the Champions League. He also scored both goals in Dinamo’s 5–2 aggregate defeat to Auxerre in the first round of the UEFA Cup on 14 September 2006.

Top Facts about Eduardo Da Silva

1. Eduardo da Silva is a retired Croatian footballer.
2. He was born on February 25, 1983 in Brazil.
3. Eduardo played as a striker for Croatia’s national team.
4. He scored 29 goals in 64 appearances for Croatia.
5. Eduardo began his professional career at Dinamo Zagreb.
6. In 2007, he signed with Arsenal FC in the English Premier League.
7. Eduardo suffered a horrific leg injury in 2008 against Birmingham City.
8. He returned to play for Shakhtar Donetsk and Flamengo before retiring.
9. Eduardo won two Ukrainian Premier League titles with Shakhtar Donetsk.
10. He also won the Croatian Footballer of the Year award twice (2006, 2007).

Where is Eduardo da Silva now?

After retiring from the national team, Eduardo went on to play for Flamengo, Atletico Paranaense and Legia Warsaw. Now 36, he is back in Zagreb , the city he called home for almost 10 years after arriving from Rio de Janeiro as a 16-year-old, for the holidays and he sat down to chat with Sportske novosti.

How good was Eduardo Silva?

Buoyed by the club’s show of faith, Eduardo set about becoming one of the most dangerous strikers in the Croatian league. Slight yet elegant, he was a cunning finisher with excellent movement, scoring nine goals in his debut campaign as he was named player of the year.

Why did Eduardo leave Arsenal?

Eduardo was sidelined for almost a year because of his injury, which he suffered following a controversial challenge by Martin Taylor. There were concerns the psychological scars from the tackle had a negative impact on his game , which is thought to be one reason the Arsenal manager allowed him to leave.

How many goals did Eduardo scored for Arsenal?

club
Arsenal FC| 68| 21
GNK Dinamo Zagreb| 49| 41
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo| 27| 10
Legia Warszawa| 14| –

Did Eduardo ever play again?

When recovering from the injury, Eduardo made it his sole aim to make the most out of every day in football. It’s why he’s still playing as a forward in the Polish League following two spells at Shakhtar Donetsk, sandwiched inbetween stints in his homeland with Flamengo and Atlético Paranaense.