Éder

What I admire about Eder is the trajectory, not the stat line. Coming out of Guinea-Bissau and the lower leagues, then carving out 143 Primeira Liga appearances and 38 goals over seven seasons, is the kind of slow-burn career I respect more than flashy prodigies. At 189 cm he could have coasted as a target man, but the path from obscurity to Portuguese top-flight relevance speaks to grit. He is the sort of forward whose value never fully shows up in a box score, and that is exactly why I find him quietly compelling.

Name (English)

Éder

Name (Japanese)

エデルジト・アントニオ・マセド・ロペス

Reading

えでるじと・あんとにお・ませど・ろぺす

Born

December 22, 1987 (age 38)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rabbit

Origin

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Height

189 cm

Occupation

association football player

Awards & achievements

• Commander of the Order of Merit of Portugal

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eder%20(footballer%2C%20born%201987)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9A%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273776

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.