Edmílson dos Santos Silva

Edmílson dos Santos Silva is one of those Brazilian forwards who came up through the grind of domestic football in Bahia — a region that's produced some seriously underrated talent over the years. Born in Salvador in 1982, he's a product of that northeastern Brazilian footballing culture where you either develop serious technical grit or you don't make it at all. As a forward, his game was built around movement and instinct rather than star power, which is exactly the kind of player that coaches quietly treasure even if the highlight reels don't do him justice. He may never have been a household name on the global stage, but players like him are the backbone of the professional game — the ones who put in the work so the bigger names can shine.

Name (English)

Edmílson dos Santos Silva

Name (Japanese)

エジミウソン・ドス・サントス・シルバ

Reading

えじみうそん・どす・さんとす・しるば

Born

September 15, 1982 (age 43)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dog

Origin

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Height

183 cm

Occupation

association football player

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edm%C3%ADlson%20(footballer%2C%20born%201982)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9F%E3%82%A6%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180986

Tags

• Bahia
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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.