Eduardo (footballer, born 1983)

Eduardo (footballer, born 1983)'s story moves me because of the unlikely geography of it. A Rio-born Brazilian kid who started kicking a ball at Bangu, was refined in Dinamo Zagreb's academy, and ended up scoring for Croatia. That split between the country you're born in and the one you represent is one of football's most poignant subplots. At 177 cm he was the kind of striker who hunted goals with grit, and his career was scarred by serious injury, yet he kept coming back to the pitch. I have a quiet soft spot for players defined by resilience, and Dudu fits that mold perfectly.

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Name (English)

Eduardo (footballer, born 1983)

Name (Japanese)

エドゥアルド・ダ・シルヴァ

Reading

えどぅあるど・だ・しるゔぁ

Born

February 25, 1983 (age 43)

Origin

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Height

177 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Boar

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/_eduardofficial/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo%20(footballer%2C%20born%201983)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180444

Tags

• Rio de Janeiro
• association football player

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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