Eder
Eder with Esteghlal Football Club in 2020
Personal information
Full name Ederzito António Macedo Lopes[1]
Date of birth (1987-12-22) 22 December 1987 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2][1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1999–2006 ADC Adémia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Oliveira Hospital
2006–2008 Tourizense 42 (11)
2008–2012 Académica 83 (12)
2012–2015 Braga 60 (26)
2015–2016 Swansea City 13 (0)
2016 → Lille (loan) 13 (6)
2016–2018 Lille 31 (6)
2017–2018 → Lokomotiv Moscow (loan) 18 (4)
2018–2021 Lokomotiv Moscow 65 (7)
2021–2022 Al Raed 22 (6)
Total 347 (78)
International career
2012–2018 Portugal 35 (5)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Winner 2016 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ederzito António Macedo Lopes ComM (born 22 December 1987), commonly known as Eder[3] (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɛðɛɾ]), is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a forward.

He signed with Académica in 2008 from the lower leagues, and joined Braga four years later. Over seven seasons, he appeared in 143 Primeira Liga matches and scored 38 goals. He also played in Wales, France, Russia and Saudi Arabia, notably winning the 2017–18 Premier League with Lokomotiv Moscow.

Eder was born in Guinea-Bissau. A Portugal international since 2012, he represented the country at the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016, winning the latter and also scoring the sole goal in the final.

Club career

Early years

Born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Eder moved to Portugal as a child, and started playing football with Associação Desportiva e Cultural da Adémia in the Coimbra District at the age of 11.[4] He made his senior debut with Oliveira do Hospital and G.D. Tourizense, the latter in the third division and the farm team of Académica de Coimbra.[5]

Académica

Eder made his Primeira Liga debut for Académica on 24 August 2008, in a 0–1 away loss against C.F. Estrela da Amadora.[6] He scored his first goal for the club at the end of the season, netting the Students equalising goal in an eventual 3–1 victory over Associação Naval 1º de Maio.[7]

On 2 May 2010, Eder scored what looked like a winning goal against C.D. Nacional, but the visitors equalised at 3–3 in the 90th minute.[8] On 12 September of the following year, against the same opponent and also in Coimbra, he scored twice in a 4–0 rout.[9] He finished the season with five goals in 16 appearances, and helped the club win its first Portuguese Cup since 1939 after defeating Sporting CP in the final,[10] but he only featured in the earlier rounds of the cup as he was suspended for not reporting to training for several weeks, as interest from other clubs in signing him grew.[11][12][13]

Braga

Eder signed with S.C. Braga in summer 2012, for four years. He made his official debut for his new team on 2 September in a 0–2 defeat at F.C. Paços de Ferreira[14] but scored twice late into that month as the Minho Province side defeated Rio Ave F.C. 4–1 at home,[15] contributing one in a 4–4 home draw with S.C. Olhanense.[16]

On 30 November 2012, in the fifth round of the Taça de Portugal, Eder netted the winning goal as Braga defeated FC Porto 2–1, booking a place in the quarter-finals.[17] On 6 January 2013, in a league match against Moreirense FC, he scored the game's only goal shortly after the restart.[18] On 23 February he scored in each half of the local derby against Vitória de Guimarães in a 3–2 win at the Estádio Municipal de Braga,[19] but missed the rest of the campaign after suffering a ligament tear in early March.[20]

In the domestic cup final on 31 May 2015, Eder opened the scoring against Sporting with a penalty after Cédric Soares had been sent off for fouling Djavan, but missed in the penalty shootout in an eventual loss following a 2–2 draw.[21]

Swansea City and Lille

On 28 June 2015, Premier League club Swansea City agreed a fee of around £5 million to sign Eder on a three-year deal.[22] He made his debut on 8 August, playing the final 11 minutes of a 2–2 draw at title holders Chelsea in place of Bafétimbi Gomis.[23]

Having not scored in 15 competitive games for the Swans – only four starts – Eder joined Lille OSC on loan for the remainder of the season.[24] He made his French Ligue 1 debut on 3 February 2016 as a half-time replacement for Yassine Benzia in a 1–0 home win over Stade Malherbe Caen.[25] He scored his first goal four days later, to open a 1–1 draw against Stade Rennais F.C. also at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy.[26]

Eder played the full 90 minutes in the final of the Coupe de la Ligue on 23 April 2016, which ended in a 2–1 loss against Paris Saint-Germain FC.[27] On 24 May, after helping his team finish fifth and qualify for the UEFA Europa League, he signed a permanent four-year contract.[28][29]

On 2 March 2017, Eder scored the final goal (four minutes into injury time after 90 minutes of normal time had elapsed) in a 2–1 away defeat of Championnat de France Amateur side Bergerac Périgord FC in the round of 16.[30]

Lokomotiv Moscow

Eder and Spartak Moscow's Nikola Maksimović in March 2018

On 23 August 2017, Eder joined Russian Premier League club FC Lokomotiv Moscow in a season-long loan with a buyout option.[31] On 5 May 2018, he scored the winning goal in the 87th minute from Vladislav Ignatyev's cross against FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in a 1–0 victory, which helped to grant his team their first league title since 2004.[32]

Eder moved to the RZD Arena on 16 July 2018, on a permanent basis.[33] He ended that season as a national cup winner, scoring a penalty to open a 4–1 home win over FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk in the last 16 on 31 October.[34][35] On 6 July, he was a substitute in the 3–2 defeat of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in the 2019 Russian Super Cup.[36]

Eder scored for the first time in the UEFA Champions League on 21 October 2020, in a 2–2 away draw against FC Red Bull Salzburg in the group stage.[37][38] He won the cup again at the end of the season.[39]

Al Raed

On 23 September 2021, free agent Eder signed a contract of undisclosed length with Al Raed FC in the Saudi Professional League.[40]

International career

Eder taking on Italy's Andrea Ranocchia in a June 2015 friendly.

Eder chose to represent Portugal internationally. After impressive club performances for Braga, he was first called up by the national team in August 2012 for a match against Luxembourg for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, but remained an unused substitute in the 2–1 away win on 7 September.[41] He made his debut four days later in the same competition, replacing Hélder Postiga in the dying minutes of a 3–0 home victory over Azerbaijan.[42]

On 19 May 2014, Eder was named in the final 23-man squad for the tournament in Brazil.[43] He made his debut in the competition on 16 June, replacing the injured Hugo Almeida in the first half of a 4–0 group stage loss to Germany.[44] In the second game, a 2–2 draw against the United States, he replaced another injured striker early on, this time Postiga.[45]

Eder's first international goal came on his 18th cap, the only goal in a friendly defeat of Italy at the Stade de Genève on 16 June 2015.[46] He was selected by Fernando Santos for his UEFA Euro 2016 squad,[47] appearing in three matches as a substitute and scoring the only goal in the final to help defeat hosts France after extra time.[48][49][50]

Eder was not picked for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup squad, being replaced by Porto's André Silva.[51] He was included in a preliminary 35-man list for the 2018 World Cup,[52] but did not make the final cut.[53]

Style of play

Eder is a strong, hard-working and well-rounded striker, with a solid first touch. Usually deployed as a centre forward, he excels in the air due to his height and powerful physique, although he is also capable of playing in other offensive positions due to his ability to hold up the ball with his back to goal and play-off his teammates.[54][55]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[56]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tourizense 2006–07 Segunda Divisão 7 1 1 0 — — 8 1
2007–08 Segunda Divisão 34 10 1 0 — — 35 10
2008–09 Segunda Divisão 1 0 1 0 — — 2 0
Total 42 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 45 11
Académica 2008–09 Primeira Liga 24 1 6 0 — — 30 1
2009–10 Primeira Liga 22 4 5 2 — — 27 6
2010–11 Primeira Liga 21 2 6 3 — — 27 5
2011–12 Primeira Liga 16 5 5 1 — — 21 6
Total 83 12 22 6 0 0 0 0 105 18
Braga 2012–13 Primeira Liga 18 13 7 3 7[a] 0 — 32 16
2013–14 Primeira Liga 13 3 2 1 1[b] 0 — 16 4
2014–15 Primeira Liga 29 10 10 4 — — 39 14
Total 60 26 19 8 8 0 0 0 87 34
Swansea City 2015–16 Premier League 13 0 2 0 — — 15 0
Lille 2015–16 Ligue 1 13 6 1 0 — — 14 6
2016–17 Ligue 1 31 6 5 1 1[b] 0 — 37 7
Total 44 12 6 1 1 0 0 0 51 13
Lokomotiv Moscow (loan) 2017–18 Russian Premier League 18 4 1 0 9[b] 0 — 28 4
Lokomotiv Moscow 2018–19 Russian Premier League 22 1 6 2 6[a] 0 1[c] 0 35 3
2019–20 Russian Premier League 23 5 1 1 5[a] 0 1[c] 0 30 6
2020–21 Russian Premier League 20 1 2 0 3[a] 1 1[c] 0 26 2
Total 83 11 1 3 23 1 3 0 119 15
Al Raed 2021–22 Saudi Pro League 22 6 1 0 — — 23 6
Career total 347 78 63 18 32 1 3 0 435 97
  1. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b c Appearance in Russian Super Cup

International

National team Year Apps Goals
Portugal[57] 2012 4 0
2013 2 0
2014 10 0
2015 5 1
2016 11 3
2017 1 0
2018 2 1
Total 35 5
Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Eder goal.[57]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 June 2015 Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland 18  Italy 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2 29 May 2016 Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal 24  Norway 3–0 3–0 Friendly
3 8 June 2016 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal 26  Estonia 7–0 7–0 Friendly
4 10 July 2016 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France 29  France 1–0 1–0 (a.e.t.) UEFA Euro 2016
5 14 October 2018 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland 34  Scotland 2–0 3–1 Friendly

Honours

Académica

Braga

Lokomotiv Moscow

Portugal

Orders

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Éder" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 27. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  3. ^ Candeias, Pedro (26 July 2016). "Olá, eu sou o Eder ("não ponham acento, que não é fixe") e esta é a minha história" [Hi, I am Eder ("do not accentuate it, that's not cool") and this is my story]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  4. ^ Gonçalves, Bruno (14 October 2010). "É Éderzito mas já rima com seleção" [His name is Éderzito but it already rhymes with national team]. Diário As Beiras (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  5. ^ Almeida, Tiago (8 January 2009). "Gonçalo: "Há muito tempo que esperava"" [Gonçalo: "I had been waiting for a long time"]. Record (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  6. ^ "E. Amadora-Académica, 1–0 (Celsinho 57')". Record (in Portuguese). 24 August 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Académica-Naval, 3–1 (Éder 62', Sougou 64', Saleiro 70'; Paulão 26')". Record (in Portuguese). 16 May 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Académica-Nacional, às 20.15" [Académica-Nacional, at 20.15]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 May 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Academica de Coimbra 4–0 CD Nacional de Madeira". ESPN FC. 12 September 2011. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  10. ^ "Académica shock Sporting to lift Portuguese Cup". PortuGOAL. 19 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  11. ^ "Éder (Académica) tem acordo com o FC Porto" [Éder (Académica) has agreement with FC Porto] (in Portuguese). Relvado. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  12. ^ "Éder: "Não gostei da forma como as coisas foram conduzidas"" [Éder: "I did not like the way things were handled"]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 January 2012. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  13. ^ "Académica participa à PJ desaparecimento de Éder" [Académica report Éder disappearance to investigation police]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 29 January 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  14. ^ "Paços brilha e derrota Sp. Braga (2–0)" [Paços shine and defeat Sp. Braga (2–0)] (in Portuguese). F.C. Paços Ferreira. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  15. ^ "Braga 4–1 Rio Ave". ESPN FC. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  16. ^ "Braga 4–4 Olhanense". ESPN FC. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  17. ^ "A revolta do guerreiro" [The warrior's uprising]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 December 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  18. ^ "A vitória arrancada com ferro e cabeça" [Hard-fought win through iron and head]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 January 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  19. ^ "Sp. Braga-V. Guimarães, 3–2: Guerreiros de olés quase a ficar sem voz" [Sp. Braga-V. Guimarães, 3–2: Warriors of olés nearly lost their voice]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 February 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  20. ^ Kundert, Tom (2 March 2013). "Éder out until summer with torn knee ligaments". PortuGOAL. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  21. ^ "Sporting come from two down with 10 men to win Cup". Reuters. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  22. ^ "Swansea City set to sign Portugal striker Eder from Sporting Braga". BBC Sport. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  23. ^ Johnston, Neil (8 August 2015). "Chelsea 2–2 Swansea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  24. ^ "Eder, nouvel attaquant des Dogues" [Eder, new striker for the Mastiffs] (in French). Lille OSC. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  25. ^ Letondeur, Boris (3 February 2016). "Ligue 1: Caen ne vainc pas le signe indien et s'incline encore à Lille (1–0)" [Ligue 1: Caen fail to break jinx and bow to Lille once more (1–0)] (in French). France Bleu. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  26. ^ "Rennes hold ten-man Lille". Ligue 1. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  27. ^ "PSG 2–1 Lille: Di Maria nets winner in cup final". Goal. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  28. ^ "Eder: "Laisser mon empreinte au LOSC"" [Eder: "Leaving my mark at LOSC"] (in French). Lille OSC. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  29. ^ "Mercato: Eder sera 100% Lillois!" [Market: Eder will be 100% Lillois!] (in French). Lille OSC. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  30. ^ "Lille earn Monaco date". Ligue 1. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  31. ^ Чемпион Европы – в «Локо» [European champion – to Lоко] (in Russian). Lokomotiv Moscow. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  32. ^ a b "Lokomotiv Moscow wins Russian Premier League". The Washington Post. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  33. ^ "Эдер остаётся в "Локомотиве"" [Eder remains at Lokomotiv] (in Russian). Lokomotiv Moscow. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  34. ^ "Братья Миранчуки вывели "Локо" в четвертьфинал Кубка России" [The Miranchuk brothers took "Loko" to the quarterfinals of the Russian Cup] (in Russian). Football.ru. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  35. ^ a b "Taça. Cinco portugueses pela Europa com motivos para celebrar" [Cup. Five Portuguese around Europe with reasons to celebrate]. Sol (in Portuguese). 22 May 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  36. ^ a b "Rússia: Lokomotiv de Eder vence a Supertaça" [Russia: Eder's Lokomotiv win the Supercup] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  37. ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–2 Lokomotiv Moscow". BBC Sport. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  38. ^ "Champions: Eder marca no empate do Lokomotiv em Salzburgo" [Champions: Eder scores in Lokomotiv draw in Salzburg] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  39. ^ a b "Lokomotiv beat FNL champions Krylia to win Russian Cup". Russian Premier League. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  40. ^ "Éder confirmado como reforço do Al-Raed da Arábia Saudita" [Eder confirmed as addition to Al Raed of Saudi Arabia] (in Portuguese). SIC Notícias. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  41. ^ "Portugal survive scare to see off Luxembourg". UEFA. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  42. ^ "Portugal post Azerbaijan victory". UEFA. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  43. ^ Kundert, Tom (19 May 2014). "Paulo Bento announces Portugal's 23-man World Cup squad". PortuGOAL. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  44. ^ "Muller-inspired Germany thrash ten-man Portugal". FIFA. 16 June 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  45. ^ Oscroft, Tim (23 June 2014). "USA 2–2 Spain". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  46. ^ "Italy 0–1 Portugal: Eder fires Ronaldo-less Seleccao to victory". Goal. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  47. ^ "Portugal name Bayern Munich signing Renato Sanches for Euros squad". ESPN FC. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  48. ^ Burke, Chris (14 June 2016). "Ice-cool Iceland claim Portugal point in EURO 2016 Group F". UEFA. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  49. ^ Fletcher, Paul (18 June 2016). "Portugal 0–0 Austria". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  50. ^ a b McNulty, Phil (10 July 2016). "Portugal 1–0 France". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  51. ^ "Éder fica fora dos convocados, Beto e José Sá nas escolhas" [Éder out of squad, Beto and José Sá picked]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 May 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  52. ^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad – 23-man & preliminary lists & when will they be announced?". Goal. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  53. ^ "Nearly half Portugal's Euro squad to miss World Cup". Special Broadcasting Service. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  54. ^ Martin de Sà, Manuel (4 June 2013). "Lazio, Eder è il gigante che verrà: garantisce Ronaldo" [Lazio, Eder is the giant who will come: Ronaldo guarantees it]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  55. ^ Bull, J.J. (10 July 2016). "Euro 2016 final: Portugal vs France – live: Portugal win Euro 2016! Eder extra-time stunner is enough despite early Ronaldo injury". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  56. ^ a b c "Éder". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  57. ^ a b "Éder". European Football. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  58. ^ "Seleção recebe insígnias de Marcelo no Porto" [National team receives insignia from Marcelo in Porto]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 25 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2017.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Éderzito António Macedo Lopes.
Portugal squads
Categories