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Edmundo

1971 - Today

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Edmundo Alves de Souza Oliveira (born 2 April 1971), better known simply as Edmundo, is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer who played as a forward. Nicknamed "O Animal" (The Animal), he was a talented yet controversial footballer and drew attention both for his skill, as well as for his volatile behaviour, both on and off the pitch. Edmundo started his professional career in Vasco da Gama in 1991, making his debut in 1992, where he won the Cariocão Grupo A in 1992. In 1993, he signed with Palmeiras, where he was part of the team that won the Brasileirão Série A in 1993 and 1994 and the Paulistão Série A1 in 1993, which ended the club's 17-year major title drought, and 1994, with a loan spell at Parma in 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edmundo is the 1,560th most popular soccer player (down from 1,105th in 2019), the 339th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 256th in 2019) and the 151st most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Edmundo ranks 1,560 out of 21,273. Before him are Soh Chin Ann, Ciriaco Errasti, Mick Jones, Vlatko Marković, Kembo Uba Kembo, and Nikita Simonyan. After him are Enrique Fernández Viola, Braulio Musso, Željko Petrović, Romeo Benetti, Claude Abbes, and Arnold Mühren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Edmundo ranks 98. Before him are Luca Guadagnino, Chris Hardwick, Peter Madsen, Hwang Dong-hyuk, Zlatko Zahovič, and Sean Astin. After him are Mike Lee, Faryd Mondragón, Ajith Kumar, Nicola Rizzoli, Diana Damrau, and Theodoros Zagorakis.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Edmundo ranks 339 out of 2,236. Before him are Zé Sérgio (1957), José Alencar (1931), Joel Camargo (1946), Augusto da Costa (1920), Dorival Caymmi (1914), and Silvio Santos (1930). After him are Paulinho (1988), Rafinha (1993), Afonsinho (1914), Raymundo Damasceno Assis (1937), Carvalho Leite (1912), and Moacir Claudino Pinto (1936).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Edmundo ranks 151. Before him are Danilo Alvim (1920), Valdo Filho (1964), Jair Marinho (1936), Zé Sérgio (1957), Joel Camargo (1946), and Augusto da Costa (1920). After him are Paulinho (1988), Rafinha (1993), Afonsinho (1914), Carvalho Leite (1912), Moacir Claudino Pinto (1936), and Rodrygo (2001).

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