Eduardo Antunes Coimbra (born February 5, 1947), better known as Edu, is a former Brazilian
footballer who played as an
attacking midfielder and went on to become a manager.
Background
He was one of the most talented
dribblers of the 1970s and is considered one of the best players in
America Football Club's history. He scored 212 goals for America—which makes him the second highest scorer for the club—and also played for
Vasco da Gama,
Bahia and
Flamengo.
Early life
Edu came from a lower-middle-class family, in the suburbs of Quintino,
Rio de Janeiro. His father was a goalkeeper and three of his brothers were professional footballers as well. However the most famous was
Zico.
He was a member of Zico's veteran team in Turkey during the coaching period of his brother Zico at
Fenerbahce. The team has Brazilian members as
Roberto Carlos's father Oscar Silva, Edu's brother and Fenerbahçe manager Zico, Fenerbahçe conditioner
Moraci Sant'Anna (who was 3 World Cup coach of Brazil),
Marco Aurélio's uncle Sebastião and
Edu Dracena's brother whom were all playing or coaching for Fenerbahçe at that time.
He was also the assistant manager of Russia club
CSKA Moscow, the team formerly managed by his brother and Brazil football legend
Zico.