Edu Dracena

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Personal information
Edu Dracena
Full name	Eduardo Luiz Abonízio de Souza
Date of birth	May 18, 1981 (age 25)
Place of birth	Dracena, Brazil
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Fenerbahçe SK
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995 - 2002 2002 - 2003 2003 - 2006 2006 - Present	Guarani FC Olympiacos Cruzeiro EC Fenerbahçe SK
National team²
2003 - present	Brazil	0 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 August 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

For other people named "Edu", See Edu.

Edu Dracena real name Eduardo Luiz Abonízio de Souza (born 18 May 1981 in Dracena) is a Brazilian football defender who, as of 2006, plays for Fenerbahçe SK after transferring from Cruzeiro Esporte Clube for €5.7 million.

Played his first professional game with Guarani against Matonense, in 1999. He was selected to the Brazilian U-20 Team, in 2001. A year later he was loaned to Olympiakos Piraeus, in 2002. After a couple of months turned back to Guarani, in 2002 but the next year was transferred to Cruzeiro. He won the Brazilian Leage and Brazilian Cup with Cruzeiro, in 2003. He was chosen in the Golden team of South America, in 2003. Selected to the Brazilian national team for Confederations Cup, in 2003. In 2004, he won the Mineiro Championship with Cruzeiro. However, he had a surgery due to an injury and was out for 7 months, in 2005. In 2006, he was awarded as the captain of Cruzeiro and won Mineiro Championship with his team.

In August of 2006, he was transferred to Fenerbahçe SK. Football giants AC Milan have expressed regrets in not signing him before Fenerbahçe did. Real Madrid were also after the backman.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] International career

He was a member of the Brazil team at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup and Confederations Cup 2003, although he did not make any appearances in both competitions.

He was also a member of Brazil U-23 team that failed to qualify for 2004 Summer Olympics.

Recently,, he's called to play in the national team in the friendly against Chile and Ghana on 24 March and 27 March 2007.

As of March 2007, he has not yet made his debut for Brazil, although he has represented Brazil on youth levels.

[edit] External links

(Portuguese) Official website
(English) Edu Dracena Profile

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