Edílson (footballer, born 1941)
Brazilian footballer
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Edílson Rodrigues Vieira (31 July 1941 – 18 March 2024), known as just Edílson, was a Brazilian footballer.[1]
Full name
Edílson Rodrigues Vieira
Date of birth
31 July 1941
Place of birth
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death
18 March 2024 (aged 82)
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Edílson Rodrigues Vieira | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 31 July 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 March 2024 (aged 82) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Vasco da Gama | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1959–1963 | Vasco da Gama | ||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1966 | Portuguesa | 175 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1967–1969 | São Paulo | 58 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1970 | Bangu | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | Brazil Olympic | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1965 | Brazil | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Clubs career
International career
Edílson was part of the Brazil national team that competed in the 1959 Pan American Games, where the team won the silver medal.[4][5] He made one appearance for the Brazil national team in 1965.[6][7]
