Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto
Edmundo Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto actually, ( born April 2, 1971 in Niterói, Brazil ) is a former Brazilian footballer.
Edmundos nickname is " O Animal" ( Portuguese for " the beast "). This was awarded to him due to many dismissals due to violence. His position was usually that of the striker, but he also played behind the strikers as an attacking midfielder or as a hanging tip. He was famous for its dropouts, so awesome could be his game. Edmundo played in the club, among others, for Fiorentina and Vasco da Gama. Between 1992 and 2000, he ran 39 times for the Brazilian national team and scored 12 Tore.Während this time dominated the striker Romario, Bebeto and later Ronaldo brasiliansischen the attack and Edmundo was mostly substitute. Edmundo took part in three South American Championships (1993, 1995 and 1997) and met several times in these tournaments. In 1995 he was he with Brazil second and 1997, Brazil won the tournament and Edmundo met in the final. He participated in the 1998 World Cup and had to be opportunities in the final against France used as a striker, as Ronaldo at night suffered an epileptic seizure before the final. Ronaldo played yet and Brazil clearly lost 3-0.
In 1999 he was convicted of an accident in which three people died, about four and a half years in prison in semi-open prison. However, by taking advantage of all legal remedies he spent only one night in jail. In June 2011, the Brazilian police in São Paulo took him firmly. Edmundo must take a multi-year prison sentence likely to.
Achievements
- State championship the State of Rio de Janeiro: 1992
- State of São Paulo State Championship: 1993, 1994
- Rio - São Paulo Tournament: 1993
- Brazilian champion: 1993, 1994, 1997
- Vice Copa América 1995
- Copa América: 1997
- Vice World Champion 1998
- Bola de Prata: 1993, 1997
- Bola de Ouro: 1997
- Chuteira de Ouro: 1997
- Scorer in the Copa do Brasil 2008
- Scorer in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1997