Edson Zwaricz

Edson Zwaricz
Personal information
Full name Edson Luis Zwaricz
Date of birth (1971-07-04) 4 July 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth União da Vitória, Brazil
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988 Pinheiros-PR
1992 Paraná Clube
1993 Platinense-PR
1993–1995 Tecos 21 (1)
1998 Monterrey 28 (6)
2002–2007 Alacranes
2005Dorados (loan) 6 (0)
2007–2008 Lobos
2008–2009 Socio Águila
2009–2010 Mérida
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edson Luis Zwaricz (born 4 July 1971) is a Brazilian former footballer who played for clubs in Brazil and Mexico.

Career

Born in União da Vitória, Zwaricz began playing professional football as a striker with Esporte Clube Pinheiros (PR) at age 17. He also played for local sides Paraná Clube and Platinense-PR. In 1993, he moved to Mexico to play for Tecos de la UAG, where he won the 1993–94 Mexican Primera División title. He continued to play in the lower divisions of Mexican football, except for brief stints back in the Primera with C.F. Monterrey and Dorados de Sinaloa, scoring more than 200 goals in his Mexican playing career.[1]

By 2003, Zwaricz was a naturalized Mexican citizen, and was captain of Primera A División side Alacranes de Durango.[2] In June 2008, he joined Socio Águila, America's Primera A affiliate.[3]

Personal life

In October 2017, Zwaricz helped found Asociación Mexicana de Futbolistas (Mexican Footballers Association).[4]

Honours

UAG Tecos

References

  1. ^ "Un refuerzo inesperado" [An unexpected reinforcement] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 20 June 2008.
  2. ^ "Zwaricz tomó parte en adiós de Campos" [Zwaricz returns to participate in goodbye to Campos] (in Spanish). El Siglo de Durango. 11 May 2004. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  3. ^ Clériga, Óscar (21 June 2008). "Zwaricz es de Socio Águila" [Zwaricz is at Socio Águila] (in Spanish). Esto.
  4. ^ https://fifpro.org/en/who-we-are/fifpro-members/mexican-union-amfpro-five-years-of-success-and-a-collective-agreement-in-its-sights/