Eduardo Santos (footballer)

Eduardo Santos
Personal information
Full name Eduardo Gonzaga Mendes Santos[1]
Date of birth (1997-11-28) 28 November 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Red Bull Bragantino
Number 26
Youth career
2010–2015 Fluminense
2015–2017 Juventus da Mooca
2017–2018 Fluminense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Fluminense 0 (0)
2018 → Real (loan) 16 (0)
2018–2019 → Famalicão (loan) 1 (0)
2019 → São Bento (loan) 4 (0)
2020 Capivariano 0 (0)
2020 → Karviná (loan) 9 (0)
2020–2022 Karviná 48 (3)
2022 → Viktoria Plzeň (loan) 10 (0)
2022–2023 Slavia Prague 12 (0)
2022 → Slavia Prague B 1 (0)
2023 → Red Bull Bragantino (loan) 13 (1)
2023– Red Bull Bragantino 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:13, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Eduardo Gonzaga Mendes Santos (born 28 November 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Red Bull Bragantino.

Career

Santos began his career at the age of 13, signing for Fluminense, after initially playing street football.[2] After a short spell at Juventus da Mooca, Santos rejoined Fluminense for a fee of R$415,310 in 2017.[3] At Fluminense, Santos was loaned out in 2018 to Portuguese LigaPro sides Real, where he made 16 league appearances, and Famalicão, where he made one league appearance. In 2019, Santos was loaned to Brazilian Série B club São Bento, making four league appearances during his time at the club.[1]

In 2020, Santos left Fluminense to join Capivariano, before joining Czech club Karviná on loan alongside fellow Capivariano player Jean Mangabeira.[4] After nine league appearances for Karviná in the 2019–20 Czech First League season, Santos made his move to the club permanent ahead of the following season.[1] On 21 February 2022, after 57 appearances and three goals in all competitions for Karviná, Viktoria Plzeň announced the signing of Santos on a six-month loan.[5] Santos made ten appearances as Viktoria Plzeň won the Czech First League for the first time since 2018.[1] On 11 June 2022, Slavia Prague announced the signing of Santos on a four-year contract.[2] In April 2023, he returned on loan to Brazil with Red Bull Bragantino until December.[6] On 8 December 2023, Red Bull Bragantino activate option on Santos and signed him on permanent deal.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Eduardo Santos at Soccerway
  2. ^ a b "Novou posilou Slavie je Eduardo Santos" (in Czech). SK Slavia Praha. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Relatório final da gestão do Presidente Domingos Sanches" (in Portuguese). Clube Atlético Juventus. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Další posily pro Karvinou. Na hostování získala dva Brazilce" (in Czech). iSport. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Viktoria hlásí posilu: brazilského stopera Eduarda Santose" (in Czech). FC Viktoria Plzeň. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  6. ^ "RED BULL BRAGANTINO CONTRATA ZAGUEIRO EDUARDO SANTOS POR EMPRÉSTIMO" [RED BULL BRAGANTINO SIGNS DEFENDER EDUARDO SANTOS ON LOAN]. redbullbragantino.com.br (in Portuguese). 3 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Stoper Santos se z Brazílii do Slavie nevrátí. Hostování se změnilo v přestup". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.


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