Edinho (footballer, born 1955)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Edinho

| image =

| fullname = Edino Nazareth Filho

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1955|6|5}}

| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| death_date =

| height =

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1969–1974 | youthclubs1 = Fluminense

| years1 = 1975–1982 | clubs1 =Fluminense | caps1 = 88 | goals1 =11

| years2 = 1982–1987 | clubs2 =Udinese | caps2 = 138 | goals2 =22

| years3 = 1987–1988 | clubs3 =Flamengo | caps3 = 11 | goals3 =0

| years4 = 1988–1989 | clubs4 =Fluminense | caps4 = 27 | goals4 =3

| years5 = 1989–1990 | clubs5 =Grêmio | caps5 = 8 | goals5 =1

| years6 = 1990 | clubs6 =Toronto Blizzard | caps6 = 20 | goals6 =3

| totalcaps = 292 | totalgoals = 42

| nationalyears1 = 1977–1986 | nationalteam1 =Brazil

| nationalcaps1 = 45 | nationalgoals1 = 3

| manageryears1 = 1991 | managerclubs1 =Fluminense

| manageryears2 = 1992 | managerclubs2 = Botafogo

| manageryears3 = 1993 | managerclubs3 = Fluminense

| manageryears4 = 1993–1994 | managerclubs4 = Marítimo

| manageryears5 = 1994–1995 | managerclubs5 = Flamengo

| manageryears6 = 1996 | managerclubs6 = Vitória

| manageryears7 = 1997 | managerclubs7 = Portuguesa

| manageryears8 = 1998 | managerclubs8 = Fluminense

| manageryears9 = 1998 | managerclubs9 = Grêmio

| manageryears10 = 2002 | managerclubs10 =Goiás

| manageryears11 = 2003 | managerclubs11 =Vitória

| manageryears12 = 2003 | managerclubs12 =Bahia

| manageryears13 = 2004–2005 | managerclubs13 =Brasiliense

| manageryears14 = 2005 | managerclubs14 =Atlético Paranaense

| manageryears15 = 2005 | managerclubs15 =Sport Recife

| manageryears16 = 2006 | managerclubs16 =Portuguesa

| manageryears17 = 2009 | managerclubs17 =Boavista

| manageryears18 = 2010 | managerclubs18 =Joinville

| manageryears19 = 2010–2011 | managerclubs19 =Americana

| medaltemplates-expand = yes

| medaltemplates =

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Edino Nazareth Filho (born 5 June 1955), known as Edinho, is a Brazilian football commentator, manager and former player. He played as a central defender with Fluminense, Grêmio, the second Toronto Blizzard{{Cite web|url=https://www.ronfanfair.com/home/2018/11/7/bunbury|title = Bunbury gets wish to contribute to soccer in Canada| date=7 November 2018 }}{{cite web| url = https://www.statscrew.com/minorsoccer/stats/p-edinh001| title = Edinho soccer statistics on StatsCrew.com}} and the Brazil national team.

International career

Edinho obtained 45 caps with the Brazil national team between March 1977 and June 1986.{{NFT player|id=17965|access-date=6 November 2017}} He took part at three "FIFA World Cup" final tournament.

He played 3 matches in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, in Argentina. He appeared only once during the 1982 FIFA World Cup, subbing in for Oscar after 75 minutes against New Zealand.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150618004454/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=293/match=789/index.html "Brazil-New Zealand" game report] He played all Brazil's five matches during the 1986 FIFA World Cup in which he was captain, scoring one goal.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/86full.html |title=World Cup 1986 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=6 November 2017}}

Edinho was also in the team which finished fourth in football at the 1976 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in football at the 1975 Pan American Games.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/montreal1976/matches/round=9021/match=32184/index.html |title=Match Report: Soviet Union - Brazil |publisher=FIFA |access-date=6 November 2017}}{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/edinho-1.html |title=Edinho (Edinho Nazareth Filho) |access-date=25 October 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203034425/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/edinho-1.html |archive-date=2016-12-03}}

After retiring and past the age of 40, he made a career at beach soccer. He was part of the winning Brazilian team on the first 3 Beach Soccer World Championships in 1995, 1996 and 1997. He was selected as the best player from the 1996 tournament.