Eduardo Oliveira (footballer, born 1972)

{{Short description|Brazilian footballer}}

{{For|another Brazilian former player and current manager|Eduardo Oliveira (footballer, born 1982)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Portuguese name|Oliveira|dos Santos}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Eduardo Oliveira

| clubs5 = Sedan

| position = Defender

| height = 1.87 m

| managerclubs1 = Thouars U19

| manageryears1 = 2008–2019

| manageryears2 = 2019–

| managerclubs2 = Thouars (assistant)

| manageryears3 = 2021–

| years1 = 1989–1991

| managerclubs3 = Thouars B

| clubs1 = Corinthians

| clubs2 = Île-Rousse

| years2 = 1991–1994

| years3 = 1994–1995

| clubs3 = Martigues B

| clubs4 = Istres

| goals8 = 1

| fullname = Eduardo Oliveira dos Santos{{Cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j85403.html |title=Eduardo Oliveira |access-date=13 December 2021 |website=BDFutbol}}

| birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|9|28|df=y}}

| clubs10 = Thouars

| years10 = 2008–2012

| years6 = 2002–2003

| clubs7 = Leiria

| years7 = 2003–2004

| clubs8 = Brest

| years8 = 2004–2007

| clubs9 = Saumur

| years9 = 2007–2008

| years5 = 1997–2002

| years4 = 1995–1997

| caps5 = 106+Statistics are missing for the 1997–98 season.

| goals5 = 1+

| caps6 = 50

| goals6 = 1

| caps7 = 11

| goals7 = 0

| caps8 = 72

| clubs6 = Saint-Étienne

| currentclub = Thouars (assistant)
Thouars B (head coach)

}}

Eduardo Oliveira dos Santos (born 28 September 1972), known as Eduardo Oliveira, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defender.{{WorldFootball.net|id=eduardo-oliveira_2}} As of 2021, he simultaneously works as an assistant coach for Thouars and as the head coach of the club's reserve team.{{Cite web|date=6 November 2021|title=Football. Corentin Maurice, des buts de Sedan au banc de Thouars|trans-title=Football. Corentin Maurice, from the goals of Sedan to the bench of Thouars|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/football/foot-amateur/football-corentin-maurice-des-buts-de-sedan-au-banc-de-thouars-b6929516-3e1b-11ec-9632-2c5cf32c4297|url-status=live|access-date=13 December 2021|website=Ouest-France|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214035236/https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/football/foot-amateur/football-corentin-maurice-des-buts-de-sedan-au-banc-de-thouars-b6929516-3e1b-11ec-9632-2c5cf32c4297 |archive-date=2021-12-14 }}

He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 17 June 1998.{{Cite web |title=JORF n° 0140 du 19 juin 1998 - Légifrance |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/1998/06/19/0140 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |page=9368 |language=fr |format=PDF}}