Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto (born April 2, 1971 in Niterói) is one of the greatest Brazilian football players in activity, one of the greatest players developed by Vasco da Gama at the last three decades and is currently in Palmeiras.
Edmundo played for Brazil at the 1998 World Cup and is known for his fiery temper and subsequent receiving of numerous red cards and earning the nickname The Animal. He is one of the greatest football players revealed by Vasco da Gama in the last three decades. For Palmeiras, he won the Campeonato Brasileiro in the beginning of the Nineties. For Vasco da Gama he won the 1997's Campeonato Brasileiro, being the best player of the year, with 29 goals. In this same year, Vasco da Gama scored 69 goals. Edmundo also scored 6 goals in a same game in 1997, against a club from São Paulo, União São João.
Edmundo moved from club-to-club in Brazil and Italy and was embroiled in a number of controversies, including a car crash in which three people died (he was subsequently sentenced to imprisonment, although not serving any time). On 30 October 1994, when his former club Palmeiras was playing against São Paulo, Edmundo angerly tackled one of the opponents players with a sliding tackle and earned a booking. After that he ran towards São Paulo's bench and physically attacked 3 players. He slapped the first one, knocked out the second one and kicked the third one in his groin. Later he explained that he went crazy because the players were disprespecting and talking bad things about his mother. In 1999 he faced prosecution by animal welfare groups after hiring an entire circus to perform in his back garden to celebrate his son's first birthday. At the party he was accused by some individuals of the press of having a chimpanzee called Pedrinho drunk on beer and whiskey. Subsequent images of this appeared in the media (including the February 2004 issue of the UK version of FHM magazine) and have passed into football legend. Days later, Edmundo proved those accusations were false.
In 2005, his signing by Figueirense was seen as much of a gamble, since he was not said to be in good form and retirement seemed to be looming. However, he had a rather good season and helped the club avoid relegation. In a match against Palmeiras at Parque Antártica, he was applauded by the opposing crowd and declared his love of the green-and-white club. He ended up signing again with Palmeiras in 2006 and, as of September, is still playing for the club in the first division of the Brazilian league. As of the final rounds of the first stage of the Campeonato Paulista of 2007(Championship of the State of Sao Paulo), Edmundo is one of the top scores, leading Palmeiras to be a team with the second best attack in the state. On March 29, 2007, Edmundo played his 200th match with Palmeiras against América-SP. On May 13, 2007, Edmundo scored 2 goals against Flamengo, when Palmeiras beat Flamengo, 4-2. Once more, Edmundo humiliated Flamengo, as he used to do when playing by Vasco da Gama.
Edmundo played for Brazil at the 1998 World Cup and is known for his fiery temper and subsequent receiving of numerous red cards and earning the nickname The Animal. He is one of the greatest football players revealed by Vasco da Gama in the last three decades. For Palmeiras, he won the Campeonato Brasileiro in the beginning of the Nineties. For Vasco da Gama he won the 1997's Campeonato Brasileiro, being the best player of the year, with 29 goals. In this same year, Vasco da Gama scored 69 goals. Edmundo also scored 6 goals in a same game in 1997, against a club from São Paulo, União São João.
Edmundo moved from club-to-club in Brazil and Italy and was embroiled in a number of controversies, including a car crash in which three people died (he was subsequently sentenced to imprisonment, although not serving any time). On 30 October 1994, when his former club Palmeiras was playing against São Paulo, Edmundo angerly tackled one of the opponents players with a sliding tackle and earned a booking. After that he ran towards São Paulo's bench and physically attacked 3 players. He slapped the first one, knocked out the second one and kicked the third one in his groin. Later he explained that he went crazy because the players were disprespecting and talking bad things about his mother. In 1999 he faced prosecution by animal welfare groups after hiring an entire circus to perform in his back garden to celebrate his son's first birthday. At the party he was accused by some individuals of the press of having a chimpanzee called Pedrinho drunk on beer and whiskey. Subsequent images of this appeared in the media (including the February 2004 issue of the UK version of FHM magazine) and have passed into football legend. Days later, Edmundo proved those accusations were false.
In 2005, his signing by Figueirense was seen as much of a gamble, since he was not said to be in good form and retirement seemed to be looming. However, he had a rather good season and helped the club avoid relegation. In a match against Palmeiras at Parque Antártica, he was applauded by the opposing crowd and declared his love of the green-and-white club. He ended up signing again with Palmeiras in 2006 and, as of September, is still playing for the club in the first division of the Brazilian league. As of the final rounds of the first stage of the Campeonato Paulista of 2007(Championship of the State of Sao Paulo), Edmundo is one of the top scores, leading Palmeiras to be a team with the second best attack in the state. On March 29, 2007, Edmundo played his 200th match with Palmeiras against América-SP. On May 13, 2007, Edmundo scored 2 goals against Flamengo, when Palmeiras beat Flamengo, 4-2. Once more, Edmundo humiliated Flamengo, as he used to do when playing by Vasco da Gama.
