Vavá
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Full name | Edvaldo Izídio Neto | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 12 November 1934 | ||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Recife, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 19 January 2002 | (aged 67)||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||
1949–1950 | Sport Recife | ||||||||||||||||||
1951–1958 | Vasco da Gama | 456 | (191) | ||||||||||||||||
1958–1961 | Atlético Madrid | 71 | (31) | ||||||||||||||||
1961–1963 | Palmeiras | 142 | (71) | ||||||||||||||||
1964–1967 | América | ||||||||||||||||||
1967–1968 | Toros Neza | ||||||||||||||||||
1968 | San Diego Toros | 28 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||
1969 | Portuguesa | ||||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||||
1955–1964 | Brazil | 20 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||||
1971–1972 | Córdoba | ||||||||||||||||||
1974–1975 | Córdoba | ||||||||||||||||||
1977–1978 | Granada | ||||||||||||||||||
1984–1985 | Al Rayyan | ||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Edvaldo Izidio Neto (12 November 1934 – 19 January 2002), commonly known as Vavá, was a Brazilian footballer who is widely considered one of the best strikers of his generation. His nickname was "Peito de Aço" (Steel Chest). He played as a main striker (or centre forward) for Sport Club do Recife, C.R. Vasco da Gama, S.E. Palmeiras and the Brazil national football team.
International career[]
Vava earned 20 caps with the Brazil national football team between 1955 and 1964, scoring a total of 15 goals. He was on the side that won both the 1958 and 1962 World Cup, in which he scored 5 and 4 goals, respectively. Furthermore, he was a joint recipient of the 1962 World Cup Golden Shoe award, as one of the tournaments top scorers. He was also part of Brazil's squad for the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
Vavá scored in the final of both 1958 (twice) and 1962 (once), thus becoming the first player to score in the final of two different world cups. To this day, only four players achieved this feat, the other three being Pelé, Paul Breitner and Zinedine Zidane.
Club statistics[]
Club performance | League | |||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
Spain | League | |||
1958–59 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 27 | 16 |
1959–60 | 29 | 10 | ||
1960–61 | 15 | 5 | ||
Country | Spain | 71 | 31 | |
United States | League | |||
1968 | San Diego Toros | North American Soccer League | 28 | 5 |
Country | United States | 28 | 5 | |
Total | 99 | 36 |
Honours[]
Club[]
- Campeonato Pernambucano: 1949
C.R. Vasco da Gama
- Campeonato Carioca (Rio de Janeiro State championship): 1952, 1956, 1958
- Torneio Rio - São Paulo (Rio – São Paulo Tournament): 1958
- Quadrangular Tournament of Rio: 1953
- Rivadavia Corrêa Meyer's Tournament (Rio): 1953
- Oswaldo Cruz Cup: 1955, 1958
- Santiago de Chile Tournament: 1957
- Paris Tournament: 1957
- Theresa Herrera Trophy: 1957
- Copa del Rey: 1960, 1961
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
- Campeonato Paulista (São Paulo State championship): 1963
- Oswaldo Cruz Cup: 1962
- Guadalajara Tournament: 1963
International[]
- FIFA World Cup: 1958, 1962
Individual[]
- FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe: 1962
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1962
- Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame
References[]
Sources[]
- VAVÁ Ex-atacante do Vasco, Palmeiras e Seleção by Gustavo Grohmann
- Vavá… o peito de aço
- Vava, Edvaldo Izidio Neto de son vrai nom
External links[]
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- Legends of the Football World Cup
- NASL stats
- Vavá at BDFutbol
- Vavá manager profile at BDFutbol
- Vavá at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1934 births
- 2002 deaths
- Sportspeople from Recife
- Brazilian footballers
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- Club América footballers
- CR Vasco da Gama players
- Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Brazil
- 1958 FIFA World Cup players
- 1962 FIFA World Cup players
- FIFA World Cup-winning players
- La Liga players
- Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players
- Brazil international footballers
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Al-Rayyan SC managers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Liga MX players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- San Diego Toros players
- Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players
- La Liga managers
- Granada CF managers
- Córdoba CF managers
- Association football forwards
- Brazilian football managers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- Qatar Stars League managers
- Expatriate football managers in Qatar
- Expatriate football managers in Spain
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain