Vavá

Vavá

Vavá in 1962
Personal information
Full name	Edvaldo Izídio Neto
Date of birth	(1934-11-12)12 November 1934
Place of birth	Recife, Brazil
Date of death	19 January 2002(2002-01-19) (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 Men's Football Representing  Brazil FIFA World Cup Winner 1958 Sweden Winner 1962 Chile
* 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[]

Honours[]

Club[]

Sport Club do Recife

• 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

Atlético de Madrid

• Copa del Rey: 1960, 1961

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras

• Campeonato Paulista (São Paulo State championship): 1963
• Oswaldo Cruz Cup: 1962
• Guadalajara Tournament: 1963

Club América

• Liga MX: 1966

International[]

Brazil national football team

• 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[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vavá.

• Legends of the Football World Cup
• NASL stats
• Vavá at BDFutbol
• Vavá manager profile at BDFutbol
• Vavá at National-Football-Teams.com