Éder (footballer, born 1986)

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Éder
Éder with São Paulo in 2022
Personal information
Full name Éder Citadin Martins[1]
Date of birth (1986-11-15) 15 November 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Lauro Müller, Brazil
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Criciúma
Number 23
Youth career
2003–2005 Criciúma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Criciúma 30 (8)
2006–2007
Empoli
5 (0)
2008–2009 Frosinone 52 (20)
2009–2012
Empoli
40 (27)
2010–2011Brescia (loan) 35 (6)
2011–2012
Cesena
(loan)
17 (2)
2012
Sampdoria
(loan)
19 (5)
2012–2016
Sampdoria
112 (40)
2016Inter Milan (loan) 14 (1)
2016–2018 Inter Milan 62 (11)
2018–2020 Jiangsu Suning 60 (32)
2021–2022 São Paulo 58 (6)
2023– Criciúma 35 (10)
International career
2015–2017 Italy 26 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:35, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Éder Citadin Martins (born 15 November 1986), simply known as Éder (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈɛdɛʁ]; Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛ:der]), is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Criciúma.

Born in Brazil with

Jiangsu Suning. Following the club's dissolution in 2021, he returned to Brazil, joining São Paulo
.

Éder was born in Brazil, but qualifies to play for Italy through his Italian passport and more than two-years of residency in Italy.[3] He made his international debut for Italy in March 2015, and scored two goals in their successful qualification campaign for UEFA Euro 2016, also being selected for the final tournament.

Early life

Éder holds dual nationality (Brazilian and Italian) as his great-grandfather, Battista Righetto, was from

Brazil national team during the 1982 FIFA World Cup.[4]

Club career

Early years

Born in Lauro Müller, Santa Catarina state, Éder started his career at Criciúma Esporte Clube. He made his first team – and Campeonato Brasileiro Série A – debut on 19 December 2004, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 3–3 home draw against Coritiba, with his side being already relegated.

Éder was definitely promoted to the first team ahead of the 2005 season, and scored his first goal on 30 January of that year, but in a 3–2 Campeonato Catarinense home loss against Joinville. He finished the tournament with three goals in ten appearances, and scored in his Campeonato Brasileiro Série B debut against São Raimundo-AM on 26 April, finishing a 2–0 home success.

At the age of 19 and with five goals in 19 league appearances during the year, Éder was signed by Italian club

Empoli
.

Frosinone

Éder signed with Frosinone in a co-ownership deal for a fee of €600,000[5] in June 2008 following a loan spell during the second half of the 2007–08 Serie B season.[6]

Return to Empoli

Empoli bought Éder back from Frosinone in June 2009 for €2.42 million

Salernitana.[8] He finished the 2009–10 Serie B season as top scorer, with 27 goals.[9]

Loans to Brescia & Cesena

On 20 August 2010, Éder signed a 1+4 year contract with Serie A newcomers Brescia,[10] meaning that Éder would join Brescia on loan for the first year. Brescia later revealed in its financial report that the loan fee was €1.8 million.[11][12]

Éder scored just six goals for the club and on 13 July 2011 was transferred to

Cesena from Empoli in a temporary deal for €2.2 million (which later compensate by the loan fee from Sampdoria).[13][14]

Sampdoria

On 24 January 2012, Éder moved to

Vicenza.[16] On 3 July 2012, Sampdoria signed Éder outright for €3 million on a five-year contract from Empoli, making Eder had cost Sampdoria €4.1 million in total, while on Empoli side, the club received €7 million fee from 2010 to 2012.[17][18][19]

Internazionale

On 29 January 2016, Éder joined

After making his first friendly appearance for Inter of the

Lazio[29] and a brace against Udinese, taking his tally up to 8 league goals.[30] It was also the first time that Éder had scored in three Serie A matches in a row as an Inter player, and first time since November 2015.[31]
He finished his first full season with Inter by making 40 appearances in all competitions, including 33 in Serie A and 6 in Europa League, scoring 10 goals in the process, 8 of which came in Serie A and 2 in the Europa League.

On 2 November 2017, Éder signed a contract extension, penning a new deal until June 2021.

Bologna where he scored inside 90 seconds to lead Inter into a 2–1 home win, the first after eight league matches.[35][36][37]

Jiangsu Suning

On 13 July 2018, Éder signed with Chinese club

Jiangsu Suning for a reported €5.5 million.[38]

On 12 November 2020, Éder scored in the second-leg of the

Guangzhou Evergrande. Jiangsu Suning won the match 2–1, with an aggregate victory of the same scoreline, securing the club's first league title in their history.[39]

São Paulo

On 26 March 2021, Éder joined São Paulo FC on a deal running until December 2022.[40]

International career

Éder, as a dual citizen of Italy and Brazil, was eligible to play for both nations. He qualified for the Italy national team through his Italian citizenship as well as more than 2-year of residence in Italy; he qualified to Italian citizenship through his Italian great-grandfather Battista Righetto, who came from Nove in Veneto.[41]

He was previously included in Brazil's preliminary squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics, however, he did not get a place in the final squad list by coach Dunga.

Éder began to be considered for the Italy national team by head coach Antonio Conte due to his good form in the 2014–15 season with Sampdoria.

There was controversy surrounding Antonio Conte's call-up for Éder and Franco Vázquez, respectively born in Brazil and Argentina. Speaking at a Serie A meeting on 23 March 2015, Interim manager Roberto Mancini stated, "The Italian national team should be Italian. An Italian player deserves to play for the national team while someone who wasn't born in Italy, even if they have relatives, I don't think they deserve to." Conte's response to the use of overseas-born players was: "If Mauro Camoranesi [who was born in Argentina] was allowed to help Italy win the 2006 World Cup, then why can't Éder and Franco Vázquez lead the Azzurri to glory in next year's European Championship?"[42]

On 28 March 2015, Éder made his debut for Italy, coming on as a 58th-minute substitute for

Sweden in the 88th minute during the second group game, which qualified Italy to the Round of 16;[47] he was named Man of the Match by UEFA.[48]

Style of play

Éder is a quick, strong, and tenacious

set-pieces and penalties.[51][55][56][57] In addition to his offensive and creative abilities, Éder has also stood out for his stamina and defensive work-rate, which make him extremely useful when his team are not in possession.[49][51][52][58]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 July 2021[59][60]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Criciúma 2004[61] Série A 1 0 0 0 1 0
2005[61] Série B 19 5 0 0 10[a] 3 29 8
Total 20 5 0 0 10 3 30 8
Empoli
2005–06 Serie A 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006–07 5 0 4 0 9 0
2007–08 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 1 0
Total 5 0 4 0 1 0 10 0
Frosinone 2007–08 Serie B 19 6 19 6
2008–09 33 14 1 0 34 14
Total 52 20 1 0 53 20
Empoli
2009–10 Serie B 40 27 2 0 41 27
Brescia 2010–11 Serie A 35 6 1 0 36 6
Cesena
2011–12 Serie A 17 2 2 0 19 2
Sampdoria
2011–12 Serie B 19 5 19 5
2012–13
Serie A 30 7 0 0 30 7
2013–14 33 12 1 0 34 12
2014–15
30 9 1 3 31 12
2015–16
19 12 0 0 2[c] 1 21 13
Total 131 45 2 3 2 1 135 49
Inter Milan 2015–16 Serie A 14 1 1 0 15 1
2016–17 33 8 1 0 6[c] 2 40 10
2017–18 29 3 2 0 31 3
Total 76 12 4 0 6 2 86 14
Jiangsu Suning
2018 Chinese Super League 16 11 0 0 16 11
2019 24 12 1 0 25 12
2020 20 9 1 0 21 9
Total 60 32 2 0 0 0 62 32
São Paulo 2021 Série A 10 1 2 2 3 1 4 1 19 5
Career total 445 149 20 5 12 4 14 4 490 163
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Campeonato Catarinense
  2. ^ Appearance in UEFA Cup
  3. ^ a b All appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[62][63]
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy
2015 8 2
2016 12 1
2017 6 3
Total 26 6
Italy score listed first, score column indicates score after each Éder goal.[63]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 28 March 2015 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria 1  Bulgaria 2–2 2–2 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
2 10 October 2015
Baku National Stadium, Baku
, Azerbaijan
5  Azerbaijan 1–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
3 17 June 2016
Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
, France
12  Sweden 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2016
4 28 March 2017
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
, Netherlands
21  Netherlands 1–0 2–1 Friendly
5 7 June 2017
Allianz Riviera Stadium, Nice
, France
22  Uruguay 2–0 3–0 Friendly
6 11 June 2017 Stadio Friuli, Udine, Italy 23  Liechtenstein 3–0 5–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Jiangsu Suning

São Paulo

Criciúma

Individual

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