Edson Silva (footballer, born 1983)

Edson Rolando Silva Sousa (born 9 March 1983 in São Vicente, Cape Verde) is a Portuguese football manager and former player. He is the head coach of Falcões do Norte in Cape Verde.[1] He played as a forward.

Edson Silva
Personal information
Full name Edson Rolando Silva Sousa
Date of birth (1983-03-09) 9 March 1983
Place of birth São Vicente, Cape Verde
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Falcões do Norte (manager)
Youth career
1996–1999 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 FC Baden 26 (6)
2000–2001 FC Solothurn 9 (3)
2001–2004 PSV Eindhoven 1 (0)
2003 → FC Luzern (loan) 1 (0)
2004–2005 Tottenham 0 (0)
2005 → ADO Den Haag (loan) 7 (3)
2005 Zamalek SC 5 (1)
2007–2009 UTA Arad 40 (10)
2010 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 7 (0)
2010 Mindelense
2011 Académica do Mindelo
2011–2012 Falcões do Norte
National team
2003–2004 Portugal U20 6 (2)
Teams managed
2014– Falcões do Norte
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Edson Silva signed for Tottenham from PSV Eindhoven shortly before the 2004/05 season got underway. Tottenham's Sporting Director Frank Arnesen had signed him for PSV after spotting him playing for Portugal's youth teams. The attacking midfielder signed a one-year deal with an option to extend that at the end of the season.

Unfortunately, he did not reach the first team and left Spurs in January 2005 to join Den Haag. After scoring 3 goals for Den Haag, Egyptian side Zamalek signed him.

In the beginning of 2007 he was signed by Romanian Liga I side UTA Arad.[2] After the 2008 season and relegation with UTA, he then left Romania and trained with Finnish Veikkausliiga club TPS Turku.[3] Afterwards, he returned to Romania and signed a contract with Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.

References
  1. Edson Rolando da Silva Sousa s-a făcut antrenor în Capul Verde. „Iubesc UTA!”, glsa.ro, 11 March 2015
  2. "80 de străini pentru Liga 2" [80 foreigners for Liga 2] (in Romanian). Liga2prosport.ro. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  3. TPS test portuguese attacker, tps.fi
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