Eduardo Carvalho

Eduardo dos Reis Carvalho (Portuguese pronunciation: [iˈðwaɾðu kɐɾˈvaʎu]; born 19 September 1982), known simply as Eduardo, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Reis and the second or paternal family name is Carvalho.
Eduardo
Eduardo playing for Dinamo Zagreb in 2016
Personal information
Full name Eduardo dos Reis Carvalho[1]
Date of birth (1982-09-19) 19 September 1982[2]
Place of birth Mirandela, Portugal
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1992–1996 Mirandela
1996–1997 Vitória Guimarães
1997–1998 Mirandela
1998–2001 Braga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2006 Braga B 113 (0)
2006–2010 Braga 60 (0)
2007 → Beira-Mar (loan) 15 (0)
2007–2008 → Vitória Setúbal (loan) 30 (0)
2010–2014 Genoa 37 (0)
2011–2012 → Benfica (loan) 1 (0)
2012–2013 → İstanbul BB (loan) 33 (0)
2013–2014 → Braga (loan) 29 (0)
2014–2016 Dinamo Zagreb 70 (0)
2016–2019 Chelsea 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Vitesse (loan) 27 (0)
2019–2020 Braga 4 (0)
Total 419 (0)
National team
2008 Portugal U21 2 (0)
2009–2016 Portugal 36 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He appeared in 138 Primeira Liga games over 11 seasons, almost always representing Braga. He also played professionally in Italy, Turkey, Croatia, England and the Netherlands.

After winning the first of his 36 caps for Portugal in 2009, Eduardo was part of the squads in two World Cups and as many European Championships, starting in the 2010 edition of the former tournament and winning the 2016 installment of the latter.

Club career

Eduardo was born in Mirandela, Bragança District. A product of S.C. Braga's youth system, he first appeared in the Primeira Liga during 2006–07 when he served a six-month loan at S.C. Beira-Mar. In the following season he was also loaned, this time to Vitória de Setúbal, and was as a key player in a Carlos Carvalhal-led side that won the inaugural Taça da Liga and thus qualified for the UEFA Cup, with a Player of the match display in the final against Sporting CP where he saved three attempts in the penalty shootout.[3]

Eduardo returned to Braga for the 2008–09 campaign, playing in all the league matches and also in the Minho team's UEFA Cup round-of-16 run.[4] The same happened in the following year – with them finishing in their best-ever position, second – as he only conceded 20 goals, joint-best in the competition.[5]

On 7 July 2010, Eduardo signed a four-year contract with Serie A's Genoa C.F.C. for €4.8 million,[6][7] replacing departed Marco Amelia. Braga would also receive a 25% future transfer fee if the former sold the player.[8]

Eduardo started all the games but one for the Italians in his first and only season, in a final midtable position. In July 2011 he returned to his country and joined S.L. Benfica on loan, with the Lisbon club having an option to buy at the end of the campaign;[9] during his spell at the Estádio da Luz, he appeared in only nine competitive matches.[10]

On 26 June 2012, Eduardo signed for İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor in a temporary deal, joining countryman Carlos Carvalhal (coach) at the Süper Lig team.[11] The following summer he returned to both Portugal and Braga, while still owned by Genoa.[12]

On 27 June 2014, Eduardo joined several compatriots at Croatian side GNK Dinamo Zagreb after agreeing to a three-year contract.[13] On 25 August 2016, after 95 competitive appearances, he signed with Premier League club Chelsea on a one-year deal, being brought in to provide experienced cover and competition to Thibaut Courtois and Asmir Begović.[14]

In spite of his team being crowned league champions, Eduardo did not receive a medal as he did not appear in any games.[15] He agreed to a one-year contract extension on 23 May 2017, with technical director Michael Emenalo calling him "a model professional".[16]

Despite being listed on Chelsea's released list following the conclusion of 2017–18, Eduardo signed a new one-year contract in July.[17] Early in the same month, he agreed to join Dutch team SBV Vitesse on a season-long loan.[18] He made his competitive debut on 26 July 2018, in a 2–2 draw away to FC Viitorul Constanța for the Europa League second qualifying round.[19]

On 1 July 2019, after no official matches during his stint at Stamford Bridge, Eduardo left the club.[20] The previous week, he had already agreed to a two-year deal at Braga.[21] He played for one season before announcing his retirement at the age of 37.[22][23]

International career

After UEFA Euro 2008, Eduardo was called up by new Portugal national team coach Carlos Queiroz for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Denmark, where he was understudy to Quim.[24] He made his full debut on 11 February 2009 in a friendly match with Finland, playing the first 60 minutes in a 1–0 home win,[25] and remained the starter throughout the remainder of the qualifying campaign; he also started in the final stages in South Africa, keeping clean sheets against Ivory Coast,[26] North Korea[27] and Brazil[28] and only conceding in the round-of-16 loss against eventual champions Spain (0–1), where he saved many shots from the opposition, mostly by David Villa.[29][30]

After being relegated to the bench at his club, Eduardo met the same fate in the national team to Rui Patrício, and both finished the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with five games as Portugal qualified for the finals. He was also named in the squad of 23 for the 2014 World Cup,[31] but only actually played five minutes in the last group stage match against Ghana, coming on for injured Beto.[32]

An unused member as the side won Euro 2016 in France and Patrício starred, Eduardo made his final international appearance on 1 September 2016 in his first such match for over two years. He kept a clean sheet in the 5–0 friendly win over Gibraltar at the Estádio do Bessa.[33]

Career statistics

Club
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Braga 2000–01[34] Primeira Liga 0000——0000
2001–02[34] Primeira Liga 0000——0000
2002–03[34] Primeira Liga 0000——0000
2003–04[34] Primeira Liga 0000——0000
2004–05[34] Primeira Liga 0000——0000
2005–06[34] Primeira Liga 0000——0000
2006–07[34] Primeira Liga ——————
2007–08[34] Primeira Liga ——————
2008–09[34] Primeira Liga 300201014[lower-alpha 1]0—470
2009–10[34] Primeira Liga 30020002[lower-alpha 2]0—340
Total 600401016000810
Beira-Mar (loan) 2006–07[35] Primeira Liga 15050———200
Vitória de Setúbal (loan) 2007–08[35] Primeira Liga 3005080——430
Genoa 2010–11[35] Serie A 3700000——370
Benfica (loan) 2011–12[35] Primeira Liga 10305000—90
İstanbul BB (loan) 2012–13[35] Süper Lig 33000———330
Braga (loan) 2013–14[35] Primeira Liga 29050202[lower-alpha 2]0—380
Dinamo Zagreb 2014–15[35] Prva HNL 34000—12[lower-alpha 3]010470
2015–16[35] Prva HNL 32000—12[lower-alpha 4]0—440
2016–17[35] Prva HNL 4000—4[lower-alpha 4]0—80
Total 70000—28010990
Chelsea 2016–17[35] Premier League 000000——00
2017–18[35] Premier League 000000000000
Chelsea U23 2017–18[35] —————1[lower-alpha 5]010
Vitesse (loan) 2018–19[35] Eredivisie 27030—4[lower-alpha 2]0—340
Braga 2019–20[35] Primeira Liga 40200030—90
Career total 3060270160530204040
  1. Twelve appearances in UEFA Cup and two appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League and eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. Appearances in EFL Trophy

International

[36]

Portugal
YearAppsGoals
2009110
2010130
201130
201220
201320
201440
201500
201610
Total360

Honours

Club

Vitória de Setúbal

Braga

Benfica

Dinamo Zagreb

International

Portugal

Orders

References
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  4. "Eduardo arrasado" [Eduardo destroyed]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 March 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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