Eduardo Machado (footballer)

Eduardo José Borges Machado (born 26 April 1990) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Leixões S.C. as a right back or a right midfielder.

Eduardo Machado
Personal information
Full name Eduardo José Borges Machado[1]
Date of birth (1990-04-26) 26 April 1990[1]
Place of birth Chaves, Portugal[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back, midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Leixões
Number 21
Youth career
1998–2009 Chaves
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Chaves 77 (2)
2013–2014 Freamunde 33 (3)
2014–2016 Tondela 52 (1)
2016 Chaves 8 (0)
2016–2020 Boavista 49 (0)
2020 → Leixões (loan) 3 (0)
2020– Leixões 6 (0)
National team
2011 Portugal U21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 October 2020

Club career

Born in Chaves, Machado played youth football with local club G.D. Chaves. He appeared in five Segunda Liga matches in 2009–10, when the team was relegated, then spent the following three seasons in the third division. On 13 April 2010, he scored twice to help defeat hosts Associação Naval 1º de Maio 2–1 in the second leg of the semi-finals of the Taça de Portugal,[2] and also appeared in the final against FC Porto.[3]

After spending the 2013–14 campaign also in the third tier with S.C. Freamunde, helping his side to be promoted as champions, Machado signed with C.D. Tondela in the summer of 2014. He contributed with 41 games and one goal[4] in his first year, in a first-ever promotion to the Primeira Liga.[5]

Machado made his debut in the Portuguese top flight on 14 August 2015, playing 90 minutes in a 1–2 home loss against Sporting CP.[6] The following transfer window, he was released and returned to Chaves.[2]

On 26 May 2016, Machado joined Boavista FC.[7] He missed the vast majority of 2017–18, due to an anterior cruciate ligament rupture to his right knee.[8]

On 8 January 2020, Machado was loaned to Leixões S.C. of the second level until 30 June.[9]

International career

Machado won five caps for the Portuguese under-21 side, all in 2011. His first came on 9 February, when he played the second half of the 3–1 friendly victory over Sweden in Cartaxo.[10]

References
  1. "Edu Machado" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. "Edu Machado volta a casa" [Edu Machado returns home]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 January 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  3. Marques Simões, Rui (17 November 2016). "A final de 2010 já é uma memória distante para estes Chaves e FC Porto" [The 2010 final is already a distant memory for these Chaves and FC Porto]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  4. Resendes, Manuel (29 November 2014). "Segunda Liga: Tondela vence Benfica B e ultrapassa os encarnados" [Second League: Tondela defeat Benfica B and overtake reds] (in Portuguese). Futebol 365. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  5. Diogo, Conceição (27 May 2015). "Quim Machado de saída do Tondela" [Quim Machado leaving Tondela]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  6. Ruela, João (14 August 2015). "Penálti no final salvou Sporting frente ao estreante Tondela" [Late penalty saved Sporting against newcomers Tondela]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  7. "OFICIAL: Edu Machado (ex-Chaves) é reforço do Boavista" [OFFICIAL: Edu Machado (ex-Chaves) is a Boavista addition] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  8. "Edu Machado fora dos relvados durante sete meses" [Edu Machado out of the pitches for seven months]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 27 September 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  9. "Oficial: Leixões reforça o plantel com lateral vindo do Boavista" [Official: Leixões bolster squad with fullback from Boavista]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  10. "Sub-21: Portugal bate Suécia no Cartaxo" [Under-21: Portugal beat Sweden in Cartaxo]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 February 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
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