Eder (Portuguese footballer)

Ederzito António Macedo Lopes ComM (born 22 December 1987), commonly known as Eder[3] (European Portuguese: [ˈɛðɛɾ]), is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Portugal national team.

Eder
ComM

Eder with Lokomotiv Moscow in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Ederzito António Macedo Lopes[1]
Date of birth	22 December 1987[1]
Place of birth	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[1]
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2][1]
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Lokomotiv Moscow
Number	19
Youth career
1999–2006	ADC Adémia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006	Oliveira Hospital
2006–2008	Tourizense	42	(11)
2008–2012	Académica	83	(12)
2012–2015	Braga	60	(26)
2015–2016	Swansea City	13	(0)
2016	→ Lille (loan)	13	(6)
2016–2018	Lille	31	(6)
2017–2018	→ Lokomotiv Moscow (loan)	18	(4)
2018–	Lokomotiv Moscow	61	(6)
National team^‡
2012–	Portugal	35	(5)
Honours Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA European Championship Winner 2016 France
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 November 2018

He started playing in 2008 with Académica, and signed for Braga four years later. Over seven seasons, he played 143 Primeira Liga matches and scored 38 goals. He also played in Wales, France and Russia.

A Portuguese international since 2012, Eder represented the country at the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016, winning Euro 2016 and scoring the only goal in the final.

Club career

Early years

Born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Eder moved to Portugal as a child, and started playing football with Associação Desportiva e Cultural da Adémia in the Coimbra District at the age of 11.[4] He made his senior debut with Oliveira do Hospital and G.D. Tourizense, the latter in the third division and the farm team of Académica de Coimbra.[5]

Académica

Eder made his Primeira Liga debut for Académica on 24 August 2008, in a 0–1 away loss against C.F. Estrela da Amadora.[6] He scored his first goal for the club at the end of the season, netting the Students equalising goal in an eventual 3–1 victory over Associação Naval 1º de Maio.[7]

On 2 May 2010, Eder scored what looked like a winning goal against C.D. Nacional, but the visitors equalised at 3–3 in the 90th minute.[8] On 12 September of the following year, against the same opponent and also in Coimbra, he scored twice in a 4–0 rout.[9] He finished the season with five goals in 16 appearances, and helped the club win its first Portuguese Cup since 1939, defeating Sporting CP in the final.[10] He only featured in the earlier rounds of the cup, as he was suspended by the club for not reporting to training for several weeks, as interest from other clubs in signing him grew.[11][12][13]

Braga

Eder signed with S.C. Braga in summer 2012, for four years. He made his official debut for his new team on 2 September in a 0–2 loss at F.C. Paços de Ferreira[14] but scored twice late into that month as the Minho Province side defeated Rio Ave F.C. 4–1 at home,[15] contributing with one in a 4–4 home draw with S.C. Olhanense.[16]

On 30 November 2012, in the fifth round of the Taça de Portugal, Eder netted the winning goal as Braga defeated FC Porto 2–1, booking a place in the quarter-finals.[17] On 6 January 2013, in a league match against Moreirense FC, he scored the game's only goal shortly after the restart;[18] on 23 February he scored in each half of the local derby against Vitória de Guimarães in a 3–2 win at the Estádio Municipal de Braga,[19] but missed the rest of the season after suffering a ligament tear in early March.[20]

In the domestic cup final on 31 May 2015, Eder opened the scoring against Sporting with a penalty after Cédric Soares had been sent off for fouling Djavan, but missed in the penalty shootout in an eventual loss following a 2–2 draw.[21]

Swansea City and Lille

On 28 June 2015, Premier League club Swansea City agreed a fee of around £5 million to sign Eder on a three-year deal.[22] He made his debut on 8 August, playing the final 11 minutes of a 2–2 draw at title holders Chelsea in place of Bafétimbi Gomis.[23]

Having not scored in 15 competitive games for the Swans – only four starts – Eder joined Lille OSC on loan for the remainder of the season.[24] He made his French Ligue 1 debut on 3 February 2016 as a half-time replacement for Yassine Benzia in a 1–0 home win over Stade Malherbe Caen, and scored his first goal four days later to open a 1–1 draw against Stade Rennais F.C. also at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy.[25]

On 23 April 2016, Eder played the full 90 minutes in the final of the Coupe de la Ligue, which ended in a 1–2 loss against Paris Saint-Germain FC.[26] On 24 May, after helping his team finish fifth and qualify to the UEFA Europa League, he signed a permanent four-year contract.[27][28]

On 2 March 2017, Eder scored the final goal (four minutes into injury time after 90 minutes of normal time had elapsed) in a 2–1 away defeat of Championnat de France Amateur side Bergerac Périgord FC in the round of 16.[29]

Lokomotiv Moscow

On 23 August 2017, Eder joined Russian Premier League club FC Lokomotiv Moscow in a season-long loan with a buyout option.[30] On 5 May 2018, he scored the winning goal in the 87th minute from Vladislav Ignatyev's cross against FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in a 1–0 victory, which helped to grant his team their first league title since 2004.[31]

On 16 July 2018, Eder moved to the RZD Arena on a permanent basis.[32] He scored for the first time in the UEFA Champions League on 21 October 2020, in a 2–2 away draw against FC Red Bull Salzburg in the group stage.[33][34]

International career

Eder taking on Italy's Andrea Ranocchia in a June 2015 friendly.

Eder chose to represent Portugal internationally. After impressive club performances for Braga, he was first called up by the national team in August 2012 for a match against Luxembourg for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, but remained an unused substitute in the 2–1 away win on 7 September.[35] He made his debut four days later in the same competition, replacing Hélder Postiga in the dying minutes of a 3–0 home victory over Azerbaijan.[36]

On 19 May 2014, Eder was named in the final 23-man squad for the tournament in Brazil.[37] He made his debut in the competition on 16 June, replacing injured Hugo Almeida in the first half of a 0–4 group stage loss to Germany.[38] In the second game, a 2–2 draw against the United States, he replaced another injured striker early on, this time Hélder Postiga.[39]

Eder's first international goal came on his 18th cap, the only goal in a friendly defeat of Italy at the Stade de Genève on 16 June 2015.[40] He was selected by Fernando Santos for his UEFA Euro 2016 squad,[41] appearing in three matches as a substitute and scoring the only goal in the final in the 109th minute when he shot low into the bottom corner of the net from 25 yards to help defeat hosts France after extra time.[42][43][44]

Eder was not picked for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup squad, being replaced by Porto's André Silva.[45] He was included in a preliminary 35-man list for the 2018 World Cup,[46] but did not make the final cut.[47]

Style of play

Eder is a strong, hard-working and well-rounded striker, with a solid first touch. Usually deployed as a centre forward, he excels in the air due to his height and powerful physique, although he is also capable of playing in other offensive positions due to his ability to hold up the ball with his back to goal and play-off his teammates.[48][49]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 17 October 2020[50]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tourizense	2006–07	Portuguese Second Division	7	1	1	0	—		—		8	1
	2007–08	Portuguese Second Division	34	10	1	0	—		—		35	10
	2008–09	Portuguese Second Division	1	0	1	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		42	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	45	11
Académica	2008–09	Primeira Liga	24	1	6	0	—		—		30	1
	2009–10	Primeira Liga	22	4	5	2	—		—		27	6
	2010–11	Primeira Liga	21	2	6	3	—		—		27	5
	2011–12	Primeira Liga	16	5	5	1	—		—		21	6
	Total		83	12	22	6	0	0	0	0	105	18
Braga	2012–13	Primeira Liga	18	13	7	3	6[lower-alpha 1]	0	—		31	16
	2013–14	Primeira Liga	13	3	2	1	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	—		16	4
	2014–15	Primeira Liga	29	10	6	3	—		—		35	13
	Total		60	26	15	7	7	0	0	0	82	33
Swansea City	2015–16	Premier League	13	0	2	0	—		—		15	0
	Total		13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Lille	2015–16	Ligue 1	13	6	1	0	—		—		14	6
	2016–17	Ligue 1	31	6	5	1	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	—		37	7
	Total		44	12	6	1	1	0	0	0	51	13
Lokomotiv Moscow (loan)	2017–18	Russian Premier League	18	4	1	0	9[lower-alpha 2]	0	—		28	4
Lokomotiv Moscow	2018–19		22	1	6	2	6[lower-alpha 1]	0	—		34	3
	2019–20		23	5	1	1	5[lower-alpha 1]	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	21	6
	2020–21		9	0	0	0	0[lower-alpha 1]	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	10	0
	Total		72	10	8	3	20	0	2	0	102	13
Career total			314	71	56	17	28	0	2	0	390	88

1. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
2. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance in the Russian Super Cup

International

As of 20 November 2018[51]

Portugal
Year	Apps	Goals
2012	4	0
2013	2	0
2014	10	0
2015	5	1
2016	11	3
2017	1	0
2018	2	1
Total	35	5

International goals

As of 14 October 2018 (Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Eder goal)[51]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

№	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 June 2015	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	18	Italy	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2	29 May 2016	Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal	24	Norway	3–0	3–0
3	8 June 2016	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal	26	Estonia	7–0	7–0
4	10 July 2016	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	29	France	1–0	1–0 (a.e.t.)	UEFA Euro 2016 Final
5	14 October 2018	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	34	Scotland	2–0	3–1	Friendly

Honours

Club

Académica

• Taça de Portugal: 2011–12[52]

Braga

• Taça da Liga: 2012–13[52]

Lokomotiv Moscow

• Russian Premier League: 2017–18[31]
• Russian Cup: 2018–19
• Russian Super Cup: 2019

International

Portugal

• UEFA European Championship: 2016[44]

Orders

• Commander of the Order of Merit[53]

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External links

• Eder at ForaDeJogo
• Eder at National-Football-Teams.com
• Eder – FIFA competition record
• Eder – UEFA competition record