Eduardo Pacheco

Eduardo Ferreira Abdo Pacheco (born 22 March 1987), or simply Eduardo Pacheco, is a Brazilian football striker who last played for Bragantino.

Eduardo
Personal information
Full name Eduardo Ferreira Abdo Pacheco
Date of birth (1987-03-22) 22 March 1987
Place of birth Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Atlético Mineiro 24 (6)
2008–2009Gaziantepspor (loan) 21 (1)
2009Atlético Paranaense (loan) 2 (0)
2009Sport Recife (loan) 6 (0)
2010–2011 São Caetano 37 (17)
2011–2012 Partizan 16 (4)
2013 São Caetano 6 (0)
2013–2014 Joinville 13 (3)
2014 Bragantino
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2011

Club career

Born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Eduardo started playing football with his hometown club Botafogo. In 2004, he joined Atlético Mineiro youth categories.[1] Afterwards, Eduardo was promoted to the first team, and he made his Série A debut in 2007. In August 2008, Eduardo moved to Europe and signed for Turkish Süper Lig club Gaziantepspor. After one season in Turkey, he returned to his homeland, and had a short loan spells with Atlético Paranaense and Sport Recife, both in 2009.

São Caetano

In January 2010, Eduardo signed for São Caetano, and scored 15 goals in 31 matches during the 2010 Série B season. On 2 April 2011, Eduardo scored five goals against São Bernardo in the 2011 Campeonato Paulista, a game which his team won 6–1.[2]

Partizan

After an impressive season with São Caetano, Edu Pacheco garnered interest from the likes of European clubs like Red Star Belgrade and FK Partizan. Finally, on 22 June 2011, Eduardo signed a four-year contract with FK Partizan,[3] however São Caetano remained in possession of 30% of players contract.[4] The transfer was one of the most expensive in Partizan's history as it was worth €1.2 million.[5]

After leaving Partizan Eduardo returned to Brazil where he played with São Caetano in the 2013 Campeonato Paulista and with Joinville in the 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[6] He then played with Bragantino in 2014.[1]

Career statistics

As of 28 June 2011
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atlético Mineiro 2007 93000093
2008 1531200165
Gaziantepspor 2008–09 2114300254
Atlético Paranaense 2009 20000020
Sport Recife 60000060
São Caetano 2010 311500003115
2011 62000062
Partizan 2011–12 1642061245
Brazil 692312007025
Turkey 2114300254
Serbia 1642061245
Career total 9827656111133

Honours

Atlético Mineiro
Partizan
Joinville

References

  1. Eduardo at Zerozero
  2. "Eduardo marca cinco e São Caetano humilha o rival São Bernado" (in Portuguese). terra.com. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  3. "Eduardo Pacheco potpisao za Partizan!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 22 June 2011. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  4. Eduardo deixa o São Caetano e reforça o Partizan, da Sérvia at Tera.com, 3 December 2011 (in Portuguese)
  5. Sportski Zurnal (Serbian): Партизан трећину зараде од ЛЕ даје за Едуарда 10 January 2012
  6. Eduardo profile at Soccerway
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