Zé Eduardo (footballer, born 1987) explained

Zé Eduardo
Fullname:José Eduardo Bischofe de Almeida
Birth Date:29 October 1987
Birth Place:Promissão, Brazil
Position:Forward
Years1:2004–2005
Caps1:2
Goals1:0
Clubs1:Palmeiras
Years2:2005
Caps2:0
Goals2:0
Clubs2:Portuguesa Santista
Years3:2005–2006
Caps3:0
Goals3:0
Clubs3:Atlético Paranaense
Years4:2006–2007
Caps4:0
Goals4:0
Clubs4:Cruzeiro
Years5:2006
Caps5:0
Goals5:0
Clubs5:Villa Nova (loan)
Years6:2006
Caps6:0
Goals6:0
Clubs6:Ipatinga (loan)
Years7:2007
Caps7:0
Goals7:0
Clubs7:Sport (loan)
Years8:2007–2008
Caps8:0
Goals8:0
Clubs8:Grêmio
Years9:2008
Caps9:0
Goals9:0
Clubs9:Ferroviária (loan)
Years10:2008–2010
Caps10:0
Goals10:0
Clubs10:Pinheiros
Years11:2008
Caps11:8
Goals11:0
Clubs11:Fortaleza (loan)
Years12:2009
Caps12:12
Goals12:1
Clubs12:São Caetano (loan)
Years13:2009
Caps13:10
Goals13:0
Clubs13:América (MG) (loan)
Years14:2009
Caps14:9
Goals14:3
Clubs14:ABC (loan)
Years15:2010
Caps15:0
Goals15:0
Clubs15:Santos (loan)
Years16:2010–2011
Caps16:44
Goals16:13
Clubs16:Santos
Years17:2011–2015
Caps17:10
Goals17:0
Clubs17:Genoa
Years18:2012–2013
Caps18:9
Goals18:2
Clubs18:Siena (loan)
Years19:2014
Caps19:32
Goals19:5
Clubs19:Coritiba (loan)
Years20:2015
Caps20:11
Goals20:1
Years21:2015–2016
Caps21:15
Goals21:3
Clubs21:Goiás
Years22:2016
Caps22:12
Goals22:4
Years23:2016–2017
Caps23:13
Goals23:4
Years24:2017–2018
Caps24:10
Goals24:3
Clubs24:Figueirense
Years25:2018
Caps25:8
Goals25:1
Years26:2018
Caps26:6
Goals26:0
Years27:2019
Caps27:13
Goals27:4
Clubs27:Pahang
Years28:2019–2022
Caps28:27
Goals28:13
Clubs28:Brasiliense
Years29:2022–2023
Caps29:2
Goals29:1
Clubs29:Cianorte
Years30:2023
Caps30:4
Goals30:1
Clubs30:Iguatu
Club-Update:2 November 2023

José Eduardo Bischofe de Almeida or simply Zé Eduardo, also known as Zé Love[1] [2] [3] (born 29 October 1987), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Brasiliense FC.

Zé Eduardo holds an Italian passport.[4]

Career

Early career

Zé Eduardo started his professional career in Palmeiras. During his stay at the club, José Eduardo earned the moniker of "Zé Love" and "God of Goalscorer" in a comparison with Palmeiras' standout striker Vagner Love because of his "very impressive" goal scoring stats. After an unremarkable stint at the São Paulo club, Zé Eduardo played for Portuguesa Santista, Atlético Paranaense,[5] Cruzeiro (who bought 70% of the player's economic rights for R$ 300,000[6]), Bragantino (2006 Campeonato Paulista), Ipatinga (April – May 2006), Villa Nova (2006 Taça Minas Gerais[7]), Sport (January – August 2007), Grêmio (2007 Copa FGF[8]), Ferroviária (2008 Campeonato Paulista Série A2) and Fortaleza (2008 Brasileiro Série B), also to no success . In December 2008, Zé Eduardo joined São Caetano's squad for the 2009 Campeonato Paulista, scoring only one goal for the team,[9] but proving himself to be a valuable player for the team. After a short stint in América from Minas Gerais, Zé Eduardo joined Natal's ABC, where he drew the attention of the larger clubs after scoring three goals in nine matches.

Santos

Joining Santos with no fanfare, Zé Eduardo went on to find great glory at the Vila Belmiro club, at first on loan.[10] Starting off as a substitute, Eduardo played remarkably well, eventually earning a place in the starting 11. Winning the Paulistão and the Copa do Brasil, Zé Eduardo was one of the best players of the Santos squad, scoring a hat-trick against Fluminense at Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, while Maracaña was under construction.[11] Zé Eduardo was the team joint-fourth-scorer of the team in the Paulistão with 6 goals (along with Wesley), behind Neymar, André Felipe, Ganso.[12] In the 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Zé Eduardo scored 10 times, just 7 goals short of Neymar. Zé Eduardo's goals were ranked second in Santos and joint-8th in the league.[13]

After playing for several teams, Zé Eduardo accepted an offer from Italian Serie A club Genoa, signing a five-year contract on 23 January 2011.[14] It was impossible for him to join Genoa before the closing of the international transfer window because his Italian passport issuance was delayed. Consequently, Genoa allowed him to play for his former club Santos until 22 June (while during that 6 months his contract was owned by FC Lugano). On that day, he started for Santos in the second leg of the 2011 Copa Libertadores Finals, which Santos won 2–1 over Uruguayan powerhouse Peñarol.[15] Santos received R$ 6.088 million (about €2.7M),[14] [16] as Santos owned 60% of the player's economic rights.[14] Genoa announced that they paid €5.4 million to its sister club Lugano in its 2011 annual financial report.[17]

Genoa

Zé Eduardo was formally signed by Genoa in the summer of 2011 and his contract was recorded by Lega Serie A on 3 August 2011. He featured in a pre-season friendly,[18] but after a long intensive season in Brazil, he was injured and trained away from the main squad.[19] Zé Eduardo made his official club debut on 2 December 2011, in a 2–0 defeat by Milan. He had a medical with West Ham United in late January 2012[20] but the loan deal collapsed. Returning to Italy, he made four appearances as a substitute. The first on 12 February. He played no games in March and did not appear again until 29 April 2012, again as a substitute. His squad number 9 was taken away and given to Italian international Alberto Gilardino with Zé Eduardo being given the number 57 shirt; a number usually taken by players left outside the main squad.

Zé Eduardo refused a trial with A.C. Milan on 22 August 2012, which would have seen him replace the injured Alexandre Pato. Zé Eduardo is quoted as saying, "I have won one Libertadores and two Campeonatos Paulistas with Santos, I don't do tests".[21]

On 20 January 2014, he was signed by Coritiba on loan until the end of the season.[22]

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalState LeagueTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
São Caetano (loan)20090000--141141
Total000000141141
ABC (loan)20099300----93
Total9300000093
Santos2010281060221565118
20111060131167308
Total29106015331138126
Genoa2011–129010----100
Total90100000100
Siena (loan)2012–138111----92
Total8111000092
Genoa2013–141000----10
Total1000----10
201510100----111
Total10100----111
20151530000--153
Total1530000--153
2016124------124
Total124------124
Career Total 93 22 8 1 15 3 45 14 162 40

Honours

Villa Nova
Sport
Santos

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Por Richard Souza Direto de Sucre, Bolívia . Amor verdadeiro: atrás de Vagner, Fla interrompe negociação por Zé Love | globoesporte.com . Globoesporte.globo.com . 2012-01-20 . 2013-06-06.
  2. Web site: Olá . Zé Love passa pelo Brasil e mostra o que já aprendeu no Genoa, time italiano - Futebol - R7 . Esportes.r7.com . 2011-08-13 . 2013-06-06.
  3. Web site: Zé Love garante vitória do Santos enquanto Neymar curte folia em Salvador - 05/03/2011 - UOL Esporte - Futebol . Esporte.uol.com.br . 2013-06-06.
  4. Web site: Hammers move for Brazilian. www1.skysports.com. 30 January 2012.
  5. Web site: BID Acumulativo Série A /2005. 29 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060529035842/http://www2.uol.com.br/cbf/bide/bid_a.htm . 29 May 2006. 8 November 2005. Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. pt.
  6. News: Cruzeiro faz nova aposta . January 2006. 11 March 2012. Cruzeiro EC. Re-published by Cruzeiro.org. pt.
  7. News: Agora, o Mineiro . 6 November 2006. 11 March 2012. acessa.com. pt.
  8. News: GRÊMIO EMPATA NA SEMIFINAL DA COPA FGF . 21 November 2006. 11 March 2012. Grêmio FBPA. pt.
  9. Web site: Drive Comunicação . Federação Paulista de Futebol, notícias de futebol, jogos de futebol, Marco Polo Del Nero . Futebolpaulista.com.br . 2013-06-06.
  10. News: Santos FC contrata o meia Zé Eduardo e o zagueiro Luciano Castan. 11 January 2010. 11 March 2012. Santos FC. pt. ......O zagueiro Luciano Castan e o meia Zé Eduardo foram contratados por empréstimo de cinco meses junto ao União São João (SP) û 04/01 a 05/05 û e Ó Associação Cultural Pinheiros Sport Club (SC) û 04/01 a 04/05, respectivamente.......
  11. Web site: Fluminense 0 x 3 Santos, 06/10/2010 . futpedia.globo.com . 1974-11-19 . 2013-06-06.
  12. Web site: Drive Comunicação . Federação Paulista de Futebol, notícias de futebol, jogos de futebol, Marco Polo Del Nero . Futebolpaulista.com.br . 2013-06-06.
  13. Web site: BOLA N@ ÁREA - Campeonato Brasileiro 2010 . Bolanaarea.com . 2013-06-06.
  14. News: Santos aceita proposta do Genoa por Zé Eduardo. Santos accepts Genoa's proposal for Zé Eduardo. Lancenet. 21 January 2011. 11 March 2012. pt.
  15. Web site: Neymar helps Brazil's Santos wins Copa Libertadores - ESPN . Espn.go.com . 2011-06-23 . 2013-06-06.
  16. Receitas com repasses de direitos federativos Web site: Balanço Patrimonial do primeiro semestre de 2011. 21 November 2011. 11 March 2012. Santos FC. pt.
  17. Genoa CFC SpA Report and Accounts on 31 December 2011, CCIAA
  18. News: STUBAITAL-GENOA: IL TABELLINO . 23 July 2011. 11 March 2012. Genoa CFC. it.
  19. News: ZE' LOVE 'CINGUETTA' CON IL GENOA . 25 July 2011. 11 March 2012. Genoa CFC. it.
  20. News: Ze Eduardo set for Hammers. https://web.archive.org/web/20120202114914/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1015280/west-ham-give-medical-to-genoa-striker-ze-eduardo. dead. 2 February 2012. 30 January 2012. 11 March 2012. ESPN Soccernet.
  21. Web site: Milan-Inter, è derby per De Jong . republica.it. it . 29 July 2013.
  22. News: Zé Eduardo al Coritiba. 10 January 2014. 29 November 2014. Genoa CFC. it.