Edmundo
'O Animal', the gifted and volatile forward who spent the 1995 season at Flamengo.
Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto, born in Niterói on 2 April 1971, is a Brazilian former forward nicknamed O Animal, known for his skill and his volatile behaviour on and off the pitch. Flamengo signed him from Palmeiras on 27 June 1995 for 5.5 million dollars, one of the highest fees in Brazilian football at the time.
Quick Facts
- Full name
- Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto
- Born
- 2 April 1971
- Birthplace
- Niterói, Brazil
- Height
- 1.77 m / 5 ft 10 in
- Position
- Forward
Lore & Background
Edmundo stayed at Flamengo for one season, scoring two goals in fourteen appearances, and the club were Supercopa Libertadores runners-up in 1995. In 1996 he signed for Corinthians but never played for them. His career is most closely tied to Vasco da Gama, where he started, returned several times and finished in 2008; in 1997 he scored 29 Série A goals for Vasco, then a single-season record.
Reader's Guide
Before Flamengo, Edmundo won the Brasileirão with Palmeiras in 1993 and 1994. Later in his career he also played for Fluminense, and he captained Vasco to the final of the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship.
At Flamengo he played alongside Romário and Sávio in what supporters called "the attack of dreams".
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