| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edivaldo Martíns da Fonseca | ||
| Date of birth | April 13, 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Volta Redonda, Brazil | ||
| Date of death | January 13, 1993 (aged 30) | ||
| Place of death | Boituva, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982 | Atlético Mineiro | 75 | (26) |
| 1983 | Taquaritinga | 32 | (11) |
| 1984–1987 | Atlético Mineiro | 22 | (10) |
| 1987–1990 | São Paulo | 53 | (12) |
| 1990 | Puebla | 12 | (2) |
| 1991–1992 | Palmeiras | 12 | (0) |
| 1992 | Gamba Osaka | ||
| 1993 | Taquaritinga | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1986–1989 | Brazil | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league onlyand correct as of 15:41, December 30, 2007 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:41, December 30, 2007 (UTC) | |||
Edivaldo Martíns da Fonseca, best known as Edivaldo (born in Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro State, April 13, 1962 – died in Boituva, São Paulo State, January 13, 1993) was a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward.
Volta Redonda is the name of a municipality in the Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil with an area of 182.81 km², located from 350m to 707m above the sea level and with a population of 259,811 inhabitants. The area around the city has nearly 700,000 km². Its name is due to the round shape of a curve in the Paraíba do Sul river around which the city was built.
Boituva is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba. The population is 55,725 in an area of 248.97 km². The elevation is 637 metres.
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In his career, which started in 1982, he played for Atlético Mineiro, Palmeiras, São Paulo, Taquaritinga (his last club), in Japan with Gamba Osaka, and in Mexico with Puebla. For the Brazilian national team he played in three matches (April 1986 to July 1989) without scoring a goal, and was in the squad for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He died in the Castelo Branco highway disaster in São Paulo, at 30 years of age.
Clube Atlético Mineiro, commonly known as Atlético Mineiro or Atlético, and colloquially as Galo, is a professional football club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The team competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first level of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Mineiro, the top tier state league of Minas Gerais.
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a professional football club based in São Paulo, Brazil.
Clube Atlético Taquaritinga, commonly known as Taquaritinga, is a Brazilian football club based in Taquaritinga, São Paulo state.
