| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edney Henrique Santos da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 26 July 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Bahia, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
| Position(s) | Full-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santa Clara | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Confiança | |||
| –2022 | São Caetano | ||
| 2022-2025 | Palmeiras | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025- | Santa Clara | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:15 (UTC) 1 June 2025 | |||
Edney Henrique Santos da Silva (born 26 July 2004) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Portuguese Primeira Liga club Santa Clara.
He was born in Bahia, and plays at full-back, although at the start of his youth career he had initially played as a striker. [2] [3] He was a youth player at Confiança and São Caetano prior to featuring for Palmeiras U20. [4] He initially played for Palmeiras U20 on a loan agreement before his permanent transfer to Palmeiras was authorised by a Brazilian court in order to help São Caetano pay off their creditors. He helped Palmeiras to win the Copinha in 2023, as well as the U-20 Brasileirão (2022) and the U-20 Copa do Brasil (2022). [3] [5] [2] For Palmeiras from 2022 until 2025, he appeared in 101 matches at youth level in total, scoring six goals. [6]
He joined C.D. Santa Clara of the Portuguese Primeira Liga on the final day of the winter transfer window in January 2025, agreeing a two and-a-half year contract into 2027. [6] He made his debut for the Santa Clara first team on 10 May 2025 at the age of 20 years-old, when he replaced Diogo Calila in the 30th minute of their penultimate league match of the 2024-25 season against F.C. Famalicão in a 2-1 home win. [7] [8]