Edmilson

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The number of caps and number of goals mentioned below are as of May 15th 2006, when the Brazilian roster was announced.
The number after Caps represent the number of times the player was rostered, and, between parenthesis, the number of times he actually played.

Edmilson
Full name: Edmilson José Gomes Moraes
Date of birth: July 10th 1976
Place of birth: city of São Paulo, State of São Paulo
Position: midfielder
Height: 1.85 m
Clubs and teams: XV de Jaú, São Paulo FC, Lyon (France) and Barcelona (Spain)
Caps: 53 (36)
Goals scored: 2
World Cups: 2002
Titles won: World Cup (2002)

Edmilson was a surprise in the 2002 Cup. He started hesitantly, but gained confidence and ended the Cup as principal of the team. Edmílson scored one goal against Costa Rica, one of the most beautiful of the Brazilian campaign.
After the Cup, he went for a successful career in Europe. Edmilson played two seasons in Lyon, along Juninho and Cris, and two seasons in Spain, along Ronaldinho, being champion all the four years.


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