Vavá

This article is about the Brazilian football player. For the Mega Man X character originally known as Vava, see Vile (Mega Man X).
Vavá
Personal information
Full nameEdvaldo Izídio Neto
Date of birth(1934-11-12)12 November 1934
Place of birthRecife, Brazil
Date of death19 January 2002(2002-01-19) (aged 67)
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionForward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1949–1950Sport Recife
1951–1958Vasco da Gama
1958–1961Atlético Madrid71(31)
1961–1963Palmeiras
1964–1967América
1967–1968Toros Neza
1968San Diego Toros28(5)
1969Portuguesa
National team
1955–1964Brazil20(15)
Teams managed
1971–1972Córdoba
1974–1975Córdoba
1977–1978Granada
1984–1985Al Rayyan
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Vavá, real name Edvaldo Izídio Neto, (born 12 November 1934 in Recife, Brazil; died 19 January 2002 in Rio de Janeiro) was an association footballer who is widely considered one of the best strikers of his generation. His nickname was "Peito de Aço" (Steel Chest). He played as a full striker (center forward) whose only role was to score goals, which he did for Sport Club do Recife, C.R. Vasco da Gama, S.E. Palmeiras and the Brazilian national team.

Brazil

Vava earned 20 caps with the Brazilian national team, scoring a total of 15 goals. He was on the side that won both the 1958 and 1962 World Cup, in which he scored 5 and 4 goals, respectively. Furthermore, he was a joint recipient of the 1962 World Cup Golden Shoe award.

Vavá scored in the final of both 1958 (twice) and 1962 (once), thus becoming the first player to score in the final of two different world cups. To this day, only four players achieved this feat, the other three being Pelé, Paul Breitner and Zinedine Zidane.

Club statistics

Club performanceLeague
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoals
SpainLeague
1958/59Atlético MadridLa Liga2716
1959/602910
1960/61155
CountrySpain7131
United StatesLeague
1968San Diego TorosNorth American Soccer League285
CountryUnited States285
Total9936

Honours

External links

Preceded by
Just Fontaine		FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe
1962
Shared with:
Dražan Jerković,
Garrincha, Flórián Albert,
Leonel Sánchez and
Valentin Ivanov		Succeeded by
Eusébio
FIFA World Cup · Golden Boot
Top Scorer
Golden Shoe
Golden Boot
Golden Boot was first awarded in 1966.
1962 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament
Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Brazilian Football Museum – Hall of Fame
Brazil squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup winners (1st title)
Brazil squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup winners (2nd title)
Córdoba CF – managers
  • Arcadio (1954–55)
  • Juncosa (1955–57)
  • Olsen (1959–63)
  • Hernández (1963–64)
  • Eizaguirre (1964–65)
  • Toba (1965–66)
  • Domingo (1966–68)
  • Argila (1968)
  • Kubala (1968–69)
  • Eizaguirre (1969–70)
  • Juncosa (1970–71)
  • Vavá (1971–72)
  • Joseíto (1972–73)
  • García Verdugo (1973)
  • Moreno (1973–74)
  • Vavá (1974–75)
  • Uceda (1975)
  • Eizaguirre (1975–77)
  • Lasa (1977)
  • Juanín (1977)
  • Ben Barek (1977–78)
  • Ré (1981)
  • Escalante (1981)
  • Pachín (1981)
  • Escalante (1981)
  • Rajkov (1981–83)
  • Uceda (1983)
  • Ruiz Sosa (1983–84)
  • Campillo (1987–88)
  • Cardeñosa (1991–92)
  • Costa (1993)
  • Escalante (1999–2000)
  • Duque (2000–01)
  • Verdugo (2001)
  • Crispi (2001)
  • Murcia (2001–02)
  • García Remón (2002)
  • Ortuondo (2002–03)
  • Zambrano (2003)
  • Castro Santos (2003)
  • Portugal (2003–04)
  • Pedrito (2004)
  • Esteban (2004)
  • Roberto (2004)
  • Crispi (2004–05)
  • Rodríguez (2005)
  • Hernández (2005)
  • Escalante (2005–07)
  • Paco (2007–08)
  • González (2008)
  • Luna (2008–09)
  • Alcaraz (2009–11)
  • Paco (2011–12)
  • Berges (2012–13)
  • Esnáider (2013)
  • Villa (2013–14)
  • Ferrer (2014–)

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