Edu Dracena

For other people named "Edu", See Edu.

Edu Dracena real name Eduardo Luiz Abonízio de Souza (born 18 May 1981 in Dracena) is a Brazil (of Italian descent) football (soccer) Defender (football) who, as of 2006, plays for Fenerbahçe SK after transferring from Cruzeiro Esporte Clube for €5.7 million.

Played his first professional game with Guarani Futebol Clube against Matonense, in 1999. He was selected to the Brazilian U-20 Team, in 2001.
A year later he was loaned to Olympiacos, in 2002-03 in Greek football. After a couple of months turned back to Guarani, in 2002 but the next year was transferred to Cruzeiro. He won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and Copa do Brasil with Cruzeiro, in 2003. He was chosen in the Golden team of South America, in 2003.
Selected to the Brazilian national team for Confederations Cup, in 2003.
In 2004, he won the Mineiro Championship with Cruzeiro. However, he had a surgery due to an injury and was out for 7 months, in 2005.
In 2006, he was awarded as the captain of Cruzeiro and won Mineiro Championship with his team.

In August 2006, he was transferred to Fenerbahçe SK

On 19 May 2007, he scored Fenerbahçe's 500th goal against Galatasaray.

He also has Italian citizenship

International career

He was a member of the Brazil national football team at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup and Confederations Cup 2003, although he did not make any appearances in both competitions.

He was also a member of Brazil U-23 team that failed to qualify for 2004 Summer Olympics.

Recently, he's called to play in the national team in the friendly against United States national football team and Mexico national football team on 9 September and 12 September 2007. He played 45 minutes against USA in his second national match followed by a place in the starting line-up for the match against Mexico.

He played 4 times for Brazilian U20 National Team, 2 times for Brazilian U23 National Team and 2 times for Brazilian National Team.

Achievements

- 1994 Copa São Paulo de Juniores Champion with Guarani Futebol Clube
- 1998 Copa Zico de Futebol Juvenil Champion with Guarani Futebol Clube
- 2001 Copa Toyota de Futebol Juvenil Champion with Guarani Futebol Clube (disputed in Japan)
- 2002 Copa Toyota de Futebol Juvenil Champion with Guarani Futebol Clube (disputed in Japan)
- 2002-03 Super League Greece Champion with Olympiacos
- 2003 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Champion with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
- 2003 Copa do Brasil Champion with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
- 2003 Campeonato Mineiro Champion with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
- 2004 Campeonato Mineiro Champion with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
- 2007 Turkish Super League Champion with Fenerbahçe
- 2007 Turkish Super Cup Winner with Fenerbahçe