Zé Eduardo (footballer, born 1987)

Zé Eduardo

Personal information
Full name	José Eduardo Bischofe de Almeida
Date of birth	29 October 1987
Place of birth	Promissão, Brazil
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Al-Shaab CSC
Number	20
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2004–2005	Palmeiras	2	(0)
2005	→ Portuguesa Santista (loan)	0	(0)
2005	Atlético Paranaense	0	(0)
2006–2007	Cruzeiro	0	(0)
2006	→ Bragantino (loan)	0	(0)
2006	→ Ipatinga (loan)	0	(0)
2006	→ Villa Nova (loan)	0	(0)
2007	→ Sport (loan)	0	(0)
2007–2008	Grêmio	0	(0)
2008	→ Ferroviária (loan)	0	(0)
2008–2009	Pinheiros	0	(0)
2008	→ Fortaleza (loan)	8	(0)
2009	→ São Caetano (loan)	13	(1)
2009	→ América (MG) (loan)	10	(0)
2009	→ ABC (loan)	9	(3)
2010–2011	Santos	29	(10)
2011–2014	Genoa	9	(0)
2012–2013	→ Siena (loan)	8	(1)
2014	→ Coritiba (loan)	32	(5)
2015	Shanghai Shenxin	11	(1)
2015	Goiás	10	(2)
2015-	Al-Shaab CSC	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:33, 17 October 2015 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

José Eduardo Bischofe de Almeida or simply Zé Eduardo, also known as Zé Love^[1][2][3] (born 29 October 1987), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Goiás.

Zé Eduardo holds an Italian passport.^[4]

Career

Early career

Zé Eduardo started his professional career in Palmeiras. During his stay at the club, José Eduardo earned the moniker of "Zé Love" and "God of Goalscorer" in a comparison with Palmeiras' standout striker Vagner Love because of his "very impressive" goal scoring stats. After an unremarkable stint at the São Paulo club, Zé Eduardo played for Portuguesa Santista, Atlético Paranaense,^[5] Cruzeiro (bought 70% economic rights for R$ 300,000^[6]), Bragantino (2006 Campeonato Paulista), Ipatinga (April – May 2006), Villa Nova (2006 Taça Minas Gerais^[7]), Sport (January – August 2007), Grêmio (2007 Copa FGF^[8]), Ferroviária (2008 Campeonato Paulista Série A2) and Fortaleza (2008 Brasileiro Série B), also to no success . In December 2008, Zé Eduardo joined São Caetano's squad for the 2009 Campeonato Paulista, scoring only one goal for the team,^[9] but proving himself to be a valuable player for the team. After a short stint in América from Minas Gerais, Zé Eduardo joined Natal's ABC, where he drew the attention of the larger clubs after scoring three goals in nine matches.

Santos

Joining Santos with no fanfare, Zé Eduardo went on to find great glory on the Vila Belmiro club, at first on loan.^[10] Starting off as a substitute, Eduardo played remarkably well, eventually earning a place in the starting 11. Winning the Paulistão and the Copa do Brasil, Zé Eduardo was one of the best players of the Santos squad, scoring a hat-trick against Fluminense at their home, Maracanã stadium.^[11] Zé Eduardo was the team joint-fourth-scorer of the team in the Paulistão with 6 goals (along with Wesley), behind Neymar, André Felipe, Ganso.^[12] In 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Zé Eduardo scored 10 times, just 7 goals short of Neymar. Zé Eduardo's goals was ranked second in Santos and joint-8th in the league.^[13]

After playing for several teams, Zé Eduardo accepted an offer from Italian Serie A club Genoa, signing a five-year contract on 23 January 2011.^[14] But, it was impossible for him to join Genoa before the closing of international transfer window because his Italian passport issuance was delayed. Consequently, Genoa allowed him to play for his former club Santos until June 22 (while during that 6 months his contract was owned by FC Lugano). On that day, he started for Santos in the second legs of the 2011 Copa Libertadores Finals, which Santos won 2–1 over Uruguayan powerhouse Peñarol.^[15] Santos received R$ 6.088 million (about €2.7M),^[14][16] as Santos owned 60% economic rights.^[14] Genoa announced that they paid €5.4 million to its sister club Lugano in its 2011 annual financial report.^[17]

Genoa

Zé Eduardo was formally was signed by Genoa in the summer of 2011 and his contract recorded by Lega Serie A on 3 August 2011. He featured in a pre-season friendly^[18] but after a long intensive season in Brazil, he was injured and trained away from the main squad^[19] Zé Eduardo made his official club debut on 2 December 2011, in a 2-0 defeat by Milan. He had a medical with West Ham United in late January 2012^[20] but the loan deal collapsed. Returning to Italy he made four appearances as a substitute, the first on 12 February. He played no games in March and did not appear again until 29 April 2012, again as a substitute. His squad number 9 was taken away and given to Italian international Alberto Gilardino with Zé Eduardo being given the number 57 shirt; a number usually taken by players left outside the main squad.

Zé Eduardo refused a trial with A.C. Milan on 22 August 2012 which would have seen him replace the injured Alexandre Pato. Zé Eduardo is quoted as saying, "I have won one Libertadores and two Campeonatos Paulistas with Santos, I don't do tests".^[21]

On 20 January 2014 he was signed by Coritiba.^[22]

Career statistics

As of 31 March 2013

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		State League		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
São Caetano (loan)	2009	0	0	0	0	-	-	14	1	14	1
	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	1	14	1
ABC (loan)	2009	9	3	0	0	-	-	-	-	9	3
	Total	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	3
Santos	2010	28	10	6	0	2	2	15	6	51	18
	2011	1	0	6	0	13	1	16	7	30	8
	Total	29	10	6	0	15	3	31	13	81	26
Genoa	2011-12	9	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	10	0
	Total	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Siena (loan)	2012-13	8	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	9	2
	Total	8	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	2
Career Total		55	14	8	1	15	3	45	14	123	32

Honours

Villa Nova

• Taça Minas Gerais: 2006

Sport

• Campeonato Pernambucano: 2007

Santos

• Campeonato Paulista: 2010, 2011
• Copa do Brasil: 2010
• Copa Libertadores: 2011

References

1. Por Richard Souza Direto de Sucre, Bolívia (2012-01-20). "Amor verdadeiro: atrás de Vagner, Fla interrompe negociação por Zé Love | globoesporte.com". Globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
2. Olá,   (2011-08-13). "Zé Love passa pelo Brasil e mostra o que já aprendeu no Genoa, time italiano - Futebol - R7". Esportes.r7.com. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
3. "Zé Love garante vitória do Santos enquanto Neymar curte folia em Salvador - 05/03/2011 - UOL Esporte - Futebol". Esporte.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
4. "Hammers move for Brazilian". www1.skysports.com. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
5. "BID Acumulativo Série A /2005". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (in Portuguese). 8 November 2005. Archived from the original on 29 May 2006. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
6. "Cruzeiro faz nova aposta". Cruzeiro EC (in Portuguese) (Re-published by Cruzeiro.org). January 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
7. "Agora, o Mineiro" (in Portuguese). acessa.com. 6 November 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
8. "GRÊMIO EMPATA NA SEMIFINAL DA COPA FGF" (in Portuguese). Grêmio FBPA. 21 November 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
9. Drive Comunicação. "Federação Paulista de Futebol, notícias de futebol, jogos de futebol, Marco Polo Del Nero". Futebolpaulista.com.br. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
10. "Santos FC contrata o meia Zé Eduardo e o zagueiro Luciano Castan" (in Portuguese). Santos FC. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2012. ......O zagueiro Luciano Castan e o meia Zé Eduardo foram contratados por empréstimo de cinco meses junto ao União São João (SP) û 04/01 a 05/05 û e Ó Associação Cultural Pinheiros Sport Club (SC) û 04/01 a 04/05, respectivamente......
11. "Fluminense 0 x 3 Santos, 06/10/2010". futpedia.globo.com. 1974-11-19. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
12. Drive Comunicação. "Federação Paulista de Futebol, notícias de futebol, jogos de futebol, Marco Polo Del Nero". Futebolpaulista.com.br. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
13. "BOLA N@ ÁREA - Campeonato Brasileiro 2010". Bolanaarea.com. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
14. "Santos aceita proposta do Genoa por Zé Eduardo" [Santos accepts Genoa's proposal for Zé Eduardo] (in Portuguese). Lancenet. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
15. "Neymar helps Brazil's Santos wins Copa Libertadores - ESPN". Espn.go.com. 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
16. Receitas com repasses de direitos federativos "Balanço Patrimonial do primeiro semestre de 2011" (PDF). Santos FC (in Portuguese). 21 November 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
17. Genoa CFC SpA Report and Accounts on 31 December 2011 (Italian), CCIAA
18. "STUBAITAL-GENOA: IL TABELLINO" (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
19. "ZE' LOVE 'CINGUETTA' CON IL GENOA" (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
20. "Ze Eduardo set for Hammers". ESPN Soccernet. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
21. "Milan-Inter, è derby per De Jong" (in Italian). www.republica.it. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
22. "Zé Eduardo al Coritiba" (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.

External links

• Zé Eduardo profile at Sambafoot
• Zé Eduardo profile at Soccerway
• Zé Eduardo at footballzz.co.uk