Edmundo (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edmundo Alves De Souza Neto | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Palmeiras | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2006 | |||
Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto (born April 2, 1971 in Niterói) is a Brazilian football player.
Edmundo played for Brazil at the 1998 World Cup and is known for his fiery temper and subsequent receiving of numerous red cards and earning the nickname The Animal. He is one of the best football players revealed by Vasco da Gama in the last two decades.
Edmundo moved from club-to-club in Brazil and Italy and was embroiled in a number of controversies, including a car crash in which three people died (he was subsequently sentenced to imprisonment, although not serving any time).
Edmundo was also hit by a paternity suit by a Brazilian TV presenter and angered a number of animal rights groups when he illegally purchased a chimpanzee for his son's first birthday party, and fed the animal beer until it was drunk.
In season 1998/1999, Edmundo went AWOL from Fiorentina to play drums in the Rio de Janeiro carnival