Eduardo da Silva - Brazilian striker Shakhtar

Eduardo da Silva is a big celebrity for football fans. He is a first-class forward, but fans love him not only for the style of the game, but also because it's a man who was able to recover after a terrible injury.

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The future star of world football was born in Rio de Janeiro. Eduardo da Silva, whose biography interests all admirers of beautiful football, has been fond of this sport since his early years. In his native Brazil, he played for the youth club "Nova Kennedy".

When Eduardo turned fifteen, his family moved to Croatia for a permanent residence. The family da Silva settled in Zagreb. The young man resumed his football lessons at the school of the local "Dynamo". After some time, the young football player was rented by the club "Bangou", where he defended his honor during the year. At the end of the lease Eduardo da Silva returned to "Dynamo" and signed a full-fledged contract with the club.

After some time, the player was again leased to the local club "Inter", where he showed himself the best way, scoring 10 goals in 15 meetings. Since 2004-2007. Eduardo stands for "Dynamo" three seasons (2004, 2006, 2007), he is recognized as the best player of the national championship. This is not surprising, because in the last year, spent in the club, he scored 34 goals in 32 games.

"Arsenal"

In 2007, Eduardo da Silva was bought by the English club Arsenal for 7.5 million pounds. One of the most promising players in Europe made his debut in the "Arsenal" in a match against "Blackburn Rovers." He proved himself well and by the end of the season he played in the main team. For five months in the English club Eduardo scored 5 goals, made several assists and earned a penalty. Career football player flew up skyward. All broke in the match against Birmingham.

Eduardo da Silva: injury

In the next match of his club, Eduardo came on the game as usual, in the first team. The meeting with "Birmingham" promised to be tense and interesting. In the third minute of the game da Silva took possession of the ball and headed to the opponent's goal. At this point, he tried to stop the defender of the English club Martin Taylor. Rolling the opponent and Silva was a sharp, unsuccessful. At full speed, he crashed a straight leg into the ankle of the Croat. At the same second, the striker's foot turned into a bloody mess from muscles and bones. Horvath fell, his foot was almost torn from his ankle. Eduardo da Silva fainted and hardly remembers the moment of the collision. Doctors put a disappointing diagnosis - a double fracture of the ankle.

For a football player this is practically a verdict, you can forget about your career. Because of the injury, he missed the European Championship, and the Croatian team lost 1/4 finals to Turkey. Almost a year it took the forward to recover and return to the lawn again. In an interview, Eduardo thanked the British doctors. Such a trauma without a rapid response of doctors could cost him a foot.

Martin Taylor after the ill-fated match rushed to the hospital and asked for forgiveness from the Croats. To the surprise of the offender Eduardo accepted the apology, behaved calmly and reacted with understanding to the Englishman.

February 16, 2009 Eduardo celebrated his football birthday. He was able to play again, despite the doctors' disappointing forecasts. In his first match after the break with "Cardiff City" striker scored a goal already in the twentieth minute of the game. Before the final whistle the football player could not hold out, the injury made itself felt, and yet he again signed a long-term contract with Arsenal in 2009.

"Miner"

In July 2010, Eduardo da Silva signed a contract with the Donetsk club Shakhtar for four years. Mircea Lucescu drew attention to a talented Brazilian at the beginning of his career. The cost of the football player remained unknown to the public due to the agreement on non-disclosure of the amount between the clubs. Four years in the Donetsk club Eduardo played with full effect.

Thanks to his assists and regular hits in the goal, the team Mircea Lucescu several times became the Champion of Ukraine. In 2014, Eduardo stopped co-operating with Shakhtar, and a year later returned as a free agent.