Eduardo Ribeiro dos Santos (born 5 August 1980) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as forward for RÃÂver.
Dos Santos was born in São João, PiauÃÂ.
Dos Santos scored his first goal for Guingamp, a penalty against Strasbourg. He gained many admirers due to his versatile play exhibited with Grasshoppers playing opposite Richard Nuñez.
On 9 May 2009, dos Santos entered French football history by scoring both his team's goals in a 2âÂÂ1 triumph in the Coupe de France final against Rennes, despite his side being a Ligue 2 club at the time.
Dos Santos joined promoted Ligue 1 club Lens in July 2009 after agreeing to a three-year deal.
After two stints with Ajaccio, dos Santos signed an eighteen-month contract with Ligue 2 club FC Metz]Metz in January 2014.
Eduardo returned to Brazil in June 2014, after 13 years in Europe, signing for RÃÂver in his native state of PiauÃÂ. In between spells with RÃÂver, he featured for Altos and Campinense in Campeonato Brasileiro Série C and, in 2019, for Treze in 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, where he was joint top scorer with eight goals. He returned to RÃÂver for the 2020 season.
Born in Brazil, dos Santos applied for Swiss citizenship in September 2006 after having lived in Switzerland for six years, thus enabling him to play for the Swiss national team.
Grasshoppers
Guingamp
Metz
River
Fortaleza