Vava football player biography

Born on November 12 in the year-died on January 19 in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian football player. Two-time world champion, Edvalda Isidiu, who received world fame as Vava, was born on November 12 in the Recipit in the north-east of Brazil. The family was poor, and street football was its main entertainment in childhood. From an early age, he played in the attack and scored a lot.

Vava began his professional career in the local Sport Recyfi team Sport Club Do Rechet, which he led to the championship on his state. For seven years, Vava scored heads in the Black and White and won the state championship three times. He became a cult player of the club and received an offer from Europe. In Madrid, Vava played for Atletico, where he spent 71 matches in three seasons and scored 31 goals.

In Madrid, he did not become a legend, but helped the "mattresses" to win two Cups of Spain. After Atletico, Vava returned to Brazil, where he again won the staff of the Palmeiras. He ended his career in Brazil in the year, playing for the Portuguese Desstos club at the age of 35. In the Brazilian national team, Vava became famous, playing for the Brazilian national team.

In the year, he first got into the national team, but became a key player closer to the year at the World Cup in Sweden. Vava scored five goals and helped the team win the title. Four years later, Vava repeated success at the World Cup in Chile, where he scored four goals. At the playoffs, Vava spoke phenomenally, scoring goals in every game and making a double in the semifinals with England.

After that, he ended his career in the Brazilian national team in the year. Thus, he made a significant contribution to the victories of the Brazilian national team, becoming twice the world champion and years, scoring 5 and 4 goals, respectively, in tournaments. Together with five more players, he shared the title of the best scorer of the World Cup in Chile.

Vava is part of a narrow circle of players who scored two world championships in the final matches. Paele and Paul Brightner and Zinedine Zidane and Kilian Mbappe had a similar achievement and he played for the Brazilian national team 23 times, scoring 14 goals. After the football player’s career was completed, after completing his playing career, Vava decided to start coaching. He went to Spain, where he became the head coach of the "Cordoba".

Subsequently, he also led Granada, but without significant success. After that, Vava paused in a coaching career, trying to return through work in the Qatari club Er-Rayan, but this experience was unsuccessful. In years, Vava tried himself as a television team, but here he could not achieve significant results. In the last years of his life, the striker remained in the shadows.

He died on January 19, as a result of cardiac arrest. It was reported that he suffered a heart attack. Vava growth: centimeter. Details of private life are not known.

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