Édson Boaro, best known as Édson and as Édson Abobrão (born July 3, 1959 at São José do Rio Pardo

São José do Rio Pardo

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, São Paulo State) is a former Brazil

Brazil

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ian football (soccer)

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 defender.

In his career he played for Ponte Preta

Associação Atlética Ponte Preta

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 (1978-1984), Corinthians

Sport Club Corinthians Paulista

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 (1984-1989), Palmeiras

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras

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 (1989-1992), Guarani

Guarani Futebol Clube

Guarani Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football club located in Campinas, São Paulo. Guarani is also known as Bugre, a popular term for an Indigenous Brazilian...

 (1992), Noroeste

Esporte Clube Noroeste

Esporte Clube Noroeste, usually known simply as Noroeste, is a Brazilian football club based in Bauru. Named after a now-defunct railway, Noroeste is a very traditional team within São Paulo state...

, Paysandu

Paysandu Sport Club

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 and Remo Pará

Clube do Remo

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 (1993), Botafogo

Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas

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 (1994-1995) and São José do Rio Pardo (1995-1998).

He won the Brazilian Silver Ball Award

Bola de Ouro

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 in 1984, one São Paulo State Championship

Campeonato Paulista

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 in 1988 and one Pará State Championship

Campeonato Paraense

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 in 1992. With the Brazil national football team

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 he won at the Pan American Games in 1979

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, was capped 19 times between June 1983 and June 1986, and participated in the 1986 FIFA World Cup

1986 FIFA World Cup

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Édson played at right-back in Brazil’s opening two games in the 1986 World Cup in México, when first choice Leandro did not make the trip. He was injured early in the second game, against Algeria in Guadalajara, and was replaced by the veteran midfielder Falcão. However, Édson’s injury ultimately led to the début of Josimar, at right-back, for the next game against Northern Ireland. Josimar scored a spectacular goal for Brazil, beating Irish goalkeeper Pat Jennings who, at 41, was playing his last international.

Josimar’s shot was from 30 yards. After spotting Jennings standing slightly off his line (who expects Brazilians to shoot from such outrageous distances and angles?), he hit his shot from the right and it landed inside the top right hand corner of the goal. Josimar would score an equally audacious shot in the next game against Poland, and he would be one of the stars of México ’86 - all thanks to Édson’s injury.

As for Édson, as luck would have it, he never played for Brazil again. Since 1998, he is a coach.