{{short description|Bissau-Guinean footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ednilson | image = | fullname = Ednilson Pedro Rocha Andrade Mendes | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|09|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | height = {{height|m=1.71|precision=0}} | position = Defensive midfielder | youthyears1 = 1993–1999 | youthclubs1 = Boavista | youthyears2 = 1999–2000 | youthclubs2 = Roma | years1 = 2000–2001 | clubs1 = Roma | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2001–2005 | clubs2 = Benfica | caps2 = 43 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2003–2004 | clubs3 = → Vitória Guimarães (loan) | caps3 = 8 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2004–2005 | clubs4 = → Gil Vicente (loan) | caps4 = 20 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2006–2007 | clubs5 = OFI | caps5 = 17 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2008 | clubs6 = Partizan | caps6 = 14 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2008–2009 | clubs7 = AEK Larnaca | caps7 = 5 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2009–2012 | clubs8 = Dinamo Tbilisi | caps8 = 34 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2012 | clubs9 = Vasas | caps9 = 0 | goals9 = 0 | totalcaps = 142 | totalgoals = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2000–2003 | nationalteam1 = Portugal U21 | nationalcaps1 = 26 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | nationalyears2 = 2010–2011 | nationalteam2 = Guinea-Bissau | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalteam-update = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}} {{medal|Country|{{fb|POR}}}} {{Medal|Competition|UEFA European Under-17 Championship|}} {{Medal|W|1996 Austria|}} }}
'''Ednilson Pedro Rocha Andrade Mendes''' (born 25 September 1982), known simply as '''Ednilson''', is a Bissau-Guinean former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
==Club career== Ednilson was born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, moving to Portugal at an early age. Not yet 17, he was bought by Italy's AS Roma, but in January 2001 moved to F.C. Alverca for 618 million lire,<ref>AS Roma SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2001 (in Italian)</ref> after he refused to extend his initial contract.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asromacalcio.it/sito-ufficiale/news/articolo315.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020329012111/http://www.asromacalcio.it/sito-ufficiale/news/articolo315.html|title=Ednilson ceduto all'Alverca|trans-title=Ednilson sold to Alverca|publisher=A.S. Roma|language=Italian|date=13 January 2001|archivedate=29 March 2002|accessdate=1 April 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Without no official appearances, he was sold to S.L. Benfica.
With the Lisbon club, Ednilson was relatively used during two seasons, after which he was loaned to fellow Primeira Liga sides Vitória S.C. and Gil Vicente FC, playing with the latter precisely as Benfica won the national league after 11 years. After almost two years at OFI (17 matches in total) he spent some months without a club, after which he rejoined countryman Almami Moreira at FK Partizan – both were youth graduates at Boavista FC – helping the Belgrade team to the double in his short spell.
Ednilson then played one year in Cyprus with AEK Larnaca FC. On 27 November 2009, he signed a {{frac|1|1|2}}-year contract with FC Dinamo Tbilisi.<ref>[http://fcdinamo.ge/index.php?act=news&id=383&lang=ge ედნილსონი დინამოელია]; Dinamo Tbilisi, 27 November 2009 (in Georgian)</ref>
On 21 February 2012, Ednilson changed clubs and countries once again, signing for Vasas SC in Budapest for five months. He was released at the end of the campaign (which ended in relegation), with no official appearances to his credit.
==Club statistics== <ref>{{cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/ednilson-pedro-rocha-andrade-mendes/71098/|title=Ednilson|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !Season!!Team!!Country!!Division!!Apps!!Goals |- |1999–00||align="left"|Roma||align="left"|{{ITA}}||1||1||0 |- |2000–01||align="left"|Benfica||align="left"|{{POR}}||1||13||0 |- |2001–02||align="left"|Benfica||align="left"|{{POR}}||1||22||0 |- |2002–03||align="left"|Benfica||align="left"|{{POR}}||1||8||0 |- |2003–04||align="left"|Vitória Guimarães||align="left"|{{POR}}||1||8||0 |- |2004–05||align="left"|Gil Vicente||align="left"|{{POR}}||1||20||0 |- |2005–06||align="left"|OFI||align="left"|{{GRE}}||1||4||0 |- |2006–07||align="left"|OFI||align="left"|{{GRE}}||1||13||0 |- |2007–08||align="left"|Partizan||align="left"|{{SRB}}||1||14||0 |- |2008–09||align="left"|AEK Larnaca||align="left"|{{CYP}}||1||5||0 |- |2009–10||align="left"|Dinamo Tbilisi||align="left"|{{GEO}}||1||29||0 |}
==International career== After having represented Portugal at U21 level between 2000 and 2003, Ednilson accepted the calls of his country of birth, Guinea-Bissau, when their national team was resurrected in 2010, after three years of inactivity. Ednilson made 3 appearances between 2010 and 2011 for Guinea-Bissau.<ref>{{NFT player|40252}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{ForaDeJogo}} *{{NFT player|40252}}
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