Edson_Rolando_Silva_Sousa

Edson Silva (footballer, born 1983)

Edson Silva (footballer, born 1983)

Portuguese football manager and former player

Edson Rolando Silva Sousa (born 9 March 1983 in São Vicente, Cape Verde) is a Portuguese football manager and former player. He is the head coach of Falcões do Norte in Cape Verde.[1] He played as a forward.

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Edson Silva signed for Tottenham from PSV Eindhoven shortly before the 2004/05 season got underway.[2] Tottenham's Sporting Director Frank Arnesen had signed him for PSV after spotting him playing for Portugal's youth teams. The attacking midfielder signed a one-year deal with an option to extend that at the end of the season.

Unfortunately, he did not reach the first team but was named on the bench for a number of Premier League games.[3][4] He left Spurs in January 2005 to join Den Haag.[5] After scoring 3 goals for Den Haag, Egyptian side Zamalek signed him.

In the beginning of 2007 he was signed by Romanian Liga I side UTA Arad.[6] After the 2008 season and relegation with UTA, he then left Romania and trained with Finnish Veikkausliiga club TPS Turku.[7] Afterwards, he returned to Romania and signed a contract with Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.

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    Edson Rolando da Silva Sousa s-a făcut antrenor în Capul Verde. „Iubesc UTA!”, glsa.ro, 11 March 2015
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    "Spurs sign Edman". BBC. 31 July 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
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    "Spurs 1-1 Liverpool". BBC. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
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    "Everton 0-1 Tottenham". BBC. 2 October 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
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    "Transfer deadline day round-up". BBC. 1 February 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
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    "80 de străini pentru Liga 2" [80 foreigners for Liga 2] (in Romanian). Liga2prosport.ro. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
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    TPS test portuguese attacker, tps.fi
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