Édson de Jesus Nobre

Édson de Jesus Nobre simply known with the name Édson was born on the 2^nd March 1980. He is a retired Angolan international football player who played the role of a winger for the country and for the clubs.

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Édson spent most of his professional career in Portugal, mainly with the club, Pacos de Ferreira, and he was with the club that played in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup.

Édson was part of the Angolan national team that played in the 2006 World Cup.

Football Career

Édson was born in Benguela. He started his professional football career in Portugal when he was 19 years of age. He went on to play the lower league football of the country with the clubs, G.D. Mealhada and Anadia FC. The third division display of Édson with the club, Oliveira do Bairro S.C. caught the attention of the top level football club side, F.C. Pacos de Ferreira.

Édson played his first league match for the club against C.D. Nacional on the 21^st August 2005, and the game finished 0-1 loss in Madeira. In the second season he had with the club, as his club qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in the history of the club’s football. Édson scored four goals for the club after playing the total of 25 matches for the club, but he was never a static starter of the club in his four years stay at the club.

In the summer of the year 2009, Édson signed with EthnikosAchna FC of Cyprus. His stay at the club was not successful, so he went back to his country in the next transfer window and joined C.R.D. Libolo.

In the year 2011, he joined Arouca, but never played any game of the club. He left the club in that same year to AliadosLordelo where he spent the 2011/12 season, though he played no game for the club as well.

Édson was part of the Angolan national team from the year 2005 to the year 2009. He was called up for the first time in the national team of the country in the year 2005 and was among the national team of the country that played in the 2006 African Cup of Nations. He was also among the national team of the country that played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Édson was also among the national team of the country that played in the 2008 African Cup of Nations, he played in the quarter final game that was played against Egypt, and the match finished 2-1 in favor of Egypt.

Édson played the total of 15 games for the national team of the country from the year 2005 to the year 2009 that he retired from international football.