Eduardo dos Santos (footballer, born 1980)

Eduardo Ribeiro dos Santos, born on 5 August 1980 in São João, Piauí, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward. He spent thirteen years in Europe, winning the Swiss Super League with Grasshoppers in 2002-03 and then moving to France, where he scored both goals for Guingamp in their 2-1 Coupe de France final win over Rennes in May 2009 while the club was in Ligue 2. He joined newly promoted Ligue 1 side Lens in July 2009, had two stints with Ajaccio and signed for Metz in January 2014. He returned to Brazil that June with Ríver in Piauí and later played for Altos, Campinense and Treze, where he was joint top scorer of the 2019 Série C with eight goals.