Vavá

Vavá
Edvaldo Izidio Neto (12 November 1934 – 19 January 2002), commonly known as Vavá, was a Brazilian professional footballer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest strikers of his generation. Nicknamed "Peito de Aço" (Steel Chest), he most notably played for Vasco da Gama, Atlético Madrid, Palmeiras and the Brazil national team.
International career
Vavá earned twenty caps with the Brazil national team between 1955 and 1964, scoring a total of fifteen goals. He was in the side that won both the 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cups, in which he scored five and four goals, respectively. Furthermore, he was a joint-recipient of the 1962 World Cup Golden Boot as one of the tournament's top scorers. Vavá was also part of Brazil's squad for the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Vavá scored in the final of both 1958 (twice) and 1962 (once), thus becoming the first player to score in two. To this day, only five players have achieved this feat, the other four being Pelé, Paul Breitner, Zinedine Zidane, and Kylian Mbappé. He remained the only player to have scored in two consecutive World Cup Final matches until Kylian Mbappé achieved the feat in the 2022 World Cup Final, having also scored in the Final in 2018.
Club statistics
Honours
Club
Sport Club do Recife
Campeonato Pernambucano: 1949
C.R. Vasco da Gama
Campeonato Carioca (Rio de Janeiro State championship): 1952, 1956, 1958
Torneio Rio - São Paulo (Rio – São Paulo Tournament): 1958
Quadrangular Tournament of Rio: 1953
Rivadavia Corrêa Meyer's Tournament (Rio): 1953
Oswaldo Cruz Cup: 1955, 1958
Santiago de Chile Tournament: 1957
Paris Tournament: 1957
Theresa Herrera Trophy: 1957
Atlético de Madrid
Copa del Rey: 1960, 1961
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
Campeonato Paulista (São Paulo State championship): 1963
Oswaldo Cruz Cup: 1962
Guadalajara Tournament: 1963
Club América
Liga MX: 1966
International
Brazil national football team
FIFA World Cup: 1958, 1962
Individual
FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe: 1962
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1962
Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame
References
Sources
VAVÁ Ex-atacante do Vasco, Palmeiras e Seleção by Gustavo Grohmann
Vavá… o peito de aço
Vava, Edvaldo Izidio Neto de son vrai nom
External links
Legends of the Football World Cup
NASL stats
1934 births
2002 deaths
Footballers from Recife
Brazilian men's footballers
Atlético Madrid footballers
Club América footballers
CR Vasco da Gama players
Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Brazil
1958 FIFA World Cup players
1962 FIFA World Cup players
FIFA World Cup-winning players
La Liga players
São Paulo state football team players
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players
Brazil men's international footballers
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Al-Rayyan SC managers
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Liga MX players
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
San Diego Toros players
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players
La Liga managers
Granada CF managers
Córdoba CF managers
Men's association football forwards
Brazilian football managers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Qatar Stars League managers
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Expatriate football managers in Spain
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