Edson Rolando Silva Sousa

Edson
Personal information
Full name	Edson Rolando Silva Sousa
Date of birth	March 9 1983 (1983-03-09) (age 25)
Place of birth	São Vicente, Cape Verde
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	UT Arad
Number	8
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2004 ? 2004 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007-	FC Baden U19 FC Solothurn PSV Eindhoven → FC Luzern (loan) Tottenham Hotspur F.C. ADO Den Haag (loan) El Zamalek C.S. Marítimo Estrela da Amadora UT Arad	26 (6) 9 (3) 1 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0) 7 (3) 5 (1) — (—) — (—) ? (?)
National team
	Portugal U-20
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Edson "Eddie" Rolando Silva Sousa (born March 9, 1983 in São Vicente, Cape Verde) is a Portuguese footballer currently playing for UT Arad. He plays Forward. Edson Silva signed for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. from PSV Eindhoven shortly before the 2004/05 season got underway. 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 even reach then, leaving Spurs in January 2005 to join Den Haag. After scoring 3 goals with Den Haag, Egyptian side Zamalek signed him. He has played 4 matches for Zamalek scoring 1 goal in AL Koroum. After an unfortune season with Zamalek, Potuguese Side Maritimo decided to sign him for a fee that extended to 230,000 $. In the beginning of 2007 he was signed by Romanian Liga I side UT Arad. He is married to a girl from Switzerland from which he has 3 children.

External links

• Edson Rolando Silva Sousa career stats at Soccerbase
• RomanianSoccer.ro