Eduardo Neves

Eduardo Neves de Castro (29 August 1944 – 28 April 1969), also known as Eduardo Neves or simply Eduardo, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a left winger.

Career

Revealed in the youth categories of America-RJ, Neves played for the club from 1961 to 1967, when he was traded to Corinthians. He was part of the historic game to break the club's winning drought against Pelé's Santos FC on 6 March 1968. He made 71 appearances and scored 15 goals.

In 1968 Eduardo played seven matches for the Brazil national team, scoring a goal against Paraguay.

Honours

Brazil Taça Jorge Chávez/Santos Dumont: 1968 Taça Oswaldo Cruz: 1968

Death Eduardo and right-back Lidu died when the Volkswagen Beetle driven by the latter crashed on 28 April 1969 while they were heading to Parque São Jorge for a training session with Corinthians.