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Vavá

Brazilian footballer (1934–2002)

Field	Value
name	Vavá
image	Vavá en 1962.jpg
caption	Vavá in 1962
fullname	Edvaldo Izídio Neto
birth_date
birth_place	Recife, Brazil
death_date
death_place	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
height
position	Striker
years1	1949–1950	years2 = 1951–1958	years3 = 1958–1961	years4 = 1961–1963	years5 = 1964–1967	years6 = 1967–1968	years7 = 1968	years8 =1969
clubs1	Sport Recife	clubs2 = Vasco da Gama	clubs3 = Atlético Madrid	clubs4 = Palmeiras	clubs5 = América	clubs6 = Toros Neza	clubs7 = San Diego Toros	clubs8 = Portuguesa
caps1		goals1 =	caps2 = 456	goals2 = 191	caps3 = 71	goals3 = 31	caps4 =142	goals4 =71	caps5 =	goals5 =	caps6 =	goals6 =	caps7 = 28	goals7 = 5	caps8 =	goals8 =
totalcaps	697	totalgoals = 298
nationalyears1	1955–1964
nationalteam1	Brazil
nationalcaps1	20	nationalgoals1 = 15
manageryears1	1971–1972	managerclubs1= Córdoba
manageryears2	1974–1975	managerclubs2= Córdoba
manageryears3	1977–1978	managerclubs3= Granada
manageryears4	1984–1985	managerclubs4= Al Rayyan

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 World Cup finals of both 1958 (twice) and 1962 (once), thus becoming the first player to score in two finals. 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 Mbappé achieved the feat in 2022, having also scored in the final in 2018.

Club statistics

Club performance	League	Season	Club	League
1958–59	Atlético Madrid	La Liga	27	16
1959–60	29	10
1960–61	15	5
1968	San Diego Toros	North American Soccer League	28	5

Honours

Club

Sport Recife

Campeonato Pernambucano: 1949

Vasco da Gama

Campeonato Carioca: 1952, 1956, 1958
Torneio Rivadavia Correa Meyer: 1953
Tournoi de Paris: 1957
Torneio Rio–São Paulo: 1958

Atlético de Madrid

Copa del Rey: 1959–60, 1960–61

Palmeiras

Campeonato Paulista: 1963

Club América

Liga MX: 1966

International

Brazil national football team

FIFA World Cup: 1958, 1962

Individual

FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe: 1962
Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame

References

Sources

References

Burnton, Simon. (21 January 2002). "Brazilian legend Vava dies aged 67".
(20 January 2002). "Brazil legend Vava dies".
"Vavá". Olympedia.
Stead, Matt. (15 November 2025). "Kylian Mbappe's ridiculous career records".

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