Eduardo dos Reis Carvalho is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Croatian club GNK Dinamo Zagreb and the Portugal national team, as a goalkeeper.
Carvalho first appeared in the Primeira Liga during the 2006–07 season, when he served a six-month loan at S.C. Beira-Mar. In the following campaign he was also loaned, this time to Vitoria de Setubal, and was as a key player in a Carlos Carvalhal-led side that won the inaugural Portuguese League Cup and thus qualifying for the UEFA Cup. He returned to Braga for 2008–09, playing in all the league matches while doing the same in the Minho team's UEFA Cup round-of-16 run.
On 7 July 2010, Eduardo signed a four-year contract with Serie A's Genoa C.F.C. for a reported €4 million, replacing departed Marco Amelia. Eduardo started all the games but one for Genoa in his first and only season, in a final midtable position.He signed for istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor on a three-year contract in June 2012 , joining countryman Carlos Carvalhal at the Super Lig team. On 27 June 2014, Eduardo joined several compatriots at Dinamo Zagreb after agreeing to a three-year contract.
Eduardo was called for Carlos Queiroz for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Denmark after UEFA Euro 2008. He finished the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with five games as Portugal qualified for the final stages. He was also named in the squad of 23 for the 2014 World Cup,but only managed to play five minutes in the last group stage match against Ghana. |
