Eduardo Alves da Silva (born 25 February 1983 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), commonly known as Eduardo da Silva or simply Eduardo, is a Brazilian-born Croatian footballer, who plays as a striker for English Premier League team, Arsenal, and the Croatia national football team. He is currently out of action having suffered a double compound fracture of his left leg in Arsenal's match against Birmingham City on 23 February 2008.
Eduardo grew up in the Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Bangu and made his first steps in club football with CBF Nova Kennedy and Bangu Atlético Clube [1], although he did not play regularly in the youth categories. He was later noticed by Dinamo Zagreb's scouts and joined the club's youth squad in September 1999, along with an older player named Leandro. Both players stayed at Dinamo on trial until December 1999 and returned to the club in February 2000, starting to play regularly for their under-19 and under-17 squads respectively. Leandro failed to impress and returned to Brazil after six months, while Eduardo found his way to the first team in the summer of 2001, despite suffering some injuries early in his career. [2]
After making his first-team debut with Dinamo in the 2001–02 season, Eduardo was loaned for one season to Croatian second division side Inker Zaprešić (now Inter Zaprešić) in 2002–03 to see more first-team action, scoring 10 goals in 15 league appearances for the club.
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