Full name Edson Silva Place of birth Brazil Role Football player Name Edson Silva | Playing position Position Midfielder Years Team | |
Date of birth (1962-06-27) June 27, 1962 (age 53) | ||
Edson Silva, also known by the nickname Dido (born June 27, 1962), is a former Brazilian association football player who played for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs Flamengo and Santos. He holds a Dutch passport.
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Playing career
Dido played as a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs Flamengo and Santos. As a Santos player, he played two Série A games in 1984. He has also played in Israel, moving to the country to join Beitar Jerusalem, where he retired in 1996, and started a coaching career, as Maccabi Lazarus Holon's head coach.
Coaching career
He coached the national teams of Vietnam in 2001 and in 2002, Chinese Taipei in 2005, and was hired on December 31, 2008 to coach Bangladesh until this contract was terminated on November 10, 2009 prior to the SAFF Cup. Then he went to coach other clubs.