Éder (Italian footballer)

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Citadin and the second or paternal family name is Martins.

Éder

Éder with Sampdoria in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Éder Citadin Martins
Date of birth	(1986-11-15) 15 November 1986
Place of birth	Lauro Müller, Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Sampdoria
Number	23
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	Criciúma	1	(0)
2006–2008	Empoli	5	(0)
2008–2009	Frosinone	52	(20)
2009–2012	Empoli	40	(27)
2010–2011	→ Brescia (loan)	35	(6)
2011–2012	→ Cesena (loan)	17	(2)
2012–	Sampdoria	123	(42)
International career‡
2015–	Italy	8	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2015

Éder Citadin Martins, known mononymously as Éder (born 15 November 1986), is a Brazilian-born Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Italian club Sampdoria.

Club career

Frosinone

Éder signed for Frosinone in a co-ownership deal for a fee of €600,000 in June 2008 after a loan spell during the second half of the 2007–08 Serie B season.

Return to Empoli

Empoli bought back Éder from Frosinone in June 2009 for €2.42 million following an impressive Serie B season from the striker. He scored 4 goals in one Serie B game on 15 April 2010, two of which were penalties in a 5–2 victory for Empoli over Salernitana.

Brescia

On 20 August 2010, he signed a 1+4 year contract with Serie A newcomers Brescia, for an undisclosed fee, which Lega Serie A listed in its transfer list. Éder would join Brescia on loan for the first year. Brescia later revealed in its financial report, that the loan fee was €1.8 million.

Cesena

He scored just 6 goals for the club and on 13 July 2011 transferred to Cesena from Empoli in a temporary deal for €2.2 million. On 24 January 2012 he moved on loan to Sampdoria (from Cesena) for €1.1 million.

Sampdoria

On 3 July 2012, Sampdoria signed Éder outright for €3 million on a five-year contract.

International career

Éder, as a dual citizen of Italy and Brazil, was eligible to play for both nations. He qualified for the Italian national team through his citizenship and through his great-grandfather Battista Righetto, who was Italian from Nove in Veneto. In light of this Éder started being considered for Italy by head coach Antonio Conte due to his successful performances in the 2014–15 season with Sampdoria.

There was controversy surrounding Antonio Conte's call-up for Brazilian-born Éder along with Argentine-born Franco Vázquez. Speaking at a Serie A meeting on 23 March 2015, Roberto Mancini said, "The Italian national team should be Italian. An Italian player deserves to play for the national team while someone who wasn't born in Italy, even if they have relatives, I don't think they deserve to." Conte's response to the use of foreign-born players was, "If Mauro Camoranesi [who was born in Argentina] was allowed to help Italy win the 2006 World Cup, then why can't Éder and Franco Vázquez lead the Azzurri to glory in next year's European Championship?"

On 28 March 2015, Éder made his debut for Italy, coming on as a 58th-minute substitute for Simone Zaza in a Euro 2016 qualifying away match against Bulgaria and scoring the equaliser for a 2–2 draw in the 84th minute. He made his first start three days later against England in a 1–1 draw at Juventus Stadium in Turin, making way for fellow oriundo Vázquez after 61 minutes. On 10 October 2015, Éder opened the scoring in a 3–1 away win over Azerbaijan which qualified Italy to the UEFA Euro 2016.

Statistics

International

As of 17 November 2015

Italy national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2015	8	2
Total	8	2

International goals

Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	28 March 2015	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Bulgaria	2–2	2–2	UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifying
2.	10 October 2015	Baku National Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	1–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifying