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Éder Militão
Brazilian footballer (born 1998) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Éder Gabriel Militão (born 18 January 1998) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the La Liga club Real Madrid and the Brazil national team.
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Full name | Éder Gabriel Militão[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1998-01-18) 18 January 1998 (age 26) | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sertãozinho, São Paulo, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||||||
Number | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2017 | São Paulo | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | São Paulo | 49 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Porto | 29 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
2019– | Real Madrid | 106 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Brazil U17 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2018– | Brazil | 35 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:58, 25 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:55, 7 July 2024 (UTC) |
Militão began his career at São Paulo, playing 57 matches over a span of two years before transferring to Porto. In 2019, after one season in Portugal, he joined Real Madrid for a reported transfer fee of €50 million. He won two La Liga titles, 2 Champions League in 2022 and the FIFA Club World Cup in 2022.
Militão made his senior international debut for Brazil in 2018. He was part of their squads that won the Copa América in 2019 and came runners-up in 2021, also playing at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2024 Copa América.