Dudu (footballer, born June 1999)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Rodrigues and the second or paternal family name is Nunes.

Eduardo Marcelo Rodrigues Nunes (born 5 June 1999), commonly known as Dudu, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Vitória.

Dudu

Personal information
Full name	Eduardo Marcelo Rodrigues Nunes
Date of birth	(1999-06-05) 5 June 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	São Vicente, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Vitória
Youth career
	Santos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018	Santos	0	(0)
2019	Athletico Paranaense	0	(0)
2019	PSTC	0	(0)
2020	Tupã	6	(1)
2021	Ação	6	(2)
2021–2022	Ferroviário	34	(0)
2022	→ Fortaleza (loan)	0	(0)
2023	Volta Redonda	13	(0)
2023	→ Vitória (loan)	20	(0)
2024–	Vitória	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:34, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Born in São Vicente, São Paulo, Dudu was a Santos youth graduate. On 9 January 2019, after playing twice with the B-team in the previous year's Copa Paulista, he signed a three-year contract with Athletico Paranaense.^[1]

Dudu left Athletico on 21 March 2019, without featuring a single minute for the club,^[2] and joined PSTC on 5 April 2019.^[3] On 21 September 2020, he moved to Tupã.^[4]

In February 2021, Dudu agreed to a contract with Assisense,^[5] but signed for Ação on 17 April.^[6] On 27 May, he was presented at Série C side Ferroviário.^[7]

On 15 March 2022, Fortaleza announced the signing of Dudu on loan from Ferroviário, with a buyout clause.^[8] Initially assigned to their under-23 team, he returned to Ferrão on 11 July, after making no appearances.^[9]

On 24 November 2022, Dudu signed for Volta Redonda.^[10]

Career statistics

As of 30 January 2024^[11]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Santos	2018	Série A	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		2[a]	0	2	0
Athletico Paranaense	2019	Série A	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
PSTC	2019	Paranaense Série Prata	—		0	0	—		—		—		0	0
Tupã	2020	Paulista 2ª Divisão	—		6	1	—		—		—		6	1
Ação	2021	Mato-Grossense	—		6	2	—		—		—		6	2
Ferroviário	2021	Série C	15	0	—		—		—		3[b]	0	18	0
	2022		5	0	14	0	1	0	—		—		20	0
	Subtotal		20	0	14	0	1	0	—		3	0	38	0
Fortaleza (loan)	2022	Série A	0	0	—		—		—		—		0	0
Volta Redonda	2023	Série C	2	0	11	0	4	1	—		—		17	1
Vitória	2023	Série B	20	0	—		—		—		—		20	0
	2024	Série A	0	0	4	0	0	0	—		0	0	4	0
	Subtotal		20	0	4	0	0	0	—		0	0	24	0
Career total			42	0	41	3	5	1	0	0	5	0	95	4

1. Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
2. Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste

References

1. "Ex-Santos, volante Dudu assina por três anos com Athletico; Cittadini tem pré-contrato" [Formerly of Santos, defensive midfielder Dudu signs for three years with Athletico; Cittadini has a pre-contract] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
2. "Athletico rescinde contrato de três anos, e volante Dudu, ex-Santos, sai sem ter jogado" [Athletico rescind three-year contract, and defensive midfielder Dudu, formerly of Santos, leaves without playing] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
3. "Ex-Santos, volante Dudu assina com o PSTC após rescindir com o Athletico" [Formerly of Santos, defensive midfielder Dudu signs with PSTC after rescinding with Athletico] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
4. "Quinteto da Baixada Santista é confirmado no Tupã para a Segundona Paulista" [Quintet from the Baixada Santista is confirmed at Tupã for the Segundona Paulista] (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Curioso do Futebol. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
5. "Segundona: Assisense corre para anunciar novas peças antes da estreia" [Segundona: Assisense run to register new pieces before the debut] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
6. "Ação contrata três jogadores pensando no "mata-mata"" [Ação sign three players thinking in the knockout stage] (in Brazilian Portuguese). A Bola da Vez MT. 17 April 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
7. "Ferroviário oficializa a contratação do volante Dudu" [Ferroviário turn official the signing of defensive midfielder Dudu] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Ferroviário AC. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
8. "Fortaleza anuncia acordo com Ferroviário para contratação do volante Dudu" [Fortaleza announce deal with Ferroviário for the signing of defensive midfielder Dudu] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Fortaleza EC. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
9. "Volante Dudu retorna ao Ferroviário" [Defensive midfielder Dudu returns to Ferroviário] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Ferroviário AC. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
10. "Voltaço anuncia a contratação do volante Dudu" [Voltaço announce the signing of defensive midfielder Dudu] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Volta Redonda FC. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
11. Dudu at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 March 2023.