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{{short description|Brazilian footballer and manager}}
{{For|the Portuguese footballer|Eder (Portuguese footballer)}}
{{Portuguese name|Aleixo|de Assis}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Éder Aleixo
| image = JPP4661 (54136748507) (cropped).jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Aleixo in 2024
| full_name = Éder Aleixo de Assis
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1957|5|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Vespasiano]], Brazil
| height = 1.76 m<ref name="profile"/>
| currentclub = [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]] (assistant)
| position = [[Left winger (association football)|Left winger]], [[forward (association football)|forward]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1975–1976 
| years2 = 1977–1979 
| years3 = 1980–1985 
| years4 = 1985 
| years5 = 1986 
| years6 = 1987 
| years7 = 1987 
| years8 = 1988 
| years9 = 1988 
| years10 = 1988 
| years11 = 1988–1989  
| years13 = 1989–1990 
| years14 = 1991 
| years15 = 1992 
| years16 = 1993 
| years17 = 1994–1995 
| years18 = 1995–1996 
| years19 = 1996
| clubs1 = [[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América Mineiro]] 
| clubs2 = [[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]] 
| clubs3 = [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]] 
| clubs4 = [[Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira)|Inter de Limeira]] 
| clubs5 = [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]] 
| clubs6 = [[Santos FC|Santos]] 
| clubs7 = [[Sport Club do Recife|Sport Recife]] 
| clubs8 = [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]] 
| clubs9 = [[Clube Atlético Paranaense|Atlético Paranaense]] 
| clubs10 = [[Cerro Porteño]] 
| clubs11 = [[Malatyaspor]] 
| clubs13 = [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]] 
| clubs14 = [[Clube Atlético Paranaense|Atlético Paranaense]] 
| clubs15 = [[União São João Esporte Clube|União São João]] 
| clubs16 = [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] 
| clubs17 = [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]] 
| clubs18 = [[União São João Esporte Clube|União São João]] 
| clubs19 = [[Sociedade Esportiva do Gama|Gama]]
| caps1 = 26  
| caps2 = 47   
| caps3 = 79   
| caps4 = 
| caps5 = 8   
| caps6 = 
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| caps8 = 6   
| caps9 = 
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| caps11 =   
| caps12 = 1
| caps13 = 19   
| caps14 = 9   
| caps15 = 
| caps16 = 
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| caps18 = 
| goals1 = 6
| goals2 = 14  
| goals3 = 27  
| goals4 = 
| goals5 = 1  
| goals6 = 
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| goals8 = 1  
| goals9 = 
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| goals11 =  
| goals12 = 0
| goals13 = 2  
| goals14 = 3  
| goals15 = 
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| nationalyears1 = 1979–1986
| nationalteam1 = [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]<ref name="profile">{{NFT player|17942|access-date=29 October 2024}}</ref>
| nationalcaps1 = 52
| nationalgoals1 = 8 
| manageryears1 = 2018–
| managerclubs1 = [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]] (assistant)
}}
'''Éder Aleixo de Assis''' ({{IPA|pt-BR|ˈɛdɛʁ|lang}}; born 25 May 1957) is a Brazilian former [[association football|footballer]].

He played as a [[Forward (association football)#Winger|left winger]], and as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]], most notably with [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]] in the [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Campeonato Brasileiro]]<ref name="futpedia">{{cite web|work=Globo Esporte|title=Futpédia: Éder Aleixo (Éder Aleixo de Assis)|url=http://futpedia.globo.com/jogadores/eder-aleixo|accessdate=20 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305061225/http://futpedia.globo.com/jogadores/eder-aleixo|archive-date=5 March 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> and with the [[Brazil national football team|Brazil national team]]. He also played for [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]] and [[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]], among other teams. A few years later, he transferred to Turkey, where he played for [[Malatyaspor]] during 1988–89 season, along with [[Carlos Roberto Gallo|Carlos]] and [[Serginho Chulapa|Serginho]].

==International career==
Éder Aleixo gained 52 caps with the [[Brazil national football team|Brazil national team]] between May 1979 and April 1986, and  came to international prominence during the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]] while playing alongside [[Zico (footballer)|Zico]], [[Sócrates]] and [[Paulo Roberto Falcão|Falcão]] in what's  considered one of the greatest  international football teams ever.<ref name="bbc_noflair">{{Cite news | title = No flair please, he's Brazilian | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/4866312.stm | author=Daniel Pearl |publisher=BBC | date = 3 April 2006 | accessdate =3 July 2006 | location=London}}</ref> In Brazil's first match of the tournament Eder scored a winning goal against the Soviet Union, flicking the ball up and volleying it into the net with blistering power and precision from 25 yards out. He followed that up with another goal in the 4–1 win over Scotland when, after feigning to shoot, he lofted the ball over Scotland's frozen goalie [[Alan Rough]] and into the far corner from the edge of the area. He smashed a bending [[Direct free kick|free kick]] against the crossbar vs Argentina in the 2nd round group game from 30 yards out, and this shot resulted in the first goal of the match scored by Zico.

Éder Aleixo did not make the Brazilian squad for the 1986 World Cup, after losing form and fitness during the preceding season, and also because he apparently pushed a ball boy during a warm-up game for Brazil. He was sent off in his final international match, against Peru, in April 1986. Off the field he was occasionally a controversial figure; rumours abounded that he preferred partying to training and often fell out with coaches and teammates. Despite his ability as a footballer, he was also notorious for his poor work-rate, difficult and temperamental character, and lack of discipline both on and off the pitch, which led him to have issues with several of his managers.<ref name="futpedia"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2014/jul/02/brazil-1982-world-cup-goals-ranked-15|title=Ranking all 15 of Brazil's goals at the 1982 World Cup|work=The Guardian|author=Steven Pye|date=2 July 2014|accessdate=20 November 2015}}</ref>

==Style of play==
A predominantly left-footed player, Éder Aleixo usually played as a wide midfielder on the [[Winger (association football)|left flank]], although he was also capable of playing as a forward or in a free role as a [[second striker]]; in his prime, he was considered to be one of the best players in the world in his position. Although he was not the quickest winger, he was highly creative, athletically built, and had dazzling technical skills and close control, as well as an extremely accurate and powerful [[Curl (football)|bending]] shot with his left foot (one of his strikes reportedly reached a speed of 174.5&nbsp;km/h) that earned him the nickname ''O Canhão'' ("The Cannon") from his fans; he was capable of bending the ball in any direction by striking it with either the inside or the outside of the [[instep]] of his left foot, while he was not particularly adept with his weaker right foot. In addition to his ball striking abilities from outside the area or from volleys in open play, he was also known for his accuracy from [[Direct free kick|free kicks]], as well as his excellent ball delivery from set-pieces and corners, and his accurate long passing and [[Cross (football)|crossing]] ability.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2005/novembre/20/Quando_calcio_esalta_potenza_ga_10_0511206445.shtml|title=Quando il calcio esalta la potenza|trans-title=When football glorifies power|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=Italian|author=Antonino Morici|date=20 November 2005|accessdate=16 May 2017}}</ref><ref name=uol>{{cite web|url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/biografias/401/eder/|title=Éder – Futebol|publisher=UOL Esporte|language=Portuguese|accessdate=16 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=fim>{{cite web|url=http://terceirotempo.ig.com.br/quefimlevou_interna.php?id=3175&sessao=f|title=Que Fim Levou? – Éder|publisher=terceirotempo.ig.com.br|language=Portuguese|accessdate=17 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/remember/2011/03/03-158688/Eder,+il+micidiale+mancino+dei+Mondiali+del++1982|title=Eder, il micidiale mancino dei Mondiali del 1982|publisher=Il Corriere dello Sport|language=Italian|author1=Pietro Cabras|date=3 March 2011|accessdate=16 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330060611/http://www.corrieredellosport.it/remember/2011/03/03-158688/Eder%2C+il+micidiale+mancino+dei+Mondiali+del++1982|archive-date=30 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="storiedicalcio">{{cite web|url=http://storiedicalcio.altervista.org/blog/eder.html|title=EDER: il piede sinistro di Dio|work=Storie di Calcio|language=Italian|author=Giuseppe Ottomano|date=16 December 2015 |accessdate=16 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2014/jul/02/brazil-1982-world-cup-goals-ranked-15|title=Ranking all 15 of Brazil's goals at the 1982 World Cup|work=The Guardian|author1=Steven Pye|date=2 July 2014|accessdate=16 May 2017}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="profile" />
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
|1979||3||2
|-
|1980||4||0
|-
|1981||12||0
|-
|1982||10||3
|-
|1983||11||3
|-
|1985||10||0
|-
|1986||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!52!!8
|}

:''Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Aleixo goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Éder Aleixo
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1
|{{dts|17 May 1979}}
|[[Maracanã Stadium]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
|{{fb|Paraguay}}
|style="text-align:center"|–
|style="text-align:center"|6–0
|[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brazil v Paraguay, 17 May 1979|url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/brazil-v-paraguay-17-may-1979-235235/|website=11v11|access-date=29 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2
|{{dts|31 May 1979}}
|Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	
|{{fb|Uruguay}}
|style="text-align:center"|–
|style="text-align:center"|5–1
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brazil v Uruguay, 31 May 1979|url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/brazil-v-uruguay-31-may-1979-235263/|website=11v11|access-date=29 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|3
|{{dts|5 May 1982}}
|[[Castelão (Maranhão)|Castelão]], [[São Luís, Maranhão|São Luís]], Brazil
|{{fb|Portugal}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|style="text-align:center"|3–1
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brazil v Portugal, 05 May 1982|url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/brazil-v-portugal-05-may-1982-237118/|website=11v11|access-date=29 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|4
|{{dts|14 June 1982}}
|[[Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium]], [[Seville]], Spain
|{{fb|USSR}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|[[1982 FIFA World Cup]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brazil vs. Soviet Union|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/15350/Brazil_Soviet_Union_1.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=29 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|5
|{{dts|18 June 1982}}
|[[Estadio Benito Villamarín]], Seville, Spain
|{{fb|Scotland}}
|style="text-align:center"|3–1
|style="text-align:center"|4–1
|1982 FIFA World Cup
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brazil vs. Scotland|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/15352/Brazil_Scotland.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=29 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|6
|{{dts|28 April 1983}}
|Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	
|{{fb|Chile}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|style="text-align:center"|3–2
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brazil vs. Chile|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/37239/Brazil_Chile.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=29 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|7
|{{dts|1 September 1983}}
|[[Estádio Serra Dourada]], [[Goiânia]], Brazil
|{{fb|Ecuador}}
|style="text-align:center"|4–0
|style="text-align:center"|5–0
|[[1983 Copa América]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brazil vs. Ecuador|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/29563/Brazil_Ecuador.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=29 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|8
|{{dts|13 October 1983}}
|[[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]], Paraguay
|{{fb|Paraguay}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|1983 Copa América	
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Paraguay vs. Brazil|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/29574/Paraguay_Brazil.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=29 October 2024}}</ref>
|}

==Honours==
'''Grêmio'''
* [[Campeonato Gaúcho|Reconquista]]: 1977
* [[Campeonato Gaúcho]]: 1977, 1979
* [[Campeonato Mineiro|Hexa]]: 1978, 1979
* Torneo Ciudad de Rosario: 1979

'''Atlético Mineiro'''
* [[Campeonato Mineiro]]: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1995
* [[Tournament of Paris|Tournoi de Paris]]: 1982
* [[Ramón de Carranza Trophy|Trofeo Ramón de Carranza]]: 1990

'''Cruzeiro'''
* [[Copa do Brasil]]: 1993

'''Individual'''
* [[Bola de Prata (Brazil)|Brazilian Silver Ball]]: 1983
* [[South American Player of the Year]] Bronze award: 1983

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{1983 Bola de Prata}}
{{Brazil squad 1979 Copa América}}
{{Brazil Squad 1982 World Cup}}
{{Brazil Squad 1983 Copa América}}

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