2009-11-19 01:32:00 - Eduardo, SC BRAGA, and Portuguese national squad goalkeeper beats the Portugal record of more minutes without suffering a goal for the Portugal national squad

Eduardo, goalkeeper of Sporting Clube de Braga and the National Team of Portugal is known in the Braguistas squad for "animal". The nickname, which also once belonged to the former coach of the Warriors of Minho Jorge Costa, based entirely on giant figure of the beacon of SC Braga(1.87cm tall and 87kg weight).

In practice, Eduardo becomes small when it is near the giant Jorge Vital(1,65cm), former SC BRAGA goakeeper and coach of the club goalkeepers, and largely responsible for the explosion of mirandela region goalkeeper.

The Braga goal is well guarded - Eduardo in the Premier League and Kieszek Cup of Portugal - with the goalie of Sporting Braga is the least hit the Portuguese League.

The number 1 of national squadron

of Portugal is experiencing a great form, but the honor does not belong exclusively to the goalkeeper of 27 years the left is home town of Mirandela 11 years ago to head to the Arsenal do Minho.

And those who follow a regular basis to play / practice squad led by Domingos Paciência realizes that the success of Eduardo is based on hard work, the quality of his colleagues in the SCB squad, the effectiveness as the team defends and in Jorge Vital.

The Braguista Goalkeepers Coach not let the goalkeeper of Sp.Braga and the National Team for a minute that is, looking at each moment, improve performance of one of his pupils.
"Placing, care, slow down and reads the game well" are some of the instructions that Jorge Eduardo Vital gives for a simple "peladinha". The goalkeeper is always "on fire" and applies to every move as if it were the last of any fundamental play. Their screams sing in "quarry" and for that reason and also because of its physical pattern, the goalkeeper for national team of Portugal, is nicknamed the "Animal".

At the end of practice, Eduardo is always working to Jorge Vital, in all training sessions, gives an authentic beating the Kieszek, Edward and Cristiano, the 3 guardians of Bracarenses goal. And after the overtime, Vital and Eduardo continue to talk on the way to the locker room. The teacher is Vital, former guardian of Sp.Braga not drop the "student" Eduardo, who is always available and ready to learn. And the results of this "marriage" are in plane sight ...

HOLDER ON THE ABSOLUTE LIGA SAGRES GAMES FOR 30 MONTHS

The "animal", as it is affectionately nicknamed by his colleagues at SC Braga, became, at a glance, a real "monster" beacons. 30 months ago that Edward will not let the gloves of Liga Sagres titular ownership. The Sporting Braga goalkeeper already add the 71 consecutive game as the owner and master of a beacon in the Portuguese league.

The walk began striking at the Beira-Mar, the last round of 2006/2007, followed by Vitoria Setubal (30 games, and won the League Cup) and last season, which said the Warriors do Minho, returned to score 30 games in the main Portuguese League football.

This season, Eduardo takes 10 consecutive matches defending the nets of Sporting de Braga in the Portuguese League, and only fited 5 goals until now.