Edgar Pacheco

This article refers to the Portuguese footballer. For the Mexican footballer, see Edgar Iván Pacheco.

Edgar

Personal information
Full name	Edgar Patrício de Carvalho Pacheco
Date of birth	(1977-08-07) 7 August 1977
Place of birth	Luanda, Angola
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1990–1995	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1998	Benfica	48	(6)
1997	→ Alverca (loan)	16	(2)
1998	Real Madrid	0	(0)
1998–2007	Málaga	202	(20)
2003	→ Getafe (loan)	19	(1)
2007–2008	Boavista	7	(0)
2008–2009	Alki Larnaca	12	(0)
Total		304	(29)
International career
1995–1996	Portugal U20	11	(2)
1997–1999	Portugal U21	25	(3)
1998	Portugal	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edgar Patrício de Carvalho Pacheco (born 7 August 1977), known simply as Edgar, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward.

After making his professional debuts with Benfica at the age of 18 he appeared irregularly for the club, and spent most of his later career in Spain, almost exclusively in representation of Málaga.

Club career

Born in Luanda, Angola, Edgar was a product of S.L. Benfica's youth system, making his debut with the first team at only 18 by playing 45 minutes in a 1–0 away win against F.C. Tirsense on 26 August 1995, and finishing his first season with 21 appearances and two goals. He was regularly used during his spell, but mainly from the bench, and also served a six-month loan at F.C. Alverca who acted as the feeder club, in the second division.

In the 1998 summer Edgar was bought by Real Madrid, but never represented the La Liga club. He went on to spend the following eight years in the country, almost exclusively with Málaga CF; in the 2002–03 campaign he played for four months with Getafe CF on loan, in the second level.

With the Andalusians, Edgar was a heavily-used offensive weapon: having partnered countryman Litos for five seasons, he appeared in more than 200 games in the league alone, helping the side to top flight promotion in his first year.

Edgar then returned to Portugal for 2007–08, in a disastrous campaign with Boavista FC – seven matches for the player, league relegation for the club (due to irregularities). He quickly moved abroad again, signing with Cyprus' Alki Larnaca FC, being released after one sole season and retiring from football at age 31, after one year without a club.

International career

Edgar played for Portugal internationally: after gaining nearly 30 caps for the under-21s he appeared once with the full side, against Mozambique on 19 August 1998.

Subsequently, Edgar had his application to represent Angola rejected in December 2004, because he had already represented one nation at senior level.

Honours

Benfica

• Taça de Portugal: 1995–96

Málaga

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2002
• Segunda División 1998–99

External links

• Edgar Pacheco at footballzz.co.uk
• Edgar Pacheco profile at ForaDeJogo
• Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
• Edgar Pacheco profile at BDFutbol
• Edgar Pacheco at National-Football-Teams.com