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Edílson (footballer, born 1986)

Brazilian footballer and manager

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 15, 2025
Entity authorityQ5346996 ↗
Source-derived summary

Edílson Mendes Guimarães (born 27 July 1986), better known as Edílson, is a former Brazilian footballer football player who played as a right back.

He made his debut for Grêmio on 3 March 2010, against Avenida. The final score was 3–1 for Grêmio and Edílson made a goal and an assistance during the match. On 12 July 2011, he joined Atlético Paranaense on a one-and-half-year loan deal at the request of head coach Renato Gaúcho.

Career statistics

As of match played 21 April 2016.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Edílson (footballer, born 1986)” as brazilian footballer and manager. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Edílson, footballer and born.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1986, 2010, 2011, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1986-07-27. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Edílson, footballer and born providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 15, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5346996. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1986, 2010, 2011 and 2016.

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This entry incorporates text from “Edílson (footballer, born 1986)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.