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Eduardo César Daud Gaspar (born 16 May 1978), known as Edu (pronounced), is a Brazilian former professional footballer and ex sporting director of Premier League club Arsenal. As a player, he was an attacking and central midfielder , and played for Corinthians in Brazil, Arsenal in England, and Valencia in Spain across a twelve-year career.
The Brazilian has played a vital role at the Emirates in recent years but is now poised to join up with Evangelos Marinakis
The Brazilian is set to leave the Gunners after playing a pivotal role alongside Mikel Arteta in the club’s excellent transfer business in recent years
After his retirement, Edu was the general coordinator of the Brazil national football team from 2016 to 2019. He was appointed as Arsenal's first ever technical director on 9 July 2019. [109] [106] Director of Football Operations ENG: Richard Garlick Garlick was previously director of football at the Premier League between 2018 and 2021.
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The Gunners boss spoke ahead of Arsenal’s Champions League clash with Inter Milan
[21] [22] Shortly after the club had been taken over by a new group of investors, Round left his position as director of football on 4 July 2018. [ 23 ] On 24 December 2019, Round returned to the Premier League after being appointed as an assistant first team coach at Arsenal under newly appointed head coach Mikel Arteta , with assistant coach ...
Upon joining the club, both manager Mikel Arteta and technical director Edu commented about the player, describing him as an "important member of the squad" at Arsenal. [76] He became the fourth Japanese player to sign for the club after Junichi Inamoto and Ryo Miyaichi ; others such as Takuma Asano never managed to feature in a competitive ...