Éderson José dos Santos Lourenço da Silva, known as Éderson, grew up in Campo Grande, Brazil, and played for Desportivo Brasil, Cruzeiro and Corinthians before moving to Italy with Salernitana in 2022.
Atalanta signed him in 2022, and he became one of the key players in Gian Piero Gasperini’s team, winning the Europa League in 2024. He is a powerful, tireless box-to-box midfielder and is now club captain.
Éderson has been capped by Brazil.
Career in numbers
Éderson’s senior club career, which began in 2017, has so far brought 320 appearances and 28 goals for 6 clubs. His best scoring return came in 2023/24: 7 goals in 53 appearances for Atalanta. His busiest campaign was 2021, with 57 appearances. So far in 2026/27 he has 1 goal in 7 appearances for Atalanta. The full season-by-season record is in the Stats section of this profile.