Edmar (footballer, born 1980)

Edmar

Edmar playing for Metalist Kharkiv in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Edmar Halovskyi de Lacerda
Date of birth	(1980-06-16) 16 June 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1997	Independente de Limeira
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1999	Independente de Limeira	34	(10)
2000–2001	Etti Jundiaí	15	(2)
2001–2002	Internacional	30	(7)
2002–2007	Tavriya Simferopol	117	(18)
2007–2015	Metalist Kharkiv	189	(21)
2015–2016	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	10	(1)
2017	Boca Raton
2017–2018	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	13	(2)
International career
2011–2014	Ukraine	15	(1)
Managerial career
2022	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (assistant)
2022–2023	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edmar Galovskyi de Lacerda (Ukrainian: Едмар Галовський де Ласерда; born 16 June 1980) often known as simply Edmar, born as Edmar de Lacerda Aparecida, is a retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Brazil, he was naturalized as a Ukrainian and has played fifteen times and scored one goal for the Ukraine national football team.^[1]

On 21 February 2017, Boca Raton announced the signing of Edmar.^[2]

Edmar made his debut for Ukraine on 10 August 2011, in a 0–1 loss against Sweden in a friendly match at his club ground in Kharkiv, replacing Ruslan Rotan for the final 17 minutes.

On 7 June 2013, his third cap, he made his first start in a 4–0 away win over Montenegro in qualification for the following year's World Cup.^[3] Edmar was one of nine Ukrainian players on 6 September to score in their 9–0 thrashing of San Marino at the Arena Lviv in another qualifier.^[4] On 15 November, he provided the pass to teammate Roman Zozulya for the first goal in a 2–0 victory over France, in the qualification play-off,^[5] although France won on aggregate.

He got married on 13 December 2008 in Simferopol to Ukrainian Tetiana Halovska, a native of Simferopol Raion.^[6]

As a naturalized Ukrainian citizen, on 20 July 2014, Edmar was called up to serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the war in Donbas.^[7]

Statistics accurate as of match played 12 October 2014^[8]

As of 9 September 2013^[8]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref
1.	9 September 2013	Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine	San Marino	3–0	9–0	2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier	[9]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edmar Halovskyi De Laserda.

• Edmar at National-Football-Teams.com
• Edmar's profile at Metalist's web page
• Edmar's interview with Lviv Newspaper
• Edmar Aparecida profile at the Brazilian FA database
• Edmar Lacerda's football career story from O Globo Esporte in Brazil
• Edmar at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)