Edmílson, full name José Edmílson Gomes de Moraes, (born July 10, 1976 in Taquaritinga, Brazil) is a Brazilian football player of Italian descent. He has played as centre-back/defensive midfielder for São Paulo FC, Olympique Lyonnais and currently, after payed a transfer fee of €10 million[1], FC Barcelona with a contract to end in June 2007.[2]
He won the São Paulo State, French and Spanish championships with São Paulo F.C., Olympique Lyonnais and FC Barcelona. Since moving to Europe, he has won a domestic championship in each of his first 6 seasons (4 with Lyon, 2 with Barcelona).
While playing with FC Barcelona he suffered two serious injuries, but was able to fully recover and played an important role in the teams success on the domestic and European scenes in the 2005-2006 season. He has an Italian passport which allows him to play in the EU as an European player.
He has won 36 caps with the Brazilian national team, the first one on July 18, 2000, and won the Football World Cup 2002. He was forced to withdraw from the Brazil squad for the 2006 World Cup after sustaining a knee injury in training before the tournament.
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If he's for free then why not. Could be used as a utility player