Edgar Abreu

Edgar Abreu
Personal information
Full name	Luís Edgar Fernandes Abreu
Date of birth	16 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Funchal, Portugal
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Lusitânia
Youth career
2003–2007	Câmara Lobos
2007–2008	Porto
2008–2010	Câmara Lobos
2010–2013	Nacional
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2018	Nacional
2014	→ Mirandela (loan)
2016	→ União Leiria (loan)
2016–2017	→ Olhanense (loan)
2018–2019	Espinho
2019–2020	Académico Viseu
2020–	Lusitânia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:37, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Luís Edgar Fernandes Abreu (born 16 February 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Lusitânia F.C. as a midfielder.

Club career

Abreu was born in Funchal, Madeira. A product of local C.D. Nacional's youth academy, he made his senior debut with third division club SC Mirandela on loan.^[2]

Having returned to Nacional, Abreu first appeared in the Primeira Liga on 26 October 2014, coming on as a late substitute in the 1–0 home win against Académica de Coimbra.^[3] He scored his only goal in the competition on 9 November, but in a 1–2 loss to S.L. Benfica also at the Estádio da Madeira.^[4]

Abreu was also loaned in the following two seasons, to U.D. Leiria^[5] and S.C. Olhanense (the first team competed in the third tier, the second in the Segunda Liga).^[6]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Edgar Abreu" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ Spranger, David (21 January 2014). "Edgar Abreu emprestado ao Mirandela" [Edgar Abreu loaned to Mirandela]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 November 2014.
^ "Nacional-Académica, 1–0: Matias foi o único com poder de fogo" [Nacional-Académica, 1–0: Matias was the only one with firepower]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 October 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ Tavares da Silva, Hugo (9 November 2014). "Começar a perder, virar e confiar no universo" [Start losing, coming from behind and trusting the universe]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 November 2014.
^ Ferreira, André (29 January 2016). "Edgar Abreu emprestado à U. Leiria" [Edgar Abreu loaned to U. Leiria]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 February 2018.
^ "Nacional empresta Edgar Abreu ao Olhanense" [Nacional loan Edgar Abreu to Olhanense] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2018.