Edmar (footballer, born 1980)

Edmar Galovskyi de Lacerda, simply known as Edmar, is a professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Kyrgyzstan national under-23 team. Born in Brazil, he was naturalized as a Ukrainian and played fifteen times for the Ukraine national team as a midfielder, scoring one goal.

Playing career

On 21 February 2017, Boca Raton announced the signing of Edmar.

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. 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. 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, although France won on aggregate.

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

''Statistics accurate as of match played 12 October 2014''

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