Edmar Galovskyi de Lacerda (; ; born 16 June 1980), 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.Brasileiro relembra convocação para exército da Ucrânia em plena guerra: 'Foi um susto' espn.com.br
Playing career Club On 21 February 2017, Boca Raton announced the signing of Edmar.
International 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.
Personal life He got married on 13 December 2008 in Simferopol to Ukrainian Tetiana Halovska, a native of Simferopol Raion.Экс-капитан "Таврии" бразилец Эдмар женился на крымчанке – Official website of Tavriya Simferopol
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.
Career statistics Ukraine national teamYearAppsGoals201110201200201381201460Total151 Statistics accurate as of match played 12 October 2014
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref 1. 9 September 2013 Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier
References
External links
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