Eduardo Sasha

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Colcenti and the second or paternal family name is Antunes.
Eduardo Sasha

Sasha lining up for Internacional in 2015
Personal information
Full name Eduardo Colcenti Antunes
Date of birth (1992-02-24) 24 February 1992
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Internacional
Number 9
Youth career
2007–2010 Internacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010– Internacional 50 (10)
2012–2013 → Goiás (loan) 23 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:57, 20 September 2016 (UTC).


Eduardo Colcenti Antunes (born 24 February 1992), known as Eduardo Sasha, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Internacional.

He made his professional debut for Internacional in 2010, and has won the Campeonato Gaúcho four times for the club. He spent 18 months on loan at Goiás, where he won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B and the Campeonato Goiano.

Career

Internacional

Born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul; due to his style of hair in his youth, and his brother already being nicknamed after Brazilian presenter Xuxa, he earned the sobriquet Sasha after her daughter Sasha Meneghel.[1]

He began his career at hometown team Sport Club Internacional. On 10 September 2010, aged 18, he signed his first contract for a length of five years, with a release clause set at €40 million (R$ 87 million).[2] Two days later, he made his debut in a goalless home draw against Goiás Esporte Clube for the year's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, as a 62nd-minute substitute for Giuliano.[3] He made one more appearance off the bench over the season, and was included in Inter's squad for the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, but did not take to the field as his team came third.[4]

On 19 March 2011, he made his Campeonato Gaúcho debut by replacing Daniel for the final six minutes of a goalless draw against Esporte Clube Novo Hamburgo at Beira-Rio,[5] his sole appearance of a season which his team ended as champions. He made two appearances the following season, including a first senior start on 26 January in a 1–2 home loss to Cerâmica Atlético Clube.

Loan to Goiás

On 10 May 2012, Sasha was loaned to Goiás for the upcoming Série B season; he was the team's 17th signing of the year and the fifth from Internacional, including his youth team strike partner Ricardo Goulart.[1] He made seven substitute appearances as his team won the championship.

On 23 January 2013, as a half-time replacement for Caioin the second game of the year's Campeonato Goiano, he scored his first senior goal to give the Esmeraldino the lead in an eventual 3–1 win at Grêmio Esportivo Anápolis.[6] He totalled three goals in 21 appearances as his team won the state title, one coming in a 4–1 win (5–3 aggregate) at Associação Atlética Aparecidense in the semi-finals on 5 May.[7]

Later in the year, Sasha's four goals in 16 games helped Goiás to sixth place in the edition of the national league; his first such strike came on 18 September as a substitute for Renan Oliveira in a 2–2 draw at Coritiba Foot Ball Club.[8] He totalled another three goals in eight games in the year's Copa do Brasil, including one in the semi-final defeat to Clube de Regatas do Flamengo.[9]

Return to Internacional

Sasha (red, number 9) walking out for Internacional before a Copa Libertadores game against Emelec in March 2015

Sasha scored twice in seven games as the Colorado won the 2014 Campeonato Gaúcho; his first goal for them came on 29 January in a 2–1 home win over Sport Club São Paulo, three minutes after replacing Valdívia at the Estádio Francisco Stédile.[10] He got another four in 12 games in the ensuing Série A, including two in a 4–2 home win over Coritiba on 28 September.[11]

Internacional won another state championship the following year, with Sasha's contributions including a brace on 4 February in a 4–4 home draw against Esporte Clube São José on 4 February 2015.[12] He also got his first goals in continental competition, recording a goal in each game against Club Universidad de Chile in the second stage of the year's Copa Libertadores.[13][14]

Sasha was the team's top scorer with six goals in 15 games as Inter won a sixth consecutive state title in 2016; he opened the 3–0 home win over Esporte Clube Juventude in the second leg of the final (4–0 aggregate).[15]

Style of play

Upon giving him his first professional contract, Internacional manager Celso Roth said of Sasha:[2]

He is a boy who I have seen distinguishing himself in the reserves, a player with speed. Therefore, he's being added to the squad. He has speed, movement. We hope that, with calmness, with normal conditions, to give him the chance to mature. We have to be calm

Honours

Goiás

Internacional

References

  1. 1 2 Vasconcelos, Fernando (10 May 2012). "Titular de Ricardo Goulart no Inter, Eduardo Sasha se apresenta ao Goiás" [Teammate of Ricardo Goulart at Inter, Eduardo Sasha is presented at Goiás] (in Portuguese). Globo. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 Alletti, Alexandre (10 September 2010). "Eduardo Sasha assina contrato novo e ganha elogios de Roth" [Eduardo Sasha signs new contract and earns Roth's praises] (in Portuguese). Globo. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Destaques do empate com o Goiás" [Highlights of the draw with Goiás]. Sport Club Internacional. 12 September 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Edwards, Daniel (18 December 2010). "Internacional 4–2 Seongnam Ilhwa: Tinga & D'Alessandro power Brazilians to third place triumph in Club World Cup". Goal.com. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Com reservas, Inter para em retranca e tropeça no Novo Hamburgo" [With the reserves, Inter stumble and fall against Novo Hamburgo] (in Portuguese). Globo. 19 March 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Goiás vence Grêmio Anápolis e garante liderança do campeonato" [Goiás defeat Grêmio Anápolis and guarantee first place in the championship] (in Portuguese). A Redação. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Parreira, Mônica (5 May 2013). "Goiás goleia Aparecidense por 4 a 1 e pega Atlético na final" [Goiás thrash Aparecidense 4–1 and will play Atlético in the final] (in Portuguese). A Redação. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Eduardo Sasha vira para o Goiás contra o Coritiba" [Eduardo Sasha strikes for Goiás against Coritiba] (in Portuguese). UOL. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "ELIAS COMANDA VITÓRIA SOBRE O GOIÁS, E FLAMENGO 'DEITA E ROLA' RUMO À FINAL" [ELIAS COMMANDS VICTORY OVER GOIÁS, AND FLAMENGO 'GET DOWN AND ROLL' TOWARDS THE FINAL] (in Portuguese). Globo. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "Na reestreia de Abel Braga, Internacional bate o São Paulo-RS por 2 a 1" [On the return of Abel Braga, Internacional beat São Paulo-RS 2–1] (in Portuguese). iG. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  11. ↑ Ernst, Alexandre (28 September 2014). "Sasha é o destaque do Inter contra o Coritiba e leva nota 9" [Sasha is the highlight of Inter against Coritiba and wears number 9] (in Portuguese). ZH. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Ficha técnica: Internacional 4 x 4 São José" [Technical details: Internacional 4–4 São José] (in Portuguese). Terra. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "El Internacional aprovecha los errores del Universidad de Chile" [Internacional take advantage of Universidad de Chile's errors] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  14. ↑ "Inter humilló 4–0 a Universidad de Chile y acaricia los octavos" [Inter humiliated Universidad de Chile 4–0 and stroll into the last 16] (in Spanish). Ovación Digital. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  15. ↑ "Inter vence Juventude e conquista o hexa no Gauchão" [Inter defeat Juventude and win sixth consecutive Gauchão] (in Portuguese). Jornal de Brasília. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  16. 1 2 3 "Eduardo Sasha". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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