- Egmar Goncalves
Egmar Goncalves was a professional soccer player. He was born in
Brazil , but changed his nationality toSingapore an in 2002 in order to play for theSingapore national football team .Career
In his time with
Home United FC , Goncalves scored a total of 239S.League goals in 11 S-league seasons and was the first recipient of the 100 S.League goals award in 2001, although it was his 107 S-league goals. It was due to S-league deciding not to include the inaugural Singapore Cup goals as it was known as League Cup but backtracked on it later. He was also awarded the 200 S-league goals award in 2004. Both time, Gonclaves celebrated the milestone by notching a hat-trick, first against SAFFC in a 4-0 win and then Sinchi in a 5-1 win.He also won the top scorer in both Singapore's S.League and the
AFC Cup in 2004, playing for Home United.Goncalves quietly returned to
Brazil in January 2007 after failing to agree a new contract with Home United. However, he was spotted by a reporter and this sparked a mini-controversy over the failure of the foreign talent scheme. He played forDesportiva Capixaba inEspírito Santo state and then retired. Currently, Egmar Gonçalves lives inVila Velha city, Brazil, with his wife and children.He failed to make any impact for Singapore at international level and was one of the unsuccessful players in the foreign talent scheme endorsed by the
Football Association of Singapore , although he is well remembered for scoring in the 4-2 away defeat against Iraq in the 2007Asian Cup qualifying campaign.He is the all-time topscorer in the S-League.But
Mirko Grabovac overtake his place as the all-time topscorer inS-League .ee also
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List of Asian footballers with foreign heritage
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