Dubbed as “Tostão” or the little coin, Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade is a retired footballer considered to be among the world’s best offensive players. His 11-year football career was spent mostly playing for Cruzeiro. Tostão was a part of the national team for two World Cups.

Getting a nickname in football was no extraordinary thing. Tostão’s came when he was just six years old and was said to have netted 47 goals in just a single game during his primary school.

He debuted his professional career when he was just 15 for the local team, América Futebol Clube. Two years after, he moved to Cruzeiro Esporte Clube where his youth career started. Tostão is not really a pure striker; however, he was still crowned the top scorer of the Campeonato Mineiro on three consecutive occasions.

In the 1970 World Cup, the forward player scored two goals to win the country its third championship. In April 1972, Tostão signed to play for the CR Vasco da Gama – a record fee in the country during that time. But after a good overall display of football skills, he was forced to retire from the sport at just 27 due a sight problem that resurfaced after he was hit in the face by a ball during a match against Sport Club Corinthians Paulista.

Following his retirement, Tostão became a medical doctor. However, with so much love for the sport, he joined the football world again, this time as a journalist covering football matches.