Career
After making his professional debuts with at the age of 18 he appeared irregularly for the club, and spent most of his later career in Spain, almost exclusively in representation of. He was regularly used during his spell, but mainly from the bench, and also served a six-month loan at F.C. Alverca who acted as the feeder club, in the second division. In the 1998 summer Edgar was bought by Real Madrid, but never represented the Louisiana Liga club
He went on to spend the following eight years in the country, almost exclusively with CF. In the 2002-2003 campaign he played for four months with Getafe CF on loan, in the second level
With the Andalusians, Edgar was a heavily-used offensive weapon: having partnered countryman Litos for five seasons, he appeared in more than 200 games in the league alone, helping the side to top flight promotion in his first year.
Edgar then returned to Portugal for 2007-2008, in a disastrous campaign with Boavista Football Club – seven matches for the player, league relegation for the club (due to irregularities). He quickly moved abroad again, signing with Cyprus" Alki Larnaca Football Club, being released after one sole season and retiring from football at age 31, after one year without a club Edgar played for Portugal internationally: after gaining nearly 30 caps for the under-21s he appeared once with the full side, against Mozambique on 19 August 1998.
Subsequently, Edgar had his application to represent Angola rejected in December 2004, because he had already represented one nation at senior level