Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Edu akapihwa ugari hwePhilippines kubva pazera diki mushure mekunetseka kuwana pasipoti yeCypriot, izvo zvakamuita kuti akwanise kutamba kuPhilippines mumakwikwi eFIBA. Zvisinei, akanga achiri kukwezva kufarira kubva kuNigeria, Cyprus neGreat Britain. Muna 2017, Edu akabatana nePhilippines paFIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup muChengdu, China. Akaita kutanga kwake kwePhilippines pa2018 FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship muBangkok, Thailand. Mumitambo mitanhatu, Edu akaenzana 14.2 mapoinzi, 11.5 rebounds, uye 2.8 mabhuroko pamutambo, achipedzisa aine 4 kaviri-kaviri. Akatungamira timu yake kunzvimbo yechina mumakwikwi aya, achivapa nzvimbo ye2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup
. Mumaminitsi anenge maviri mumutambo wake wokutanga paU-19 World Cup, Edu akarohwa neACL uye meniscus muibvi rake rokurudyi, uyewo akavhunika bvudzi mufemur yake yokurudyi. Akarasikirwa nemutambo wose wakasara nemhaka yokukuvara.