Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira

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Anderson
Personal information
Full name	Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira
Date of birth	April 13, 1988 (1988-04-13) (age 20)
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Manchester United
Number	8
Youth clubs
1993–2004	Grêmio
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004–2005 2005–2007 2007–	Grêmio FC Porto Manchester United	05 (1) 18 (2) 24 (0)
National team2
2007–	Brazil	05 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:21, 22 May 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 19:40, 11 April 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira (born 13 April 1988 in Porto Alegre, Brazil), best known as Anderson, is a Brazilian footballer, currently playing for Manchester United. His regular position is as a box to box midfielder.

[edit] Club career

[edit] Grêmio

Anderson joined Grêmio as a youth player and in 2005 he made his first appearance for the team, playing 5 Brazilian Série B games in the second half of the year, as well as playing in the 2005 Gaúcho State Championship in the first half. He earned himself iconic status by scoring the goal that lifted Grêmio back into Serie A in a promotion playoff against Nautico. This goal was particularly memorable because Grêmio only had seven players on the pitch at the time and had just seen the opposition have a penalty saved. The goal gave Grêmio a 1-0 victory in the most unlikely of circumstances.

[edit] Porto

He joined FC Porto in December 2005 after only 5 first team appearances at a national level with Gremio, and made his league debut on 5 March 2006, playing a part in helping the team seal the Portuguese Championship that season. The following season, he made his UEFA Champions League debut in Porto's first group game against CSKA Moscow.^[1] However, Anderson was forced to miss five months of the 2006-07 season due to a broken leg^[2].

[edit] Manchester United

On 30 May 2007, the Manchester United website confirmed that the club had agreed in principle to sign Anderson from FC Porto for an undisclosed fee, reported to be approximately £18m.^[3] On 29 June 2007, he was granted a work permit to play in England, and the move was completed on 2 July, with Anderson signing a five-year contract to become United's second Brazilian player after the disappointing Kleberson.^[4]

Anderson with team-mate Wayne Rooney.

Anderson was friends with Portuguese speaking team mates, Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani prior to joining the club.^[5] He was handed the number 8 shirt previously worn by Wayne Rooney and made his Manchester United debut on 3 August 2007, playing 45 minutes of a pre-season friendly against Doncaster Rovers, which United won 2-0.

Anderson made his competitive debut for Manchester United against Sunderland on 1 September 2007. He was substituted at half time and replaced by Louis Saha, who went on to score the winning goal. Anderson later went on to make his Champions League debut against Sporting, coming on as a substitute for Ryan Giggs in the 76th minute. He played the full 90 minutes in the Carling Cup match against Coventry City on 26 September 2007, in a team consisting almost entirely of youth and reserve team players. Manchester United lost 2-0; however, Alex Ferguson went on to say that he was one of the best of a very poor bunch which played in that match.^{[citation needed]}

In the Champions League Final 2008 in Moscow, Russia, Anderson was brought on as a substitute in the final minute of extra time to replace Wes Brown, and converted United's sixth attempt in the penalty shootout sudden death stage. He followed it up by kicking the ball back into the net, an act which Alex Ferguson credits with returning the momentum to Manchester United.^[6]

[edit] International career

In April 2005, he played for Brazil in the South American U-17 Championship, and the following October he won the Adidas Golden Ball with his national team at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup.^[7]

Anderson made his international debut for the Brazil national football team on 27 June 2007 in their 2-0 loss in a Copa América encounter with Mexico, coming on as a substitute. He made his first start for Brazil on 1 July 2007 against Chile in a 3-0 victory.

He has recently been called up to Dunga's Brazil squad for the first time since the Copa América to face Republic of Ireland in February, where Brazil won 1:0.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

Grêmio

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2005

Porto

• Portuguese Championship: 2005-06, 2006-07
• Taça de Portugal: 2005-06
• SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira: 2005-06

Manchester United

• FA Community Shield: 2007
• Barclays Premier League: 2007-08
• UEFA Champions League: 2007-08

[edit] International

• Copa America: 2007

[edit] Career statistics

All-Time Club Performance

Country	Club	Season	Domestic League		Domestic Cups		International		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	Grêmio	2004–05	5	1	?		?		5	1
	FC Porto	2005–07	18	2	0	0	3	0	21	2
	Manchester United	2007–	24	0	4	0	9	0	37	0
Career Totals			47	3	4	0	12	0	63	3
Last update: 02:58, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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• Anderson career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile at ManUtd.com

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