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Anderson Career Stats, Facts & Profile
Anderson was raised in Porto Alegre a city in South East of Brazil, which is also famous for being the birthplace of fellow footballers Diego Rincon, Emerson Thome, Luiz Adriano and Ronaldinho. And like Ronaldinho joined local side Gremio at a young age He made his senior debut for the club in 2005 aged just 16 years old, and his first season gained cult status after scoring the goal which gained his club promotion to the Brazilian topflight. The most remarkable thing about the goal was that his side only had seven players on the pitch at the time. A few months later Anderson made a dream move to Europe when Porto secured his services. The player made his debut for the Portuguese side on March 5 2007 and in his very first season helped his new club win the Championship. Unfortunately after making just a handful appearances in his second campaign at Porto, Anderson spent five months on the sidelines after suffering a leg break. However this bit of misfortune didn't stop Alex Ferguson from enquiring about the midfielder. And in May 2007 the United boss made a formal bid. The deal to bring Anderson to Old Trafford finally went through on 29 June 2007 and after the four days it took him to be granted a work permit the player competed his £18m dream move. Anderson settled into the United way of life pretty quickly as he was already friends with fellow Portuguese speakers Nani and Cristiano Ronaldo. The Brazil midfielder made his Manchester United debut in the club's 2-0 pre-season friendly victory over Doncaster Rovers. However, it would take him another four weeks before he was given his first competitive game for The Reds. In the home game against Sundeland the player struggled and was taken off at half-time and replaced by Luis Saha, who went on to score United's solitary goal in a 1-0 victory. After a number of impressive games for United in his first season - most notabley against Liverpool and Arsenal's Steven Gerrard and Cesc Fabregas respectively - Anderson became something of a cult hero with the Stretford Enders. And capped off a superb first season at the Theatre of Dreams by taking and netting United's 6th spot kick in their 2008 UEFA Champions League victory over Chelsea, this coming less than two weeks after he helped secure The Reds the English title. Anderson Honours Porto Manchester United International From Anderson career stats, to Manchester United players Manchester United football legends Manchester United Fans Site home |
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