Anderson Costa (footballer, born 1984)

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Anderson Costa
Personal information
Full name Anderson Costa
Date of birth (1984-03-13) 13 March 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2005 Vasco da Gama 55 (14)
2005 → Córdoba (loan) 14 (7 [1] )
2006–2007 Dinamo Zagreb 23 (4)
2007 → Vitória Guimarães (loan) 3 (0)
2007 → Aris Thessaloniki (loan) 3 (0)
2008 Bahia 0 (0)
2008 Lucena 13 (1)
2009 Duque de Caxias 7 (0)
2009 Bnei Sakhnin 0 (0)
2009–2010 Pro Vercelli 15 (2)
2010 Guarani 4 (0)
2010 Santo André 7 (2)
2011 Al-Wakrah 0 (0)
2011 Criciúma 8 (3)
2012 Vila Nova 4 (3)
2012 ABC 4 (0)
2013 Macaé 12 (4)
2014 CSE 3 (0)
International career
2001 Brazil U-17 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anderson Costa (born 13 March 1984) is a Brazilian footballer.

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Biography

Anderson was born in Rio de Janeiro. He made 55 appearances and scored 14 goals in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A for Vasco da Gama from 2002 to 2005. [2] He renewed his contract in March 2004, signed a 5-year contract. [3] In January 2005 he also spent 6 months with Spanish Segunda División club Córdoba as one of the non-EU players. [4] He was transferred to Dinamo Zagreb in January 2006. However, he requested to leave in July. [5] He was loaned to Portuguese Liga de Honra side in January 2007. [6] The team finished as the runner-up and promoted, however he only played 3 times. He then left for Greek side Aris Thessaloniki and in December 2007 left for Brazilian side Bahia. [7] He was released in April. At the start of 2008–09 season he left for Lucena of Spanish Segunda División B. In January 2009 he was signed by Duque de Caxias in 1-year contract.

In July 2009 he was transferred to Pro Vercelli after a short period with Bnei Sakhnin, [8] which at that time he obtained a Portuguese passport, made him able to by-pass the non-EU immigration ban of Italian lower divisions, along with countryman Adriano da Matta Inácio. [9] His contract was terminated in January 2010. [10] In February, he was signed by Guarani in 1-year deal, and in June left for Santo André, also in 1-year deal. However, after 7 appearances in 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, he was released in October.

International career

Anderson Costa played in 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

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References

  1. ↑ LFP Archive, Manual search required
  2. ↑ "Futpedia: Anderson (Anderson Costa)" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "BID Acumulativo Série A /2005". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. 8 November 2005. Archived from the original on 29 May 2006. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "2005 second division winter transfer list". Liga de Fútbol Profesional (in Spanish). 2005. Archived from the original on 10 April 2005.
  5. ↑ "Anderson Costa nezadovoljan odlazi iz Dinama, Jens Nowotny ipak potpisuje". Index (Croatia) (in Croatian). 13 July 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "Costa Anderson putuje za Portugal". Index (Croatia) (in Croatian). 21 January 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "Esquadrão de Aço contrata atacante Anderson Costa". EC Bahia (in Portuguese). 14 December 2007. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "Boletim Oficial nº 7723" (PDF). FFERJ (in Portuguese). 10 July 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  9. ↑ "UFFICIALE: ben cinque volti nuovi per la Pro Vercelli". Tutto Lega Pro (in Italian). 15 July 2009. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  10. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Pro Vercelli, rescissione per il brasiliano Costa". Tutto Lega Pro (in Italian). 30 January 2010. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
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