Anderson Cléber Beraldo

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Anderson
Personal information
Full name	Anderson Cléber Beraldo
Date of birth	April 27, 1980 (age 26)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	SL Benfica
Number	3
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-2005 2005-	Corinthians SL Benfica	115 (2) 40 (4)
National team2
2005	Brazil	1 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 5 September 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Anderson fullname Anderson Cléber Beraldo (27 April 1980) is a Brazilian football (soccer) central defender who currently plays for SL Benfica at the Portuguese Superliga.

Contents 1 National team 2 Corinthians 3 SL Benfica 4 Teams and clubs 5 External links

[edit] National team

Anderson's first cap for the Brazilian National Team was against Guatemala, in which he scored the match's first goal at the 4th minute. Despite this performance, Anderson has not been called to the Brazilian National Team despite rumoured interest from head-coach Dunga.

[edit] Corinthians

Anderson started playing professional football for Corinthians, one of São Paulo's major football clubs. He played at the team for 5 consecutive seasons, moving to Portugal in the middle of his 6th season. At Corinthians, Anderson conquered the Brazilian Championship title (in 2005), the Brazilian Cup (in 2000), the São Paulo State Championship (in 2001 and 2003) and the Rio-São Paulo Tournament (in 2002).

[edit] SL Benfica

Anderson was brought to SL Benfica at the beginning of the 2005/2006 season. He played the whole 90 minutes for SL Benfica in the team's first Portuguese Superliga match of the season, against Académica in Coimbra, on August 20, 2005 (the game ended all square). He quickly conquered his place in the team's starting eleven, with Ronald Koeman (at the time managing the Portuguese side) playing him in the center of the defense, alongside Brazilian team mate Luisão. So far, Anderson has won only one tournament for Benfica]]: the Portuguese Supercup (in 2005/2006).

[edit] Teams and clubs

• 1997-2005: Corinthians
• 2005-present: SL Benfica
• Brazil national football team
  • 2005 -
  • debut against Guatemala

[edit] External links

• UEFA.com short bios.

SL Benfica - Current Squad
1 Moreira | 2 P. Correia | 3 Anderson | 4 Luisão | 5 Léo | 6 Petit | 7 M. Ferreira | 8 Katsouranis | 9 Mantorras | 10 Rui Costa | 11 Miguelito | 12 Quim | 15 P. Jorge | 16 Beto | 18 Manú | 20 Simão | 21 Nuno Gomes | 22 Nélson | 23 David Luiz | 25 N. Assis | 26 Karagounis | 27 Derlei | 28 J. Coimbra | 30 Miccoli | 31 Moretto | Manager: Fernando Santos