Josué Anunciado de Oliveira

Josué

Personal information
Full name	Josué Anunciado de Oliveira
Date of birth	19 July 1979 (1979-07-19) (age 32)
Place of birth	Vitória de Santo Antão, Brazil
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	VfL Wolfsburg
Number	7
Youth career
1995–1996	Goiás
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–2004	Goiás	190	(6)
2005–2007	São Paulo	61	(1)
2007–	VfL Wolfsburg	137	(2)
National team‡
1999	Brazil U23	001	(0)
2007–	Brazil	028	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:00, 21 December 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 June 2010

Josué Anunciado de Oliveira, or simply Josué (born 19 July 1979 in Vitória de Santo Antão), is a Brazilian defensive midfielder. He currently plays for German Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Honours 4 References 5 External links

Club career

Josué started his career in Goiás before moving on to São Paulo in 2005. He won the Brazilian League, Copa Libertadores and FIFA Club World Cup during his stint at São Paulo. He then joined VfL Wolfsburg in August 2007.

International career

He made his international debut on 27 March 2007 in a friendly match against Ghana. He was also part of Brazil squad which won Copa América 2007. His first international goal came during the tournament, in a match against Chile, which Brazil went on to win 6–1.

As of 2 July 2010 (2010 -07-02)^{[update][1][2][3][4][5][6]}

National team Club Season Apps Goals Brazil São Paulo 2007 7 1 Wolfsburg 2007–2008 9 0 2008–2009 9 0 2009–2010 3 0 Total 28 1

International appearances and goals # Date Venue Opponent Result Goal Competition 1999 7 April 1999 Brasília, Brazil  United States 7–0 0 Friendly (Brazil U-23) 2007 1. 27 March 2007 Stockholm, Sweden  Ghana 1–0 0 Friendly 2. 5 June 2007 Dortmund, Germany  Turkey 0–0 0 Friendly 3. 1 July 2007 Maturín, Venezuela  Chile 3–0 0 Copa América 2007 4. 4 July 2007 Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela  Ecuador 1–0 0 Copa América 2007 5. 7 July 2007 Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela  Chile 6–1 1 Copa América 2007 6. 10 July 2007 Maracaibo, Venezuela  Uruguay 2–2 0 Copa América 2007 7. 15 July 2007 Maracaibo, Venezuela  Argentina 3–0 0 Copa América 2007 2007–2008 8. 22 August 2007 Montpellier, France  Algeria 2–0 0 Friendly 9. 12 September 2007 Boston, United States  Mexico 3–1 0 Friendly 10. 14 October 2007 Bogotá, Colombia  Colombia 0–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 11. 21 November 2007 São Paulo, Brazil  Uruguay 2–1 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 12. 6 February 2008 Dublin, Ireland  Republic of Ireland 1–0 0 Friendly 13. 26 March 2008 London, England  Sweden 1–0 0 Friendly 14. 31 May 2008 Seattle, United States  Canada 3–2 0 Friendly 15. 6 June 2008 Boston, United States  Venezuela 0–2 0 Friendly 16. 15 June 2008 Asunción, Paraguay  Paraguay 0–2 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 2008–2009 17. 7 September 2008 Santiago, Chile  Chile 3–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 18. 10 September 2008 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Bolivia 0–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 19. 10 October 2008 San Cristóbal, Venezuela  Venezuela 4–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 20. 15 October 2008 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Colombia 0–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 21. 19 November 2008 Brasília, Brazil  Portugal 6–2 0 Friendly 22. 10 February 2009 London, England  Italy 2–0 0 Friendly 23. 29 March 2009 Quito, Ecuador  Ecuador 1–1 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 24. 6 June 2009 Montevideo, Uruguay  Uruguay 4–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 25. 21 June 2009 Pretoria, South Africa  Italy 3–0 0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 2009–2010 26. 11 October 2009 La Paz, Bolivia  Bolivia 1–2 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 27. 7 June 2010 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  Tanzania 5–1 0 Friendly 28. 25 June 2010 Durban, South Africa  Portugal 0–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Goiás

• Campeonato Goiano: 6

1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 1

1999

• Copa Centro-Oeste: 3

2000, 2001, 2002

São Paulo

• Campeonato Paulista: 1

2005

• Copa Libertadores: 1

2005

• FIFA Club World Cup: 1

2005

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2

2006, 2007

Wolfsburg

• Bundesliga: 1

2008–09

Brazil

• Copa América: 1

2007

• Confederations Cup: 1

2009

References

External links

• Josué profile Kicker.de (German)
• sambafoot
• zerozero.pt (Portuguese)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Marcelinho Paraíba	VfL Wolfsburg captain 2008–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Brazil squad Brazil squad – 2007 Copa América Winners (8th Title) 1 Helton 2 Maicon 3 Alex 4 Juan 5 Mineiro 6 Gilberto 7 Elano 8 Gilberto Silva (c) 9 Vágner Love 10 Diego 11 Robinho 12 Doni 13 Daniel Alves 14 Alex Silva 15 Naldo 16 Kléber 17 Josué 18 Fernando 19 Júlio Baptista 20 Anderson 21 Afonso Alves 22 Fred Coach: Dunga Brazil squad – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Winners (3rd Title) 1 Júlio César 2 Maicon 3 Lúcio (c) 4 Juan 5 Felipe Melo 6 Kléber 7 Elano 8 Gilberto Silva 9 Luís Fabiano 10 Kaká 11 Robinho 12 Victor 13 Daniel Alves 14 Luisão 15 Miranda 16 André Santos 17 Josué 18 Ramires 19 Júlio Baptista 20 Kléberson 21 Pato 22 Nilmar 23 Gomes Coach: Dunga Brazil squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Júlio César 2 Maicon 3 Lúcio (c) 4 Juan 5 Felipe Melo 6 Michel Bastos 7 Elano 8 Gilberto Silva 9 Luís Fabiano 10 Kaká 11 Robinho 12 Gomes 13 Daniel Alves 14 Luisão 15 Thiago Silva 16 Gilberto 17 Josué 18 Ramires 19 Júlio Baptista 20 Kléberson 21 Nilmar 22 Doni 23 Grafite Coach: Dunga

VfL Wolfsburg – current squad 1 Benaglio 2 Ochs 4 Schäfer 5 Koo 7 Josué 8 Kahlenberg 9 Lakić 10 Hitzlsperger 11 Salihamidžić 12 Lenz 13 Hasebe 14 Ciğerci 15 Träsch (c) 16 Kyrgiakos 17 Madlung 18 Mandžukić 19 Jönsson 20 Jiráček 21 Scheidhauer 22 Klich 23 Russ 24 Dejagah 25 Chris 26 Čale 29 Polák 30 Orozco 31 Knoche 33 Helmes 35 Hitz 36 Thölke 39 Schulze 40 Polter -- Medojević -- Hasani Manager: Magath

Persondata
Name	Josue Anunciado de Oliveira
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Date of birth	19 July 1979
Place of birth	Vitória de Santo Antão, Brazil
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