Nenê in action for Espanyol |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anderson Luiz de Carvalho | ||
| Date of birth | 19 July 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Jundiaí, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Paris SG | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1997 | Bahía | ||
| 1997–1998 | Sporting CP | ||
| 1998–1999 | Corinthians | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2001 | Paulista | 32 | (26) |
| 2001–2002 | Palmeiras | 24 | (5) |
| 2002–2003 | Santos | 22 | (8) |
| 2003–2004 | Mallorca | 29 | (2) |
| 2004–2006 | Alavés | 78 | (21) |
| 2006–2007 | Celta | 38 | (8) |
| 2007–2010 | Monaco | 63 | (19) |
| 2008–2009 | → Espanyol (loan) | 35 | (4) |
| 2010– | Paris SG | 50 | (21) |
| National team | |||
| 2003 | Brazil U23 | 4 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Anderson Luiz de Carvalho, aka Nenê (born 19 July 1981 in Jundiaí, São Paulo), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Paris Saint-Germain F.C. in Ligue 1.
A left winger, he is most known for his crossing ability, as well as being a free kick specialist.
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Nenê started playing professionally in Paulista Jundiaí, at the age of 19. After that, he represented Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras and Santos Futebol Clube.
In 2003–04 he moved to Spain, first with RCD Mallorca – making his La Liga debut on 14 September 2003, in a 0–4 away loss against Athletic de Bilbao – and then for Deportivo Alavés. With the Basque outfit, he put up two extraordinary individual seasons, with 21 goals in the league alone, playing his first year in the second division, with promotion.
After being relegated from the top level with Alavés in 2005–06, Nenê met the same fate with Celta de Vigo, again appearing in all 38 league games, and totalling nearly 3,000 minutes of action for the Galicians.
On 24 August 2007, he was transferred to AS Monaco FC for an undisclosed fee. A year later, having already started with the French in a disappointing season, he joined RCD Espanyol at the very last day of the summer transfer window, on a one-year loan, with a buying option for the Catalonians at the season's end, which was finally not activated.
Back with Monaco, Nenê began the new season in impressive scoring fashion, scoring nine goals in his first 10 matches; this included a brace against US Boulogne in a 3–1 away success, both from long-range free kicks,[1] as he led the scoring charts for a lengthy period of time.
On 11 July 2010, Nenê joined Paris Saint-Germain F.C. in a deal believed to be around €5.5 million. "I'm very happy to have signed for Paris," the player told PSG's official website, adding: "Like PSG, I'm hoping to have a big league season and to pull something off in the Europa League".[2] He scored in his first official appearance, a 3–1 home win against AS Saint-Étienne,[3] adding two on 11 September against newly-promoted AC Arles-Avignon (4–0, home).[4] Halfway through the season, he had already registered 13 goals, making him the third-highest scorer, only behind Moussa Sow and Kevin Gameiro; his displays, free-kick ability and attacking flair earned him comparisons with Ronaldinho, a compatriot who played at the Parc des Princes earlier in the decade,[5] but he only scored one more goal until the end of the campaign, with PSG finally finishing fourth.
In the summer of 2011, Paris Saint-Germain were purchased by Qatari investors, and purchased several new players, including Jérémy Menez, with whom Nenê had played at Monaco.[6] The Brazilian began the season hesitantly, struggling to accept that he had lost his star status in the side with the arrival of Argentine Javier Pastore. On 29 October, however, he scored two goals (both penalties) in a 4–2 home win against Stade Malherbe Caen, putting his team three points clear at the top of the table.[7]
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