Anderson Costa

Anderson Costa
Personal information
Full nameAnderson Costa
Date of birth13 March 1984
Place of birthRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionForward
Youth career
Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2002–2005Vasco da Gama55(14)
2005→ Córdoba (loan)14(7[1])
2006–2007Dinamo Zagreb23(4)
2007→ Vitória Guimarães (loan)3(0)
2007→ Aris Thessaloniki (loan)3(0)
2008Bahia0(0)
2008Lucena13(10)
2009Duque de Caxias17(14)
2009Bnei Sakhnin10(6)
2009–2010Pro Vercelli15(12)
2010Guarani14(12)
2010Santo André7(2)
2011Al-Wakrah10(6)
2011Criciúma18(12)
2012Vila Nova14(13)
2012ABC14(14)
2013Macaé12(10)
2014CSE3(2)
National team
2001Brazil U-174(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Anderson Costa (born 13 March 1984 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian footballer. Anderson had a successful start in his early career.

Biography

Anderson 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.

References

  1. ↑ LFP Archive, Manual search required
  2. ↑ "Futpedia: Anderson (Anderson Costa)" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 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). ca. 31 January 2005. Archived from the original on 10 April 2005. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  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. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "Boletim Oficial nº 7723" (PDF). FFERJ (in Portuguese). 10 July 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  9. ↑ "UFFICIALE: ben cinque volti nuovi per la Pro Vercelli". Tutto Lega Pro (in Italian). 15 July 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  10. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Pro Vercelli, rescissione per il brasiliano Costa". Tutto Lega Pro (in Italian). 30 January 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2011.

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