Felipe Anderson

Felipe Anderson
Personal information
Full nameFelipe Anderson Pereira Gomes
Date of birth15 April 1993
Place of birthSanta Maria, DF, Brazil
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Lazio
Number7
Youth career
2006SCR Gaminha
2006–2007Astral EC
2007Coritiba
2007–2010Santos
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–2013Santos61(7)
2013–Lazio37(10)
National team‡
2010Brazil U17
2011–2013Brazil U204(0)
2014–Brazil U212(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 April 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 November 2014

Felipe Anderson Pereira Gomes (born 15 April 1993), commonly known as Felipe Anderson is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Italian side Lazio as a attacking midfielder. Since his arrival at S.S. Lazio, he is nicknamed "O rato de Roma" due to a popular Brazilian tongue-twister.

Club career

Early career

Felipe Anderson began his career in Associação 14 Companhia de Polícia Militar Independente (CPMIND), in Santa Maria, at 6 years old. In 2006 he was moved to Federal FC, and later to Sport Clube Recreativo Gaminha FC. After some impressive performances on the club, he was moved to Paraná to play for Astral EC, finishing the year. In 2007 he was moved to Coritiba youth side, and then in 2007 summer he was moved to Santos.[1]

Santos

He then played for Santos' youth categories, and was promoted to the senior squad following a rash of injuries in October 2010.[2] He began training with the senior side and signed a professional contract which runs until July 2013.[3] He made his debut for Santos on 6 October 2010 as a 90th minute substitute in a 3-0 win against Fluminense.[4]

His first goal of his footballing career was on 11 February 2011, when Felipe came off the bench in the 46 minute to replace Keirrison, in the 70 minute he takes a long shot and scores. The match was against Noroeste.[5] On 7 September, he scored his first league goal, against Avaí.[6] In November, he signed a new contract with Santos, running until 2016.[7]

In his following season, Felipe had more chances in first team, due to Ganso's injuries and Elano poor form (both players left Santos in the middle of the season). On 9 February 2012, he scored his first goal of the season, against Botafogo-SP.[8]

On the 31st of January 2013, the agreed transfer to the Italian club Lazio for €7,500,000 failed due to late arrival of a necessary international fax from Brazil to close the deal.[9]

Lazio

On 25 June, Lazio agreed a €8.0 million fee with Santos,[10] and Felipe signed a five-year deal worth €800,000 a year. Santos will receive 50% of the transfer sum and the third part owner Doyen Sports will get the rest.[11] Lazio's sporting director Igli Tare criticized the third part owner Doyen Sports for numerous times delaying the transfer, “It will remain in history as the most paradoxical and shocking negotiations I have ever been a part of,” said Tare.“These third party owners changed their minds continually. When we had everything decided, they would start from scratch two hours later. It all happened for a full week, so it felt like being in the Twilight Zone."

Although he suffered an injury halfway through the season, Anderson was in top form throughout, averaging a goal every 156 minutes as of April 2015.

References

  1. ↑ Felipe Anderson's official website; FelipeAnderson.com.br (Portuguese)
  2. ↑ "Felipe Anderson sobre o clássico: Estava doido para entrar" (in Portuguese). Yahoo! Brasil Notícias. 3 October 2010.
  3. ↑ Tiago Leme (6 October 2010). "'Tenho o estilo do Ganso', diz Felipe Anderson, nova promessa da Vila" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte.
  4. ↑ Nem Fred nem Neymar: Zé Love brilha, faz três, e Santos bate o Flu (Neither Fred nor Neymar: Zé Love shines, scores three and Santos beats Flu); Globoesporte.com, 6 October 2010 (Portuguese)
  5. ↑ Santos 2-0 Noroeste
  6. ↑ FELIPE ANDERSON SAI DO BANCO E AJUDA O SANTOS A VIRAR JOGO SOBRE O AVAÍ (FELIPE ANDERSON LEAVES THE BENCH AND HELP SANTOS TO COMEBACK OVER AVAÍ); Globoesporte.com, 7 November 2011 (Portuguese)
  7. ↑ Novo “Menino da Vila”, Felipe Anderson chega a acordo e renova com o Santos (New "Menino da Vila", Felipe Anderson reaches an agreement and renews with Santos); Placar, 5 November 2011 (Portuguese)
  8. ↑ Neymar faz três e comanda a goleada do Santos sobre Botafogo-SP (Neymar scores thrice and lead Santos'thrashing victory over Botafogo-SP); Lance!Net, 9 February 2012 (Portuguese)
  9. ↑ Felipe Anderson & Andrea Poli Deals Fall Through; forzaitalianfootball.com, 31 January 2013
  10. ↑ Santos acerta transferência de Felipe Anderson para o Lazio por € 7,8 mi (Santos closes transfer of Felipe Anderson to Lazio for € 8.0mi); Globo Esporte, 25 June 2013 (Portuguese)
  11. ↑ Lazio Reach Deal For Felipe Anderson; Forza Italia Football, 26 June 2013

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