Anderson Cléber Beraldo

Anderson

Personal information
Full name	Anderson Cléber Beraldo
Date of birth	27 April 1980 (1980-04-27) (age 31)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	América Futebol Clube (MG)
Number	4
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2005	Corinthians	115	(3)
2005–2007	Benfica	48	(4)
2007–2010	Lyon	13	(1)
2008	→ São Paulo (loan)	6	(0)
2009	→ Cruzeiro (loan)	12	(0)
2011	Santo André	18	(2)
2011–	América Mineiro	17	(2)
National team
2005	Brazil	1	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Anderson Cléber Beraldo (born 27 April 1980 in São Paulo), commonly known as Anderson, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for América Mineiro.

Club career

Corinthians

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

Benfica

Anderson was brought to Benfica at the beginning of the 2005–06 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 20 August 2005. He quickly gained 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).

The Brazilian player has stated more than once that he would like to leave Benfica because the team's manager, Fernando Santos, does not play him where he likes the most: the left-center side of the defense (Luisão's position). Anderson says, "if I had played in my position, I would surely had demonstrated everything I did at Corinthians and that eventually got me in the Brazilian National Team". This is subject to debate and is subjective. He also said: "It's a situation that I respect because Luisão represents a lot to Benfica and to its supporters, but it's complicated for me because, if I have to play, I have to do it on the other side. Even if I am on the top of my form, I will never achieve the level I can when playing in my natural position"[3]. Struggling with his son's illness [4], Anderson has expressed his will to return to Brazil and has been suspended by Benfica for missing an international pre-season match in Romania [5]. The central defender is reportedly negotiating a move to Cruzeiro[6]. [7] Benfica was asking for 3 million euros for the transfer, but Cruzeiro's president refused to pay that much, saying that Anderson, despite being a good player, "is not a star. For example, he's not even in the Brazil National Team".

He never really took off at Benfica, where competition was high, with Brazilian international Luizao relegating Anderson to occasional appearances only.

His agent linked with Fenerbahçe about transfer deals on 18 August.^[1]

Lyon

Despite his alleged need to return to Brazil due to his son's illness,[8] Anderson ended up moving to the French side Lyon in a €4 million deal.^[2]

On 19 August 2010, Lyon announced that the player reached an agreement to end his contact with the club.^[3]

International career

Anderson's only cap for the Brazilian national team was against Guatemala on 27 April 2005, in which he scored the match's first goal at the 4th minute as Brazil won 3–0.

Honours

Olympique Lyonnais

• Ligue 1: 1

2007–08

São Paulo

• Brazilian League: 1

2008

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ "Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Futebol SAD announces transfer of the player Anderson Cléber Beraldo." (in Portuguese). SL Benfica (Published by CMVM). 24 August 2007. http://web3.cmvm.pt/english/sdi2004/emitentes/docs/FR14697.pdf. Retrieved 4 October 2010. 
3. ^ [2]

Persondata
Name	Beraldo, Anderson Cleber
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Date of birth	1980-04-27
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
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