Anderson Silva de França
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| Anderson Silva | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anderson Silva de França | |
| Date of birth | 28 August 1982 | |
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Barnsley | |
| Number | 15 | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002–2005 2003 2003–2005 2005–2008 2005–2006 2007 2007 2008– |
Nacional → Montevideo Wanderers (loan) → Racing de Santander (loan) Everton → Málaga (loan) → Barnsley (loan) → Barnsley (loan) Barnsley |
0 (0) 18 (2) 30 (2) 1 (0) 15 (0) 9 (0) 7 (0) 52 (4) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Anderson Silva de França or simply Anderson de Silva or Anderson (born 28 August 1982 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Barnsley.
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[edit] Early Career
Anderson started his professional career in Uruguay with Nacional Montevideo.
In 2003 he had a successful loan spell at Montevideo Wanderers where his performances earned him a move to Spain's La Liga with Racing Santander where he made thirty appearances, scoring five goals.
[edit] Everton
A protracted registration saga started in 2005, when Brazilian midfielder Anderson Silva supposedly become an Everton player when the club purchased his "commercial and federative rights", held at the time by Uruguayan side Nacional Montevideo even though he actually played for Racing Santander in Spain.
Everton soon found to their dismay that he did not possess an EU passport which would have enabled him to circumvent the requirement to have played 75%+ of your country's international games in order to qualify for a work permit.
The player's registration was never filed with the Football Association but in 2005, he was loaned out to Málaga for six months so that he could rack up enough games in the Spanish league to earn a passport. Anderson started 15 games for a Málaga side that finished well bottom of La Liga. Although he didn't score, he did pick up 4 yellow and 2 red cards from an average playing time of 50 minutes a game.
His loan term was then extended into the 2006-07 season, during which time Málaga were a lower-level Spanish Second Division side — about the equivalent of the Championship in England — in danger of being relegated and Da Silva was not even getting a game for their first team. [1]
Eventually, after 18 months in limbo, he officially joined Everton on 2 January 2007.[2] He played one friendly (against Bournemouth) and a handful of Reserves games, before finally making an appearance in the first team at the end of a Premier League match against Charlton Athletic, a game won at the death by a moment of brilliance by James McFadden.
With his squad still low on numbers, Moyes gambled on a 12-month extension to Anderson's contract, which was confirmed in early July 2007 but after a reasonably successful summer tour with the squad in the USA, the Brazilian was shipped off to Barnsley for three separate loan spells (the maximum allowed to one club in a season) before returning to Goodison in December.
With Everton's squad dangerously depleted by the Africa Cup of Nations absentees, injury and suspension, Anderson was an unused substitute for the Premier League goalless draw with Tottenham Hotspur on 30 January 2008 and was sold to Barnsley 24 hours later as the club's last piece of business on transfer deadline day.
[edit] Barnsley
Anderson joined Championship club Barnsley on a short term loan deal in late August 2007, where he made several awesome appearances for the Yorkshire club. It is believed the loan was decided after Barnsley played Everton in a behind closed doors friendly.
Anderson returned to Everton on 22 September after Barnsley had beaten Southampton 3-2. Following his return to Merseyside, Barnsley made enquiries to take him to Oakwell again on another loan deal. Barnsley were granted permission to take Anderson on another month's loan, and he signed for Barnsley on a permanent basis for an undisclosed fee on 31 January 2008.[3]
He played in the clubs historic FA Cup win against Liverpool, before rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in the following away game against Norwich City in late February, an injury which ruled him out for seven months. [4]
He was finally able to make a full return to the Barnsley first team on 20 September 2008 for an away game against Southampton.
[edit] References
- ^ "Da Silva could join 'in weeks'". evertonfc.com. 12 December 2006. http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/da-silva-could-join-in-weeks.html. Retrieved 12 December 2006.
- ^ "Da Silva completes Everton signing". evertonfc.com. 2 January 2007. http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/de-silva-completes-deal.html. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
- ^ "Tykes sign Anderson and Nyatanga". BBC. 31 January 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/barnsley/7221327.stm. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
- ^ Anderson injury blow for Barnsley BBC Sport; 3 March 2008
[edit] External links
- Anderson Silva de França profile at barnsleyfc.co.uk
- Anderson Silva de França career stats at Soccerbase
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