Anderson Costa (footballer, born 1980)

Anderson Costa

Personal information
Full name	Anderson José de Jesús Costa
Date of birth	(1980-01-30) 30 January 1980
Place of birth	Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Botafogo (PB)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–2001	Paris Saint-Germain	0	(0)
2001–2002	RFC de Liège	10	(0)
2002–2003	Rad Beograd	8	(0)
2003–2004	→ Dinamo Pančevo (loan)
2006	XV de Piracicaba
2006–2007	Camacha	9	(0)
2007–2009	Santana	25	(16)
2009–2010	Camacha	22	(3)
2010–2011	União da Madeira	13	(1)
2011–2012	Ribeira Brava	42	(11)
2013–2014	Oriental	42	(11)
2015–2015	Loures	11
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 June 2016

Anderson José de Jesús Costa, commonly known as Anderson Costa (born 30 January 1980) is a Brazilian football forward, last playing with Loures in Portugal.

Born in Salvador de Bahia, he played with Botafogo Futebol Clube (PB) in Brazil and Paris Saint-Germain F.C. in France before moving in summer 2001 to Belgium where he signed with R.F.C. de Liège. After one season he moved to Serbia to play with FK Rad in the First League of FR Yugoslavia. In the winter break of the 2002-2003 season he was loaned to FK Dinamo Pančevo where he stayed in the following seasons.

In 2006 he was back in Brazil playing with XV de Piracicaba when in summer that year he moved to Portugal to play with A.D. Camacha. From then on he will play for several other Portuguese clubs, namely, U.D. Santana, C.F. União, Ribeira Brava, Oriental and Loures.

External sources

• Template:Zerozero profile
• Anderson Costa at Playerhistory