Anderson Ribeiro Mendes (born July 2, 1981) is a Brazilian football player, who was invited to Ukraine by
FC Arsenal Kharkiv
FC Arsenal Kharkiv is a football club based in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Arsenal Kharkiv currently plays in the regional competitions of Kharkiv city. In 2005 on the base of the club was formed another club ''FC Kharkiv''. FC Arsenal has a well establish ...
's chairman Chumak during his vacation trip to Brazil. Ribeiro quickly became fan's favourite of nearly all teams in Kharkiv being the first Brazilian ever played for these teams. In the summer of 2009 he joined Maltese club
Tarxien Rainbows FC. In 2010 Ribeiro return to Ukraine and signed with
FC Metalurh Zaporizhya
MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Запорі́жжя ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a " phoenix club" of the original Soviet ...
In 2015 is playing in Gozo for
Kercem Ajax F.C. in the 1st Division. Currently he is playing in Gozo for
Oratory Youths F.C.
Oratory Youths Football Club is a football (soccer), football club from the Malta, Maltese Isle of Gozo, from the capital of Victoria, Gozo, Victoria. The club was previously called the Salesian Youths founded in 1946, in relation to the Roman Ca ...
in the 1st Division.
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Brazilian footballers
Association football forwards
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Ukraine
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Expatriate footballers in Malta
1981 births
Living people
FC Arsenal Kharkiv players
FC Helios Kharkiv players
FC Metalist Kharkiv players
FC Kharkiv players
FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players
Ukrainian Premier League players
Ukrainian First League players
Ukrainian Second League players
Footballers from Porto Alegre
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