Anderson Santos da Vitória (born 10 June 1992), simply known as Anderson, is a Brazilian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays for

Sergipe Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region along the Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geographical area at , larger only than the Federal District. Serg ...

as a

left back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

Club career

Born in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, Anderson was a

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; English: ''Flamengo Rowing Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football ...

youth graduate. In 2011, after failing to reach an agreement for his contract renewal, he left the club and joined Vitesse Arnhem in the Netherlands. Anderson's spell at Vitesse was mainly associated with the reserve team, as he failed to make a single first team appearance during his two years at the club. On 27 December 2013 he returned to Brazil, after agreeing to a contract with

Botafogo Botafogo (local/standard alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a beachfront neighborhood (''bairro'') in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of M ...

. Anderson only appeared rarely for ''Bota'' in 2014 Campeonato Carioca, being omitted from the first team during the year's Série A. The following year, he moved to Tombense. Anderson was subsequently loaned to Sampaio Corrêa midway through the campaign. After being sparingly used, he joined Portuguesa.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson 1992 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian footballers Association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Tombense Futebol Clube players Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Associação Atlética Caldense players SBV Vitesse players Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba) players Tupynambás Futebol Clube players Cianorte Futebol Clube players Club Sportivo Sergipe players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands