Anderson Luiz Pinheiro (born 13 December 1981), known as Paquito, is a Brazilian footballer.

Club career

Born in

Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Southern Brazil. The city's population was 1,773,718 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the larg ...

, Brazil, Paquito started his European career since arrived at

Napoli Naples ( ; ; ) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its province-level municipality is the thir ...

in July 2000. In January 2001, his left for

Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...

side

Ravenna Ravenna ( ; , also ; ) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire during the 5th century until its Fall of Rome, collapse in 476, after which ...

. On 1 July 2001, he was signed by

Cosenza Cosenza (; Languages of Calabria#Northern Calabrian (Cosentian), Cosentian: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city located in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000, while the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. ...

. He spent 2002–03 season on loan to Brazil and then left for Challenge League side

Chiasso Chiasso (; ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Mendrisio (district), Mendrisio in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Ticino in Switzerland. As Extreme points of Switzerland, the southernmost of Switzerland's ...

. In 2005–06 season, he played the round 1 match for Chiasso on 16 July 2005, but signed by

Crotone Crotone (; ; or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( or ; ), it became a great Greek city, home of the renowned mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras amongst other famous citizens, and one ...

soon after. In January 2006 he return to Chiasso, from Italian speaking region

Ticino Ticino ( ), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eight districts ...

. In the next season he was signed by

Swiss Super League The Super League (also known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a professional association football league in Switzerland and the highest level of the Swiss football league system. It has been played in its current fo ...

side

Luzern Lucerne ( ) or Luzern ()Other languages: ; ; ; . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the Lucerne (district), di ...

. He was out-favoured in the 2007–08 season, he left for

Enosis Neon Paralimni Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club (, ''Enosi Neon Paralimniou''; ), commonly referred to as ENP, is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the first division, it holds home games at the Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Ta ...

then played with the Luzern B. In January 2009 he left for

OFI Heraklion OFI Football Club (, ''Heraklion Sportsmen Club 1925 FC''), commonly referred to as OFI, is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Heraklion, on the island of Crete. It is part of the O.F.I. (sports club), OFI mul ...

. After a year without a club, he returned to Switzerland for

Yverdon-Sport Yverdon-Sport FC is a Swiss football club based in Yverdon-les-Bains that is set to compete in the Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football, after being relegated from the top-tier Swiss Super League in the 2024–25 season. The club ...

Privates

He also holds an Italian passport and is the brother of

Juninho Juninho, Portuguese for "little Junior", is a common nickname in Brazil for those whose full name includes Júnior. It is often combined with an epithet, sometimes a demonym (a word derived from their place of origin). The following association foo ...

References

External links

CBF

Swiss Football League Profile

Lega-Calcio Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paquito 1981 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Serie B players Swiss Super League players Super League Greece players Cypriot First Division players SSC Napoli players Ravenna FC players Cosenza Calcio 1914 players Clube Atlético Juventus players Mirassol Futebol Clube players FC Chiasso players FC Crotone players FC Luzern players Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players OFI Crete F.C. players Yverdon-Sport FC players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Men's association football midfielders Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Footballers from Curitiba Brazilian people of Italian descent 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen