André Luiz Pessanha Cordeiro (born August 9, 1967) is a

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

from

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. Nicknamed Pará, he competed in three consecutive

Pan American Games The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of th ...

for his native country, starting in 1999. Cordeiro won two silver medals at this event with the Brazil men's national water polo team. In the South American Games, "Pará", won five consecutive gold medals with Brazil Squad in the years of 1998,2000,2002,2004 and 2006.

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1967 births Living people Brazilian male water polo players Water polo players from Rio de Janeiro (city) Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists in water polo Water polo players at the 2003 Pan American Games Water polo players at the 2007 Pan American Games South American Games gold medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-waterpolo-bio-stub