Anderson Soares de Oliveira or simply Anderson Bamba (born 10 January 1988) is a Brazilian former professional football central defender.

Anderson Bamba
Anderson in 2012
Personal information
Full name Anderson Soares de Oliveira
Date of birth (1988-01-10) 10 January 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth São Gonçalo, Brazil
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
0000–2008 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Flamengo 0 (0)
2008 Tombense 0 (2)
2008–2010 Bayer Leverkusen 0 (0)
2008–2009VfL Osnabrück (loan) 12 (0)
2009–2010Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) 32 (3)
2010–2011 Borussia Mönchengladbach 13 (0)
2011–2017 Eintracht Frankfurt 95 (1)
Total 152 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career edit

Flamengo edit

Anderson Oliveira started his career with Clube de Regatas do Flamengo. He excelled in winning the third championship of the junior state championship and the Junior Cup OPG.

Anderson began his career professional in 2006, with Flamengo and was sold to Tombense in January 2008.[1]

Germany edit

 
Anderson Bamba at Gladbach

In the summer 2008, German club Bayer Leverkusen secured the transfer rights to Anderson. He played the 2008–09 season for VfL Osnabrück, "on loan" from Bayer Leverkusen despite the fact that he did not have a contract with the Bundesliga club.[2] On 1 July 2009, he agreed to be loaned to Fortuna Düsseldorf for the 2009–10 season.[3]

On 1 April 2010, he signed with Borussia Mönchengladbach and joined his new team on 1 July.[4] After one season in Gladbach, Anderson was loaned to the newly relegated Eintracht Frankfurt.[5]

In April 2017 he agreed the termination of his contract with Eintracht Frankfurt which was due to run out in June 2018[6]

Honours edit

Flamengo

References edit

  1. ^ "Unknown" (in Portuguese). cbf.com.br. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Das große Rätsel um Anderson" (in German). RP Online. 19 July 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Düsseldorf: Leverkusener Anderson ausgeliehen" (in German). reviersport.de. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Gladbach verpflichtet Brasilianer: Anderson wird Borusse" (in German). kicker.de. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Anderson zur Eintracht" [Anderson to Eintracht] (in German). DFL. 28 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Bamba Anderson löst seinen Vertrag auf". Eintracht Frankfurt (in German). 26 April 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

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