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

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Career

Flamengo

Anderson Oliveira started his career with

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...

. 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.

Germany

In the summer 2008, German club

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH () and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It competes in the B ...

secured the transfer rights to Anderson. He played the 2008–09 season for

VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section. The footba ...

, "on loan" from

despite the fact that he did not have a contract with the

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club. On 1 July 2009, he agreed to be loaned to

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fo ...

for the 2009–10 season. On 1 April 2010, he signed with

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach, better known as Borussia Mönchengladbach () and colloquially known as just Gladbach, is a professional Association football, football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-W ...

and joined his new team on 1 July. After one season in Gladbach, Anderson was loaned to the newly relegated

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a German professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German footb ...

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

Honours

Flamengo * Brazilian Cup:

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* Campeonato Carioca de Juniores: 2006, 2007 * Taça Otávio Pinto Guimarães: 2006, 2007

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bamba, Anderson 1988 births Living people Footballers from São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro Men's association football defenders Brazilian men's footballers CR Flamengo footballers Tombense Futebol Clube players VfL Osnabrück players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players Bayer 04 Leverkusen II players Fortuna Düsseldorf players Borussia Mönchengladbach players Eintracht Frankfurt players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen