Anderson de Carvalho Barbosa (born 1 September 1974), commonly known as Anderson Barbosa, is a Brazilian striker who currently plays at

Sociedade Esportiva do Gama Sociedade Esportiva do Gama, commonly referred to as Gama, is a Brazilian professional club based in Gama, Distrito Federal founded on 15 November 1975. It competes in the Campeonato Brasiliense, the top flight of the Distrito Federal state ...

Club career

Anderson previously played Gama,

Fluminense Fluminense Football Club () is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest football club in the state since its foundation in 1902. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, th ...

Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional, Inter de Porto Alegre, a cidade do Grêmio or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the ...

and

Criciúma Criciúma () is a city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. At , it is located 180 km south of Florianópolis, the state capital and around 900 km south of São Paulo. The city is the center of Brazil's flooring and home material ...

in the

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...

. He also spent a season with the UAE Giants

Al Wasl FC Al Wasl Football Club () is an Emirati professional football club based in Zabeel, Dubai that competes in the UAE Pro League. The club plays its home games at Zabeel Stadium. Al-Wasl is amongst the most successful teams in the UAE, winning e ...

and was able to win the double with the club and get the top scorer trophy. He is the only UAE League player who was top scorer for four consecutive seasons. Anderson is the player with the highest number of goals of all time in the UAE, including foreigner and local player, summing up a total of 160 goals, of which 99 were scored in the UAE League. Anderson has played in the UAE since 2003 when he was transferred to

Sharjah Sports Club Sharjah Football Club () is an Emirati professional football club based in Sharjah that competes in the UAE Pro League. Their home stadium is the Sharjah Stadium. Founded in 1966, Sharjah is considered to be one of the pioneers of complaining sin ...

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Campeonato Brasiliense The Campeonato Brasiliense, also referred to as the Campeonato Candango and the Candangão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian Federal District A federal district is a specific administrative division in one ...

top scorer: 1994 (17 goals) *

Campeonato Goiano The Campeonato Goiano is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian States of Brazil, state located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. Goiás borders th ...

top scorer: 1998 (20 goals) , 1999 (20 goals). *

UAE President's Cup The UAE President's Cup, or simply the President Cup, is a association football, football tournament that takes place in United Arab Emirates, between Football team, clubs in the UAE Pro League and the UAE First Division League. The winner qualifi ...

top scorer: 2005/2006 (8 goals). *

UAE Pro League The UAE Pro League (), also known as the ADNOC Pro League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the highest level of the Emirati football league system. The first team to w ...

top scorer: 2004/2005 (23 goals) ,2005/2006 (20 goals) , 2006/2007 (18 goals) , 2007/2008 (16 goals).

References

1974 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Sociedade Esportiva do Gama players Fluminense FC players Criciúma Esporte Clube players SC Internacional players Sharjah FC players Al Wasl F.C. players Khor Fakkan Club players Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) players Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates UAE Pro League players UAE First Division League players Qatar Stars League players Men's association football forwards 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate men's footballers {{Brazil-footy-forward-1970s-stub