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Anderson Souza Ferreira (born 9 May 1985), known simply as Anderson, is a former
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played as a defender. Born in Brazil, he has played for the Equatorial Guinea national team.


Biography

Anderson was born in
Itabuna Itabuna is a municipality in Bahia, Brazil. It is the 6th largest city in Bahia by population after Salvador, Feira de Santana, Camaçari, Vitória da Conquista, and Juazeiro. It had an estimated 214,123 residents in 2021. Itabuna covers a total ...
, a city located in the Brazilian state of
Bahia Bahia () is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Mina ...
.


International career

Anderson was one of the Brazilian-born naturalized Equatoguinean players by the Brazilian Antônio Dumas (Equatorial Guinea's former coach). Through his naturalization, he has been an international for the Equatoguinean national team on 25 March 2007. He played in an Africa Cup of Nations 2007 Qualifying match against
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, in
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, a game which the national team won 3–1. Also he was called for other
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match against
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in
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on 2 June 2007.Equatoguineans players called for the match against Rwanda, in Kigali, on 2 June 2007


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* * 1985 births Living people Footballers from Itabuna Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Esporte Clube Vitória players Treze Futebol Clube players Galícia Esporte Clube players Esporte Clube Ipitanga da Bahia players Naturalized citizens of Equatorial Guinea Equatoguinean men's footballers Equatorial Guinea men's international footballers Naturalised association football players Equatoguinean people of Brazilian descent 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{EquatorialGuinea-footy-bio-stub