Anderson Ribeiro Mendes (born July 2, 1981) is a Brazilian football player, who was invited to Ukraine by
FC Arsenal Kharkiv
FC Arsenal Kharkiv is a football club based in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Arsenal Kharkiv currently plays in the regional competitions of Kharkiv city. In 2005 on the base of the club was formed another club ''FC Kharkiv''. FC Arsenal has a well establish ...
's chairman Chumak during his vacation trip to Brazil. Ribeiro quickly became fan's favourite of nearly all teams in Kharkiv being the first Brazilian ever played for these teams. In the summer of 2009 he joined Maltese club
Tarxien Rainbows FC
Tarxien Rainbows Football Club are a football team from Tarxien, a town in southern Malta. They have achieved promotion to the Maltese Premier League in season 2024–25 thanks to the leadership of Coach Jacques Scerri & Team Manager Dillon Merc ...
. In 2010 Ribeiro return to Ukraine and signed with
FC Metalurh Zaporizhya
The Sports club "Metalurh Zaporizhzhia" (, ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a "phoenix club (sports), phoenix club" of the original Soviet factory "team of mas ...
In 2015 is playing in Gozo for
Kercem Ajax F.C. in the 1st Division. Currently he is playing in Gozo for
Oratory Youths F.C. in the 1st Division.
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Brazilian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Expatriate men's footballers in Malta
1981 births
Living people
FC Arsenal Kharkiv players
FC Helios Kharkiv players
FC Metalist Kharkiv players
FC Kharkiv players
Tarxien Rainbows F.C. players
FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players
Hamrun Spartans F.C. players
Hibernians F.C. players
Naxxar Lions F.C. players
Żebbuġ Rangers F.C. players
Kerċem Ajax F.C. players
Ukrainian Premier League players
Ukrainian First League players
Ukrainian Second League players
Footballers from Porto Alegre
21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
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