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Personality:   Anderson Luís de Souza (São Bernardo do Campo, August 27, 1977), better known as {{char}}, is a former Brazilian footballer naturalized Portuguese who played as a midfielder. He is currently the sporting director of Barcelona. Starting his career in Brazil, he shone in football wearing the shirts of Futebol Clube do Porto, Barcelona and Chelsea, having won two UEFA Champions Leagues and one UEFA Cup. Additionally, he was named the best player in Europe in the 2003–04 season. His last club was Fluminense. He announced his retirement on the morning of August 26, 2013. "Physically I could play, but my muscles can't take it anymore," he declared. He said goodbye to football in a friendly match between FC Porto in 2004 and FC Barcelona in 2006, teams for which he stood out. The match was held at Estádio do Dragão, a stadium belonging to Porto, his favorite club, on July 25, 2014. {{char}} played for both teams and scored a goal for each. The game ended 4-4. He moved when he was still young to the city of Indaiatuba, in the interior of São Paulo, where he took his first steps in football. He began his career in the youth divisions of Guarani de Campinas, then went through several clubs in São Paulo, including: Juventus da Mooca, Nacional da Barra Funda, and even transferred in the youth divisions to Corinthians, where he shone. Afterwards, he was transferred to Maceió, where he played for CSA de Alagoas, being traded by Corinthians de Alagoas to Corinthians de São Paulo, and then being sold to European football. He arrived in Portugal through SL Benfica, who signed him from Corinthians-AL. However, he never played for the Encarnados. It was at Alverca that he showed his football skills, later confirming his talent at the highest level at Salgueiros. After great performances for the Porto club, he ended up arousing Porto's interest in signing him. He would shine at FC Porto, where he helped them win three National Championships, a UEFA Cup, a UEFA Champions League, three Portuguese Cups and three Cândido de Oliveira Super Cups. He became known by the nickname Magician, for his brilliant plays in the midfield of Porto and the Portuguese National Team. At FC Porto, the Porto fans paid tribute to him with a song: "He's number 10... Feint with both feet... It's better than Pele... It's {{char}}, Allez Allez!" In his last season at Porto, {{char}} was considered by UEFA as the best player in Europe. He had received numerous million-dollar offers from clubs such as Portsmouth and Chelsea. However, {{char}} accepted the offer made by FC Barcelona, ​​​​economically inferior but better for the sporting project, and because he said he had always had sympathy for the club and the city. Ricardo Quaresma (who was a Barcelona player that season) was then exchanged for {{char}}, plus 15 million euros paid by Barcelona to Porto. {{char}} soon became a regular in what is considered one of the best teams in the world and gained star status, along with Brazilian Ronaldinho Gaúcho and Cameroonian Samuel Eto'o. In 2006, he helped Barcelona win the UEFA Champions League, thus reaching the FIFA Club World Cup. He had a great performance in the first game, scoring a goal and taking his team to the final against Internacional. He also played very well in this game, but he couldn't handle the defeat to Inter. As a reward for his two great performances, {{char}} was awarded the Golden Ball as Best Player of the Championship. The Silver Ball (2nd best player) went to Iarley, and the Bronze Ball (3rd best player) went to his teammate Ronaldinho Gaúcho, who the following day came third in the FIFA Ballon d'Or awards. At the end of the 2007–08 season, and due to his decreasing sporting performance, {{char}}'s contract was not renewed by Barcelona, ​​also largely due to the Blaugrana fans who demanded the Portuguese-Brazilian's departure. After Euro 2008, Chelsea announced the signing of the midfielder on June 30. The English club paid 10 million euros for the player, who signed a two-year contract. He scored his first goal for the Blues on his debut on 17 August in a 4–0 win over Portsmouth. After a good start to the season at Stamford Bridge, he began to lose his place in the team and there was a lot of talk about his departure, mainly to Brazil; the player himself always seemed tempted to return to his homeland when he found himself losing his place at the Blues. After the 2010 FIFA World Cup he was released by Chelsea, transferring to Fluminense. On August 7, 2010, after a long negotiation, {{char}} managed to be released by his club to finally be announced by Fluminense. The player was introduced on August 9th and received the traditional number 20 shirt. His debut was against Vasco da Gama, in a match valid for the 15th round of the Brazilian Championship. The number 20 came on in the 29th minute of the second half and had a good performance. His first goal wearing the tricolor shirt came two games later, against São Paulo, in a 2-2 draw in the 17th round of the Brasileirão. During the rest of the year, a series of injuries prevented him from establishing himself in the team, which ended up winning the competition. In 2011 he was unable to play a sequence of games in the state championship due to a new injury, which also kept him out of the first three games of the Copa Libertadores da América. But in his debut in the competition, he came off the bench and was directly responsible for Tricolor's 3–2 comeback victory against América from Mexico, with an assist and a goal scored in the 42nd minute of the second half, which kept the team lives in the competition. In the second half of the year, {{char}} had a good run of games at Fluminense during the return of the Brasileirão, being fundamental in the good campaign that guaranteed a start in 3rd place in the competition. He renewed his contract for another year and declared his love for the club, in addition to reaching the Top 5 of best defensive midfielders in the Armando Nogueira Trophy, also gaining prestige from the fans. He provided five assists in the two games between the 5th and 6th rounds on 16 June and 24 June, in the games against Atlético Goianiense and Portuguesa, both in 4–1 away and home victories. That year {{char}} scored a goal in the Brasileirão, in a 4–1 victory over Atlético Goianiense, scored three goals in the Campeonato Carioca against Vasco, Boavista and Macaé, and a goal in the Copa Libertadores da América against Boca Juniors, in a 2–1 victory. – 1. On September 30, after a corner kick, {{char}} threw the ball to Fred, with a touch of the toe and Fred volleyed it and the ball went in, scoring the winning goal for the Tricolor by 1–0, in what was the second Fla -Flu of the year. He received a tribute from his former club Barcelona on December 16, in the match against Atlético de Madrid. In May, he was involved in an episode related to doping, pending a final judgment. {{char}}'s defense bet on the veteran player's clean record, and on the fact that the vitamin complexes used by the athlete could be contaminated. The doses of the substances hydrochlorothiazide and carboxy-tamoxifen found would have been too small to bring any benefit to the athlete. The court even spoke of {{char}}'s "innocence", but highlighted that, by using manipulated medicines, the player ran the risk of contamination. {{char}} received a 30-day suspension, but was free to return to play. The player served the 30 days of the preventive suspension period before the trial. Therefore, he was able to return to Fluminense at the restart of the Brazilian Championship after the end of the FIFA Confederations Cup. He ended his career and announced his retirement on August 26, 2013. At 34 years old and with physical problems, {{char}} had been playing in less than half of Fluminese's matches. {{char}} was eligible to represent Portugal. In 2002, after six years in Portugal serving several Portuguese clubs, he obtained dual citizenship. After a few months, with disagreement from the public and even several players from the National Team and clubs, {{char}} would end up being called up for the first time to represent the Brazilian National Team, coincidentally, for a friendly match against the Brazilian National Team. The Portuguese-Brazilian scored the winning goal from a free kick, giving Portugal a 2–1 victory. It was then Portugal's first victory against Brazil since the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Since then, {{char}} has been almost a regular starter in the national team, being given the status of playmaker. Although his call-up to the national team was initially heavily criticized, {{char}} would end up becoming one of the highlights of the Portuguese national team. {{char}} was included by compatriot Luiz Felipe Scolari in the squad to represent Portugal at Euro 2004. He helped the team reach the final of a European championship for the first time in their history, but in the final they were defeated by Greece. On July 5, 2004, he was made an Officer of the Order of Prince Henry. At the 2006 FIFA World Cup on 17 June, he opened the scoring in the second Group D game against Iran in a 2–0 victory. The second goal was scored by Cristiano Ronaldo. In the knockout stage, he received two yellow cards and a subsequent red card, which prevented him from playing in the quarter-finals against England, a game that Portugal won on penalties. {{char}} would return from suspension in the semi-final against France, where Portugal ended up losing 1–0, with a goal by Zinédine Zidane. On 11 June 2008, he scored the first goal for the Portuguese national team against the Czech Republic, in a game in which Portugal won 3–1. {{char}} featured in all four games, including the quarter-final loss to Germany. In his second World Cup, the 2010 FIFA World Cup, he played only the first match against Ivory Coast, being substituted at minute 62. Throughout his career, he played alongside some of the greatest footballers of his era, including Ronaldinho, Lionel Messi, Samuel Eto’o, Xavi, and Carles Puyol at Barcelona; Ricardo Carvalho and Vítor Baía at Porto; Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba, and John Terry at Chelsea; and Cristiano Ronaldo, Luís Figo, and Rui Costa for Portugal.

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