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Also known as Anderson Luís de Souza

Anderson Luís de Souza (born 27 August 1977), also known as Deco (), is a former professional footballer who primarily played as an attacking or central midfielder. Born and raised in Brazil, he played for the Portugal national team. He currently works as sporting director for Barcelona.

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Deco is a male association football player who played as a midfielder. Born Anderson in São Bernardo do Campo on 27 August 1977, he holds citizenship in both Portugal and Brazil. He represented Portugal in international competitions, including the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups and UEFA Euro 2004 and 2008. His professional career spanned from 1995 to 2013, during which he played for FC Barcelona, F.C. Alverca, S.C. Salgueiros, and S.C. Corinthians Paulista. He also competed in the Premier League.

In his career, Deco recorded two matches and one goal. He stands 174 centimeters tall and weighs 73 kilograms. His native language is Portuguese.

Other entities share the name Deco, including a musician tagged with dubstep, indie, synthpop, electronic, and indie pop, and an author named Francisco Deco with works such as *Adviento nocturno* and *Constelaciones*.

Synthesized by Vinony from 38 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
13

Top works

  • Adviento nocturno. En anexo
  • Adviento nocturno. En anexo
  • Constelaciones.
  • Constelaciones.
  • Wah-wah

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
JP
Active from
1986-12-16

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
24,796
Total plays
206,046

Tags

dubstepindiesynthpopelectronicindie pop

There is more than one artist by the name of Deco; - 1. Deco is a lounge/electronic/jazz band from Italy. The album on this profile is by this artist, for more info go to http://www.myspace.com/decomusicspace - 2. A band from Melbourne Australia, who released the album entitled "Move On" in 2004 and got casual airplay on ABC's youth radio station Triple J. - 3. Deco was Attala Zane Giles & Phillip Ingram The Deco album was recorded and completed <a href="https://www.last.fm/music

via Last.fm · Deco

Key facts

Football biography.image
Deco com o Fluminense em 2013 (cropped).jpg
Football biography.caption
Deco playing for Fluminense in 2013
Football biography.fullname
Anderson Luís de Souza
Football biography.birth_place
São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Football biography.height
1.74 m
Football biography.position
Central Midfielder
Football biography.youthyears1
1995–1996
Football biography.youthclubs1
Nacional (SP)
Football biography.youthyears2
1996–1997
Football biography.youthclubs2
Corinthians
Football biography.years1
1996–1997
Football biography.clubs1
Corinthians
Football biography.caps1
2
Football biography.goals1
1
Football biography.years2
1997
Football biography.clubs2
CSA
Football biography.caps2
0
Football biography.goals2
0

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
Leicester City
Position
Attacking Midfield
Nationality
Jamaica

via TheSportsDB

~19 min read

Encyclopedic overview

20 sections
Contents
  • Club career
  • Early career
  • Porto
  • Barcelona
  • Chelsea
  • Fluminense
  • International career
  • 2006 World Cup
  • Euro 2008
  • 2010 World Cup
  • Style of play
  • Post-retirement
  • Personal life
  • Media
  • Career statistics
  • Club
  • International
  • Honours
  • References
  • External links

Anderson Luís de Souza (born 27 August 1977), also known as Deco (), is a former professional footballer who primarily played as an attacking or central midfielder. Born and raised in Brazil, he played for the Portugal national team. He currently works as sporting director for Barcelona.

Deco is one of the few players to have won the UEFA Champions League with two clubs, with Porto in 2004 and Barcelona in 2006. He was named UEFA Club Footballer of the Year and UEFA Best Midfielder in Porto's Champions League-winning season and was named Man of the Match in the 2004 UEFA Champions League Final. Deco was the first player to win the UEFA Best Midfielder Award with two clubs, Porto and Barcelona. He was awarded the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball and the Man of the Match award in the final despite losing to Internacional.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Deco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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