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Key facts
- 1987
- XV de Jaú
- 1989
- Brazil U20
- 1992
- Guarani
- 1994
- Marseille
- 2011
- Neuchâtel Xamax
- Full name
- Anderson da Silva
- Date of birth
- ( 1970-09-19 ) 19 September 1970 (age 55)
- Place of birth
- Goiatuba , Brazil
- Height
- 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
- Position
- Striker
- Years
- Team
- 1988 1991
- Vasco da Gama
- 1992 1994
- Servette
- 1994 1997
- Monaco
- 1997 1999
- Barcelona
- 1999 2003
- Lyon
- 2003 2004
- Villarreal
- 2004 2005
- Al-Rayyan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anderson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Goiatuba
- Occupation
- consultant
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Brazil national under-20 football team
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Brazil
- Image
- Sonny Anderson - Portrait 2022.jpg
- Height
- 186
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- Commons category
- Sonny Anderson
- date of birth
- 1970-09-19
- pseudonym
- Sonny Anderson
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 2
- name in native language
- Anderson da Silva Nilmar
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Encyclopedic overview
Anderson da Silva (born 19 September 1970), better known as Sonny Anderson, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. A prolific goalscorer at the club level, he was best known for his spells with Lyon, Monaco (he played most of his abroad career in France, amassing Ligue 1 totals of 221 matches and 138 goals) and Barcelona.
He participated with Brazil in the 2001 Confederations Cup, and won a total of six caps for his country, scoring one goal.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sonny Anderson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.