Nenê (footballer, born 1981)

Anderson Luiz de Carvalho (born 19 July 1981), known as Nenê, is a Brazilian professional footballer. An attacking midfielder who currently plays for Juventude, he is mostly known for his crossing and dribbling ability, also being a free kick specialist.

Nenê
Nenê with São Paulo in 2018
Personal information
Full name Anderson Luiz de Carvalho
Date of birth (1981-07-19) 19 July 1981
Place of birth Jundiaí, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Juventude
Youth career
1996–1997 Bahia
1997–1998 Sporting CP
1998–1999 Corinthians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Paulista 32 (26)
2002 → Palmeiras (loan) 31 (9)
2003 → Santos (loan) 41 (11)
2003–2004 Mallorca 35 (2)
2004–2006 Alavés 78 (22)
2006–2007 Celta 47 (9)
2007–2010 Monaco 70 (20)
2008–2009 → Espanyol (loan) 36 (4)
2010–2013 Paris Saint-Germain 112 (48)
2013–2015 Al-Gharafa 53 (22)
2015 West Ham United 8 (0)
2015–2018 Vasco da Gama 129 (42)
2018–2019 São Paulo 71 (12)
2019–2021 Fluminense 116 (28)
2021–2023 Vasco da Gama 70 (18)
2023– Juventude 23 (7)
International career
2001 Brazil U20 7 (2)
2003 Brazil U23 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2023

He played most of his professional career in Spain, representing four clubs and amassing La Liga totals of 140 games and 23 goals over the course of four seasons, and France, where he appeared with Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain for 142 Ligue 1 matches in four and a half campaigns (55 goals).

Nenê won the 2013 national championship with PSG, also being chosen the league's best foreign player in 2010 while with Monaco.[1] He also spent three months in England, with West Ham United.

Club career

Early career

Born in Jundiaí, São Paulo, Nenê started playing professionally with local Etti Jundiaí at the age of 19. On 16 May 2002 he moved to Palmeiras, on loan until December.[2]

Nenê made his Série A debut on 11 August 2002, starting and scoring the first in a 1–1 home draw against Grêmio. He finished the year with five league goals, but his club suffered relegation for the first time in its history.

On 27 January 2003, Nenê signed for Santos still in the top division.[3] Mainly a backup option to Robinho and Ricardo Oliveira, he still scored three goals during the team's Copa Libertadores run, and also appeared in both legs of the finals as a substitute.

Spain
Nenê playing for Espanyol

In 2003–04, Nenê moved to Spain, first with RCD Mallorca[4] – making his La Liga debut on 14 September 2003 in a 0–4 away loss against Athletic Bilbao[5]– and then Deportivo Alavés.[6] With the Basque side he put up two extraordinary individual seasons, with 21 goals in the league alone, playing his first year in the second division and achieving promotion.[7]

After being relegated from the top level with Alavés in 2006, Nenê met the same fate with RC Celta de Vigo,[8][9] again appearing in all 38 league games and totalling nearly 3,000 minutes of action for the Galicians.

Monaco

On 22 August 2007, Nenê was transferred to AS Monaco FC for an undisclosed fee.[10] A year later, having already started with the French, he joined RCD Espanyol in the last days of the summer transfer window on a one-year loan,[11] with a buying option for the Catalans at the season's end, which was finally not activated.

Back with Monaco, Nenê began the new campaign in impressive scoring fashion, scoring nine goals in his first ten matches – this included a brace against US Boulogne in a 3–1 away victory, both from long-range free kicks,[12] as he led the scoring charts for a lengthy period of time.[13]

Paris Saint-Germain
Nenê with Paris Saint-Germain in 2012

On 11 July 2010, Nenê joined Paris Saint-Germain in a deal believed to be around €5.5 million. "I'm very happy to have signed for Paris," the player told PSG's official website, adding: "Like PSG, I'm hoping to have a big league season and to pull something off in the Europa League".[14] He scored in his first official appearance, a 3–1 home win against AS Saint-Étienne,[15] adding two on 11 September against newly promoted AC Arles-Avignon (4–0, home).[16] Halfway through the season he had already registered 13 goals, making him the third-highest scorer only behind Moussa Sow and Kevin Gameiro; his displays, free-kick ability and attacking flair earned him comparisons with Ronaldinho, a compatriot who played at the Parc des Princes earlier in the decade,[17] but he only scored one more goal until the end of the campaign, with PSG finally finishing fourth.

In the summer of 2011, Paris Saint-Germain were purchased by Qatari investors and bought several new players, including Jérémy Menez with whom Nenê had played at Monaco.[18] The Brazilian began the season hesitantly, struggling to accept that he had lost his star status in the team with the arrival of Javier Pastore.[19][20] On 29 October, however, he scored two goals (both penalties) in a 4–2 home win against Stade Malherbe Caen, putting his team three points clear at the top of the table.[21]

Nenê scored his first hat-trick with PSG on 13 May 2012, netting all of the game's goals in the home fixture against Stade Rennais F.C. in only 18 minutes of play.[22] He finished the campaign as the league's second top scorer, helping his side to the second place and direct qualification to the UEFA Champions League.[23]

Al-Gharafa

On 15 January 2013, after having appeared in 112 official matches with PSG (but only nine in the league in the first half of the season), Nenê moved to Al-Gharafa SC in the Qatar Stars League.[24] In March, he was suspended for nine games and fined €67,000 for fighting with Houssine Kharja,[25][26] being eventually released in late January of the following year.[27]

West Ham United
Nenê making his West Ham debut

On 18 February 2015, free agent Nenê signed for West Ham United until the end of the campaign.[28] He made his debut ten days later in a 1–3 home defeat by Crystal Palace by coming on as a 61st minute substitute for Alex Song,[29] and was released at the end of the season following an unsuccessful stint at the Hammers.[30]

São Paulo

On 26 January 2018, the 36-year-old Nenê agreed to a two-year contract with São Paulo.[31] In an interview held the previous December, he claimed to have been a supporter of the club as a child.[32] He scored his first goal for his new team on 7 February, in a 1–0 win over Bragantino for the Campeonato Paulista.[33]

Fluminense

After being released, on 15 July 2019 Nenê joined Fluminense until the end of the 2020 season.[34] In the first two months of that year, he scored seven goals across all competitions.[35]

After Fluminense, he played for Vasco and Juventude.

Personal life / Sponsorship

In October 2012, Nenê was named an ambassador in France for the game FIFA 13, alongside Karim Benzema and Lionel Messi.[36] In 2010, he signed a deal with Adidas.[37]

Each year, Nenê organised with fellow footballer Neymar a charity match in his hometown of Jundiaí, with the purpose of raising money for food for families in need.[38]

Career statistics
As of 16 September 2023[39][40][41]
Club Season League State league National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Paulista 2002 Série B 0000——15[lower-alpha 1]6156
Palmeiras 2002[42] Série A 255—00—5[lower-alpha 2]3308
Santos 2003 Série A 2283[lower-alpha 3]0—13[lower-alpha 4]3—3811
Mallorca 2003–04 La Liga 292—206[lower-alpha 5]0—372
Alavés 2004–05 Segunda División 4012—00——4012
2005–06 La Liga 389—00——389
Total 7821—00——7821
Celta 2006–07 La Liga 388—109[lower-alpha 5]1—489
Monaco 2007–08 Ligue 1 285—00—2[lower-alpha 6]2307
2008–09 10—00——10
2009–10 3414—61—1[lower-alpha 6]04115
Total 6319—61—327222
Espanyol (loan) 2008–09 La Liga 354—40——394
Paris Saint-Germain 2010–11 Ligue 1 3514—729[lower-alpha 7]4—5120
2011–12 3521—547[lower-alpha 7]2—4727
2012–13 91—104[lower-alpha 8]0—141
Total 7936—136206—11248
Al-Gharafa 2012–13 QSL 63—007[lower-alpha 9]232167
2013–14 2310—31—302911
2014–15 147—00——147
Total 4320—3172625825
West Ham United 2014–15 Premier League 80—00——80
Vasco da Gama 2015 Série A 209—30——239
2016 Série B 311317[lower-alpha 10]771——5521
2017 Série A 31515[lower-alpha 10]333——278
2018 002[lower-alpha 10]100——21
Total 82273411134——12942
São Paulo 2018 Série A 35812[lower-alpha 3]24240—5512
2019 2010[lower-alpha 3]02020—160
Total 3782226260007112
Fluminense 2019 Série A 2530[lower-alpha 10]00020—273
2020 31813[lower-alpha 10]66620—5220
2021 1517[lower-alpha 10]151102—375
Total 71122071171420011628
Vasco da Gama 2021 Série B 1440[lower-alpha 10]000——144
2022 33710[lower-alpha 10]520——4512
2023 Série A 009[lower-alpha 10]121——112
Total 47111964100007018
Juventude 2023 Série B 23600———236
Career total 6811889826632275142913917255
  1. All appearances in Torneio Rio – São Paulo
  2. Four appearances and two goals in Copa dos Campeões, one appearance and one goal in Supercampeonato Paulista
  3. All appearances in Campeonato Paulista
  4. Twelve appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores, one appearance in Copa Sudamericana
  5. All appearances in UEFA Cup
  6. All appearances in Coupe de la Ligue
  7. All appearances in UEFA Europa League
  8. All appearances in UEFA Champions League
  9. All appearances in AFC Champions League
  10. All appearances in Campeonato Carioca

Honours

Club

Paulista

Paris Saint-Germain

Vasco da Gama

Fluminense

Individual

References
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  2. "Palmeiras contrata atacante Nenê, do Etti Jundiaí" [Palmeiras sign forward Nenê, of Etti Jundiaí]. Diário do Grande ABC (in Portuguese). 16 May 2002. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  3. "Depois de Ricardo Oliveira, Santos contrata atacante Nenê, ex-Palmeiras" [After Ricardo Oliveira, Santos sign forward Nenê, formerly of Palmeiras]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 27 January 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  4. "Pacheco tendrá un medio brasileño: Nené" [Pacheco will have a Brazilian midfielder: Nené [sic]]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 19 August 2003. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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  15. Sessegnon on target in PSG win; ESPN Soccernet, 7 August 2010
  16. Paris Saint-Germain 4–0 Arles; ESPN Soccernet, 11 September 2010
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