Deco

Anderson Luís de Souza (born 27 August 1977), commonly as Deco is a retired professional footballer. He played as a Midfielder. He has played for Porto, Barcelona, and the Portugal national team.

Deco

Personal information
Full name	Anderson Luís de Souza[1]
Date of birth	(1977-08-27) 27 August 1977 (age 47)[2]
Place of birth	São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil[3]
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1996	Nacional (SP)
1996–1997	Corinthians
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Corinthians	2	(1)
1997	CSA	0	(0)
1997–1998	Benfica	0	(0)
1997–1998	→ Alverca (loan)	32	(20)
1998–1999	Salgueiros	12	(4)
1999–2004	Porto	148	(57)
2004–2008	Barcelona	113	(31)
2008–2010	Chelsea	43	(5)
2010–2013	Fluminense	56	(9)
Total		406	(133)
International career
2003–2010	Portugal	75	(19)
Managerial career
2023–	Barcelona (sporting director)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA European Championship Runner-up 2004 Portugal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 August 2013

Club	Season	League		Cup[4]		Continental		Other[5]		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Corinthians	1996	2	0			–		–		2	0
	Total	2	0	?	?	–		–		2	0
Alverca (loan)	1997–98	32	13			–		–		32	13
	Total	32	13	?	?	–		–		32	13
Salgueiros	1998–99	12	2	1	0	–		–		13	2
	Total	12	2	1	0	–		–		13	2
Porto	1998–99	6	0	0	0	0	0	–		6	0
	1999–2000	23	1	4	3	11	3	–		38	7
	2000–01	31	6	6	0	10	0	–		47	6
	2001–02	30	13	3	0	15	6	–		48	19
	2002–03	30	10	3	1	12	1	–		45	12
	2003–04	28	2	4	0	12	2	1	0	45	4
	Total	148	32	20	4	60	12	1	0	229	48
Barcelona	2004–05	35	6	0	0	7	2	–		42	8
	2005–06	29	3	3	0	11	2	–		43	5
	2006–07	31	1	5	2	8	2	3	1	47	6
	2007–08	18	1	5	0	6	0	–		29	1
	Total	113	11	13	2	32	6	3	1	161	20
Chelsea	2008–09	24	3	2	0	4	0	–		30	3
	2009–10	19	2	5	1	4	0	–		28	3
	Total	43	5	7	1	8	0	0	0	58	6
Fluminense	2010	16	1	0	0	–		–		16	1
	2011	18	0	–		2	1	5	0	25	1
	2012	17	1	–		8	1	11	3	36	5
	2013	5	0	1	0	3	0	5	0	14	0
	Total	56	2	1	0	13	2	21	3	91	7
Career total		406	65	42	7	113	20	25	4	586	96

International

^[6]

Portugal
Year	Apps	Goals
2003	9	1
2004	15	1
2005	8	0
2006	11	1
2007	8	0
2008	9	2
2009	11	0
2010	4	0
Total	75	5

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	29 March 2003	Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal	Brazil	2–1	2–1	Friendly
2.	13 October 2004	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal	Russia	3–0	7–1	2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
3.	17 June 2006	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany	Iran	1–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup
4.	11 June 2008	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	Czech Republic	1–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 2008
5.	10 September 2008	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal	Denmark	2–1	2–3	FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualifying

Honours

Porto^[7]

• Primeira Divisão/Liga: 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04
• Taça de Portugal: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2001, 2003
• UEFA Champions League: 2003–04
• UEFA Cup: 2002–03

Barcelona^[7]

• La Liga: 2004–05, 2005–06
• Supercopa de España: 2005, 2006
• UEFA Champions League: 2005–06

Chelsea

• Premier League: 2009–10^[8]
• FA Cup: 2008–09, 2009–10^[7]
• FA Community Shield: 2009^[9]

Fluminense

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2010, 2012
• Campeonato Carioca: 2012

Individual

• Ballon D'or Silver Ball: 2004^[10]
• UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2003–04^[11]
• UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year: 2003–04,^[11] 2005–06^[11]
• 2004 UEFA Champions League Final: Man of the Match
• ESM Team of the Year: 2004–05^[12]
• FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2006^[13]
• Portuguese League Footballer of the Year: 2003–04^[10]
• CNID Best Portuguese Athlete Abroad: 2006
• Premier League Player of the Month: August 2008^[8]
• Campeonato Carioca Best Player: 2012^[14]
• Campeonato Carioca Best Midfielder: 2012^[14]
• Globe Soccer Awards Player Career Award: 2013^[15]
• Golden Foot: 2016, as football legend^[16]

Orders

• Medal of Merit, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (House of Braganza)^[17]