Sonny Anderson

Sonny Anderson in August 2010

Anderson da Silva, known as Sonny Anderson, ( born September 19, 1970 in Goiatura ) is a former Brazilian football player and current coach.

Career

Association

Sonny Anderson began his career in 1987 with CR Vasco da Gama from Brazil and moved to Switzerland in 1992 to Servette FC. With the club, he won the championship and right there by his good performances he aroused the interest of some French teams, so that the striker moved to Olympique Marseille after only one year. But even here, they took him only a year and so he went to league rivals AS Monaco. In 1997, he won the French championship with the club. After this season, many top teams worked to the Brazilians, which meant that he signed for just under € 18 million at the top Spanish club FC Barcelona. The expectations that have been placed in him, he could not meet in Spain and so he came in 1999 for € 19 million back to France, this time to Olympique Lyon. Here he finally found his sporting home and witnessed very successful years there. Among other things, he won three times ( 1996, 2000 and 2001), the top scorer of the French league. After 2003, his contract expired, he tried his luck again in Spain, FC Villarreal. At the end of his career he played between 2004 and 2006 again in Qatar with Al - Rayyan Sports Club and Al - Gharafa. On June 11, 2007, he teamed up with a composite of friends team with a not entirely serious game against his former club, Olympique Lyon to his career from.

National

He was allowed to roam about seven times the shirt of the Seleção, thereby succeeded in 1997 his only hit.

Coaching career

After his playing career, he worked as a special trainer for striker at Olympique Lyon. In June 2011, he was appointed as sports director at Neuchatel Xamax, but was released after only less than a month.

Achievements

Association

  • UEFA Super Cup: 1997
  • Brazilian Cup: 1989
  • Swiss Championship: 1994
  • French Football Championship: 1997, 2002, 2003
  • French League Cup: 2001
  • French Super Cup: 2002
  • Spanish Cup: 1998, 1999
  • Spanish Cup: 1998

Personal Awards

  • Best Player of Ligue 1: 1996 ( elected by France Football )
  • Best Player of Ligue 1: 1997 ( elected by the Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 players )
  • Scorer in the Swiss Super League: 1993
  • Scorer in Ligue 1: 1996, 2000, 2001
  • Scorer in the UEFA Cup: 2004
  • Scorer in the Qatar Stars League: 2005

Trivia

Sonny Anderson was known on the field for a fashionable peculiarity: He often wore the neck of his dress pulled up over her knees. Later, Thierry Henry took over this habit with reference to Sonny Anderson.

He also was known for his goal celebration in which he used both hands as Colts a shot fired and again in the "pockets" stuck, which is why it is also called El Pistolero.

Guarani Futebol Clube AS Monaco FC Olympique Lyonnais Villarreal CF al-Rayyan SC al-Gharafa Sports Club Coupe de la Ligue Copa del Rey 2003–04 UEFA Cup 1933–34 Nationalliga Leopold Kielholz 1934–35 Nationalliga 1935–36 Nationalliga 1936–37 Nationalliga Alessandro Frigerio 1937–38 Nationalliga 1938–39 Nationalliga 1939–40 Nationalliga Georges Aeby 1940–41 Nationalliga 1941–42 Nationalliga 1942–43 Nationalliga 1943–44 Nationalliga 1944–45 Nationalliga A 1945–46 Nationalliga A 1946–47 Nationalliga A 1947–48 Nationalliga A 1949–50 Nationalliga A 1950–51 Nationalliga A 1951–52 Nationalliga A 1952–53 Nationalliga A Eugen Meier 1953–54 Nationalliga A 1954–55 Nationalliga A Marcel Mauron 1955–56 Nationalliga A 1956–57 Nationalliga A 1957–58 Nationalliga A 1958–59 Nationalliga A 1959–60 Nationalliga A 1960–61 Nationalliga A 1961–62 Nationalliga A 1962–63 Nationalliga A 1963–64 Nationalliga A 1964–65 Nationalliga A Pierre Kerkhoffs 1965–66 Nationalliga A 1966–67 Nationalliga A 1967–68 Nationalliga A 1968–69 Nationalliga A 1969–70 Nationalliga A 1970–71 Nationalliga A 1971–72 Nationalliga A 1972–73 Nationalliga A Ottmar Hitzfeld Ove Grahn Daniel Jeandupeux 1974–75 Nationalliga A 1975–76 Nationalliga A Peter Risi 1976–77 Nationalliga A 1977–78 Nationalliga A 1978–79 Nationalliga A 1979–80 Nationalliga A Claudio Sulser 1981–82 Nationalliga A 1982–83 Nationalliga A 1983–84 Nationalliga A Georges Bregy 1984–85 Nationalliga A 1985–86 Nationalliga A Steen Thychosen John Eriksen 1987–88 Nationalliga A 1988–89 Nationalliga A Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1989–90 Nationalliga A 1990–91 Nationalliga A Dario Zuffi 1991–92 Nationalliga A 1992–93 Nationalliga A 1993–94 Nationalliga A 1994–95 Nationalliga A 1995–96 Nationalliga A 1996–97 Nationalliga A 1997–98 Nationalliga A 1998–99 Nationalliga A Alexandre Rey Charles Amoah 2000–01 Swiss Football League 2001–02 Nationalliga A 2002–03 Nationalliga A 2003–04 Swiss Super League 2004–05 Swiss Super League 2005–06 Swiss Super League Alhassane Keita 2006–07 Swiss Super League 2007–08 Swiss Super League Hakan Yakin 2008–09 Swiss Super League Seydou Doumbia 2010–11 Swiss Super League Alexander Frei 2012–13 Swiss Super League Robert Mercier Roger Courtois Oskar Rohr Jean Nicolas Pierre Sinibaldi Just Fontaine Ahmed Oudjani Jacques Simon (footballer) Josip Skoblar Carlos Bianchi Delio Onnis Erwin Kostedde Jean-Pierre Papin Roger Boli Youri Djorkaeff Patrice Loko Sylvain Wiltord Pauleta Mamadou Niang Moussa Sow Olivier Giroud Nenê (footballer born 1981) 1956–57 French Division 1 Kees Rijvers 1957–58 French Division 1 Maurice Lafont 1958–59 French Division 1 1959–60 French Division 1 1960–61 French Division 1 1961–62 French Division 1 1962–63 French Division 1 1963–64 French Division 1 1964–65 French Division 1 Robert Herbin 1965–66 French Division 1 Roger Lemerre 1966–67 French Division 1 1967–68 French Division 1 1968–69 French Division 1 1969–70 French Division 1 Bernard Bosquier Mohamed Salem 1970–71 French Division 1 1971–72 French Division 1 1972–73 French Division 1 1973–74 French Division 1 Jean-Marc Guillou 1974–75 French Division 1 1975–76 French Division 1 1976–77 French Division 1 1977–78 French Division 1 Maxime Bossis 1978–79 French Division 1 1979–80 French Division 1 1980–81 French Division 1 Dominique Dropsy 1981–82 French Division 1 1982–83 French Division 1 1983–84 French Division 1 1984–85 French Division 1 1985–86 French Division 1 1986–87 French Division 1 1987–88 French Division 1 Bernard Pardo 1988–89 French Division 1 Basile Boli 1989–90 French Division 1 1990–91 French Division 1 1991–92 French Division 1 1993–94 French Division 1 1994–95 French Division 1 Jean-Guy Wallemme 1995–96 French Division 1 1996–97 French Division 1 Ali Benarbia 1997–98 French Division 1 Fabien Barthez 1998–99 French Division 1 Alexander Vencel (footballer born 1967) 1999–2000 French Division 1 Bernard Lama 2000–01 French Division 1 Pascal Cygan 2001–02 French Division 1 2002–03 Ligue 1 2003–04 Ligue 1 2004–05 Ligue 1 Cris (footballer) 2005–06 Ligue 1 2006–07 Ligue 1 2007–08 Ligue 1 Hugo Lloris 2008–09 Ligue 1 2009–10 Ligue 1 2010–11 Ligue 1 Eden Hazard 2011–12 Ligue 1 2012–13 Ligue 1 Marco Simone
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