Anselmo (footballer born 1980)

Anselmo in the jersey of Halmstad BK ( 2010)

Anselmo Tadeu Silva do Nascimento, better known by the stage name Anselmo, (born 24 October 1980) is a Brazilian footballer.

Career

Anselmo started his professional career in 1998 with SE Palmeiras. For the club he played almost five years before he made ​​his name as a migrant bird in the following years. About SE Gama in 2003 he came to Al- Sailiya to Qatar, his first foreign station. In 2004 he returned to Brazil and was from then on for AA Ponte Preta. After a year he moved to Náutico Capibaribe further and played in the same year for Paysandu SC. Followed in 2006 by Atlético Mineiro and Criciúma EC and 2007 Boavista SC, CR Vasco da Gama and Avaí FC as stations.

In early 2008, Anselmo again left Brazil and moved to the Allsvenskan in Sweden to Halmstad BK. There he was to replace the FC Zurich migrated Dusan Djuric. This was the offensive player, as he was able to shine as a regular scorer and thus occupy one of the top ranks in the top scorer of the 2008. In his second year in Sweden he was missing his eye for goal, so he had to sit on the substitutes ' bench at times. Nevertheless, he managed at the side of Michael Görlitz, Tim Sparv, Mikael Rosén and Magnus Bahne with the team in the league. In the season of 2010, he was with seven goals this season again successful and led the team as the best club of internal scorer to twelfth place in the table.

Early 2011, Anselmo returned back to Brazil and signed a contract with his former youth club Botafogo FC from São Paulo.