Deco
Deco 2008 in the jersey of Chelsea FC
Deco [ dɛku ] ( born August 27, 1977 in São Bernardo do Campo (SP ), Brazil; actually Anderson Luiz de Souza ) is a former native of Brazil Portuguese football player who in 2013 ended his career. He won with FC Porto in the UEFA Cup and 2004 Champions League. In 2006 he again won the Champions League with FC Barcelona. In 2010, he moved to Rio de Janeiro for Fluminense FC with whom he has since twice won the national championship. With the national team of Portugal in 2004, he was Vice- European Champion and fourth at the 2006 World Cup.
- 3.1 Title
- 3.2 Awards
Association
Deco played as a 18 -year-old his first steps in professional football at Brazilian club Corinthians Alagoano in the season 1995/ 1996. He immediately became a top performer and moved to the next season to Europe the Portuguese first division club FC Alverca.
This step did not bring him the desired success and fame, because he could not meet the expectations placed in him. Deco was then transfers to the then newly promoted SC Salgueiros. This season is Deco made in Portugal a name; as the Portuguese giants FC Porto became aware of the small agile playmaker.
FC Porto
He moved for a record transfer fee of eight million euros middle of the season 1998/1999 for FC Porto. In his first season he became a star and fan favorite, won the club its first Portuguese title. Over the next three seasons, it was quiet at FC Porto and Deco, as the team in 2001 and 2002 "only" won the Portuguese Cup.
Only with the new coach Jose Mourinho for the season 2002/2003 it went ahead with it and the FC Porto: the championship, the trophy and the UEFA Cup were won. In the following season, FC Porto won him not only the championship again, but also won the Champions League and received the awards for the best midfielder and Player of the Year at the UEFA Club Football Awards.
FC Barcelona
After Euro 2004, he was at Bayern Munich in the conversation, but went to FC Barcelona. There he was - as an important player next Ronaldinho, Eto'o and Xavi - to successful team under coach Frank Rijkaard.
After championship successes with FC Barcelona (2005 and 2006) he was able to repeat the Champions League victory in 2005/2006. After this triumph, he was awarded by UEFA again the award for the best midfielder in the last CL season.
At FC Barcelona Deco wore his favorite number, 20 In May 2008, he announced that he would not fulfill his contract until 2010 and wants to leave the club in the summer of 2008. This was due to a planned complete overhaul of the team and the last fan - sided increasingly loud voices against Deco ..
Chelsea FC
Deco signed a contract on 30 June 2008 in London. Chelsea had to pay a transfer fee of around 10 million euros to FC Barcelona. At Chelsea, the Portuguese Paulo Ferreira, who wore the number 20 to date, agreed to take over the number 19, so Deco's number 20 was free for him. His first game, he completed 17 August 2008 against FC from Portsmouth, where he scored in the 89th minute to make it 4-0. Despite a good start at his new employer his services were soon after and he lost his place. In the 2009/2010 season he could indeed increase again, but was slowed by some injuries.
Fluminense FC
7 August 2010 it was announced that changes to the Deco Fluminense FC to Rio de Janeiro. In the same year he won with the traditional club from Rio de Janeiro under coach Muricy Ramalho the third national championship in club history. In 2012, he won, this time under coach Abel Braga with Fluzão again the national championship. After, had been detected in him on 30 March 2013, the banned substance furosemide, which can conceal a doping agent, he was banned for 30 days. On August 26, 2013 Deco finally ended his football career.
National
Born in Brazil in 2002, given the Portuguese citizenship and played from 2003 to 2010 for the Portuguese national football team. Thus Deco has next to the Portuguese and the Brazilian passport. In his first game for Portugal he scored his first goal. Opponent was his native Brazil.
He participated in the 2004 European Cup in Portugal, where you only lost in the final of Greece. At the 2006 World Cup, he came four times to use and generated group match against Iran to hit to make it 1-0. With his team, he was able to reach fourth place. Also in the 2008 European Championship in Austria and Switzerland, he was part of the squad and could again mark against the Czech Republic a hit. However, in the quarter-finals, the Portuguese were denied by the German team.
After switching off in the second round at the World Cup 2010 in South Africa Deco ended his national team career. Due to injury, he came to only a 62- minute appearance in the match against the Ivory Coast. This game on June 15, 2010 was his last in the jersey for the Portuguese. Overall, he played 75 times for the national team, scoring five goals.
Achievements
Title
- European Championship runner-up in 2004
- World Cup 2006 Fourth
- UEFA Cup: 2003
- Champions League: 2004, 2006
- Portuguese Cup: 1999, 2003, 2004
- Portuguese Cup: 2000, 2001, 2003
- Spanish Cup: 2005, 2006
- English Cup: 2009, 2010
- English Championship: 2010
- Brazilian Championship: 2010, 2012
- Copa Carranza: 2005
Awards
- UEFA Player of the Year: 2004
- UEFA Midfielder of the Year: 2004, 2006
- Footballer of the Year of Portugal: 2004
- Best Player of the FIFA Club World Cup: 2006
- Player of the Month (England): August 2008