Dedé (footballer, born 1980)

Dedé Anderson de Oliveira Gomes is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward for Bulgarian club Litex, Swedish clubs Hammarby IF and Kalmar FF, and Norwegian club Aalesund.

Dedé
Personal information
Full name Anderson de Oliveira Gomes
Date of birth (1980-05-26) 26 May 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Brazil
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Vasco 17 (4)
1999–2000Bahia (loan) 21 (5)
2001–2003 Litex 21 (5)
2003 Hammarby IF 12 (8)
2004–2005 Kalmar FF 35 (15)
2006–2009 Aalesund 20 (14)
Total 126 (51)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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He began his career playing for Vasco da Gama and Bahia in the Campeonato Brasileiro.[1]

He made a name for himself in Scandinavia after joining Swedish club Hammarby IF in 2003, where he had a successful spell, scoring 8 goals in his first season. The next season, he joined fellow top division side Kalmar FF scoring 10 league goals in 2004 and 6 in 2005 before leaving Kalmar FF under a cloud to join Norwegian First Division side Aalesund at the start of the 2006 season.

He punched Toni Kallio from rival club Molde FK in a pre-season friendly[2] and got suspended the first three games of the 2006 season.[3] He later made a strong impact in his first season alongside fellow striker Tor Hogne Aarøy, scoring 14 league goals and helping Aalesund to second place and promotion to Tippeligaen, the Norwegian top division.

He returned to Brazil for the holidays after the season ended in November, but did not report back for training in January as agreed and was subsequently suspended by Aalesund in March 2007.[4] He was later granted a one-year unpaid leave from the club with an agreement to be back in training by 3 January 2008, but again he did not report back as scheduled. In January 2009 he finally returned to Ålesund determined to play out the final season of his contract with Aalesund.[5] However, manager Kjetil Rekdal deemed him unfit for top-level football. After two months of training, during which his progress was hampered by injury, the club opted to release him from his contract in March 2009.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Futpedia: Dedé (Anderson de Oliveira Gomes)" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  2. ^ Lindbæk, Einar (27 March 2006). "To røde og mest tullball". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  3. ^ Markussen, Per Steinar (30 March 2006). "Tre kamper for Dedè". Fotballmagasinet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Dede suspendert". NRK (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  5. ^ Mauren, Arnfinn (5 January 2009). "Så var to års juleferie over". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  6. ^ "- Dedé sparket i Aalesund". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 26 March 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2013.