Deco

Deco
Personal information
Full name	Anderson Luís de Souza
Date of birth	27 August 1977 (age 48)
Place of birth	São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1996	Nacional (SP)
1996–1997	Corinthians
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1997	Corinthians
1997	CSA
1997–1998	Benfica
1997–1998	→ Alverca (loan)
1998–1999	Salgueiros
1999–2004	Porto
2004–2008	Barcelona
2008–2010	Chelsea
2010–2013	Fluminense
Total
International career
2003–2010	Portugal
Managerial career
2023–	Barcelona (sporting director)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Portugal
UEFA European Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 August 2013

Club	Season	League		Cup^[4]		Continental		Other^[5]		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Corinthians	1996	2	0			–		–		2	0
Corinthians	Total	2	0	?	?	–		–		2	0
Alverca (loan)	1997–98	32	13			–		–		32	13
Alverca (loan)	Total	32	13	?	?	–		–		32	13
Salgueiros	1998–99	12	2	1	0	–		–		13	2
Salgueiros	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]

Barcelona^[7]

Chelsea

Fluminense

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]

References

↑ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
↑ "Fluminense Football Club | Futebol | Deco". Fluminense.com.br. 27 August 1977. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
1 2 "Deco" (in Catalan). FC Barcelona. Archived from the original on 22 August 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
↑ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Supertaça, Supercopa de España, FA Community Shield
↑ Includes other competitive competitions, including the UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, Campeonato Carioca
↑ "Anderson Luis de Souza "Deco" - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
1 2 3 "Former Portugal midfielder Deco retires". UEFA.com. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
1 2 "Deco: Overview". Premier League. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
↑ McNulty, Phil (9 August 2009). "Chelsea 2–2 Man Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
1 2 "FIFA World Cup - Deco – UEFA.com". UEFA. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
1 2 3 "UEFA Awards". RSSSF. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
↑ Karel Stokkermans (14 March 2007). "ESM Season XI". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
↑ "2006 FIFA Club World Cup awards". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
1 2 "PREMIAÇÃO DO CAMPEONATO CARIOCA 2012 TEVE SETE NOVAS CATEGORIAS". rj.gov.br. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
↑ "Wall of Fame". Globe Soccer.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
↑ "LEGENDS – GoldenFoot". Golden Foot. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
↑ "Selecção distinguida pelo Duque de Bragança" (in Portuguese). Cristiano Ronaldo News. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2006.

Other websites

Deco – FIFA competition record (archived)
Deco at National-Football-Teams.com
FootballDatabase provides Deco's profile and stats at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 December 2008)
FC Barcelona profile at Archive.today (archived 9 December 2012)
Deco profile from About.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 March 2009)
goal.com

[1] "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.

[fluminense_profile-2] "Fluminense Football Club | Futebol | Deco". Fluminense.com.br. 27 August 1977. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.

[FCBProfile-3] 1 2 "Deco" (in Catalan). FC Barcelona. Archived from the original on 22 August 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

[4] Includes other competitive competitions, including the Supertaça, Supercopa de España, FA Community Shield

[5] Includes other competitive competitions, including the UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, Campeonato Carioca

[6] "Anderson Luis de Souza "Deco" - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 July 2018.

[UEFA-7] 1 2 3 "Former Portugal midfielder Deco retires". UEFA.com. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

[PremProfile-8] 1 2 "Deco: Overview". Premier League. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.

[9] McNulty, Phil (9 August 2009). "Chelsea 2–2 Man Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[UEFA2-10] 1 2 "FIFA World Cup - Deco – UEFA.com". UEFA. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

[RSSSF-11] 1 2 3 "UEFA Awards". RSSSF. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.

[12] Karel Stokkermans (14 March 2007). "ESM Season XI". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

[13] "2006 FIFA Club World Cup awards". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

[rj.gov-14] 1 2 "PREMIAÇÃO DO CAMPEONATO CARIOCA 2012 TEVE SETE NOVAS CATEGORIAS". rj.gov.br. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

[GSA-15] "Wall of Fame". Globe Soccer.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.

[16] "LEGENDS – GoldenFoot". Golden Foot. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

[17] "Selecção distinguida pelo Duque de Bragança" (in Portuguese). Cristiano Ronaldo News. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2006.

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