Babù

Babú
Personal information
Full name	Anderson Rodney de Oliveira
Date of birth	23 December 1980 (age 41)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Roma
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2003	Salernitana
2003–2004	Venezia
2004–2007	Lecce
2007	→Hellas Verona (loan)
2007–2009	Catania
2008	→Triestina (loan)
2008–2009	→Avellino (loan)
2009–2011	Cisco Roma
2011	Latina
2012	Pergocrema
2013	Paganese
2013	Roma
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 2012

Babù real name Anderson Rodney de Oliveira (born 23 December 1980, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian football forward.

Career[]

Early career[]

He started his career off in Italy, with Serie C1 side Salernitana in 2001. He made a total of 27 appearances in 2 seasons, scoring 3 goals for the Salerno based club. In 2003, he moved to recently relegated Serie A side Venezia, where Babù played in 21 games, but failed to score a single goal in his single Serie B season with the club. In 2004, he was purchased by Serie A side Lecce, where he would spend the next 3 seasons. He managed to score 6 goals in 47 total appearances for the central Italian club. Following his longest spell with one team as a professional footballer, he was signed by then Serie B side Hellas Verona F.C. in 2007. He stayed for just under one season and made just 12 appearances scoring just once.

Catania[]

Following his short stint in Verona, he signed for Sicilian giants Calcio Catania, where he found it hard to find any playing time making just two substitute appearances, not scoring. Hence he was sent on loan to Triestina, where he would remain for the remaining six months of the season. He spent the entire 2008–09 season on loan at Avellino, in the Italian Serie B, yet he only managed seven appearances and a single goal. He was released by mutual consent in July 2009.^[1]

References[]

^ "Risoluzione consensuale del contratto con Rodney Anderson de Oliveira 'Babù'" (in Italian). Calcio Catania. 25 July 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2009.

External links[]

(in Portuguese) Brazilian FA archive
(in Italian) Profile at Gazzetta.it

[1] "Risoluzione consensuale del contratto con Rodney Anderson de Oliveira 'Babù'" (in Italian). Calcio Catania. 25 July 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2009.

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