Deco

**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.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|Corinthians|1996|2|0|||–|–|2|0||||
|rowspan="2"|Alverca (loan)|1997–98|32|13|||–|–|32|13||||
|rowspan="2"|Salgueiros|1998–99|12|2|1|0|–|–|13|2||||
|rowspan="7"|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||||
|rowspan="5"|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|||||
|rowspan="3"|Chelsea|2008–09|24|3|2|0|4|0|–|30|3|||
|2009–10|19|2|5|1|4|0|–|28|3|||||
|rowspan="5"|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||||

### International

|colspan=3|Portugal||
| --- | --- | --- |
|2003|9|1|
|2004|15|1|
|2005|8|0|
|2006|11|1|
|2007|8|0|
|2008|9|2|
|2009|11|0|
|2010|4|0|

### International goals

|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|29 March 2003|Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal||**2**–1|2–1|Friendly|
|2.|13 October 2004|Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal||**3**–0|7–1|2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying|
|3.|17 June 2006|Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany||**1**–0|2–0|2006 FIFA World Cup|
|4.|11 June 2008|Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland||**1**–0|3–1|UEFA Euro 2008|
|5.|10 September 2008|Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal||**2**–1|2–3|FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualifying|

## Honours

**Porto**
- Primeira Divisão/Liga: 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04
- Taça de Portugal: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2001, 2003
- UEFA Champions League: 2003–04
- UEFA Cup: 2002–03

**Barcelona**
- La Liga: 2004–05, 2005–06
- Supercopa de España: 2005, 2006
- UEFA Champions League: 2005–06

**Chelsea**
- Premier League: 2009–10
- FA Cup: 2008–09, 2009–10
- FA Community Shield: 2009

**Fluminense**
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2010, 2012
- Campeonato Carioca: 2012

**Individual**
- Ballon D'or Silver Ball: 2004
- UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2003–04
- UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year: 2003–04, 2005–06
- 2004 UEFA Champions League Final: Man of the Match
- ESM Team of the Year: 2004–05
- FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2006
- Portuguese League Footballer of the Year: 2003–04
- CNID Best Portuguese Athlete Abroad: 2006
- Premier League Player of the Month: August 2008
- Campeonato Carioca Best Player: 2012
- Campeonato Carioca Best Midfielder: 2012
- Globe Soccer Awards Player Career Award: 2013
- Golden Foot: 2016, as football legend

**Orders**
- Medal of Merit, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (House of Braganza)

## Other websites

- goal.com

## Infobox (football biography)

- **image**: Deco 21dec2006.jpg
- **image size**: 225
- **fullname**: Anderson Luís de Souza
- **birth place**: São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
- **height**: 1.74 m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1995–1996
- **youthclubs1**: Nacional Atlético Clube (SP), Nacional (SP)
- **youthyears2**: 1996–1997
- **youthclubs2**: Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians
- **years1**: 1996–1997
- **clubs1**: Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians
- **caps1**: 2
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 1997
- **clubs2**: Centro Sportivo Alagoano, CSA
- **caps2**: 0
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 1997–1998
- **clubs3**: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
- **caps3**: 0
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 1997–1998
- **clubs4**: → F.C. Alverca, Alverca (loan)
- **caps4**: 32
- **goals4**: 20
- **years5**: 1998–1999
- **clubs5**: S.C. Salgueiros, Salgueiros
- **caps5**: 12
- **goals5**: 4
- **years6**: 1999–2004
- **clubs6**: FC Porto, Porto
- **caps6**: 148
- **goals6**: 57
- **years7**: 2004–2008
- **clubs7**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **caps7**: 113
- **goals7**: 31
- **years8**: 2008–2010
- **clubs8**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **caps8**: 43
- **goals8**: 5
- **years9**: 2010–2013
- **clubs9**: Fluminense FC, Fluminense
- **caps9**: 56
- **goals9**: 9
- **totalcaps**: 406
- **totalgoals**: 133
- **nationalyears1**: 2003–2010
- **nationalteam1**: Portugal national football team, Portugal
- **nationalcaps1**: 75
- **nationalgoals1**: 19
- **manageryears1**: 2023–
- **managerclubs1**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona (sporting director)