Paquito (footballer, born 1981)

Paquito
Personal information
Full name	Anderson Luiz Pinheiro
Date of birth	13 December 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth	Curitiba, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000	Juventus (SP)
2000–2001	Napoli
2001	→ Ravenna (loan)
2001–2003	Cosenza
2002	→ Juventus (SP) (loan)
2003–2005	Chiasso
2005–2006	Crotone
2006	Chiasso
2006–2009	Luzern
2007–2008	→ Enosis Neon Paralimni (loan)
2009	OFI Crete
2010–2011	Yverdon-Sport
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2011

Anderson Luiz Pinheiro (born 13 December 1981), known as Paquito, is a Brazilian footballer.

Club career

Born in Curitiba, Brazil, Paquito started his European career since arrived at Napoli in July 2000.^[1] In January 2001, his left for Serie B side Ravenna. On 1 July 2001, he was signed by Cosenza.^[2] He spent 2002–03 season on loan to Brazil and then left for Challenge League side Chiasso. In 2005–06 season, he played the round 1 match for Chiasso on 16 July 2005, but signed by Crotone soon after.^[3] In January 2006 he return to Chiasso, from Italian speaking region Ticino. In the next season he was signed by Swiss Super League side Luzern. He was out-favoured in the 2007–08 season, he left for Enosis Neon Paralimni then played with the Luzern B.^[4] In January 2009 he left for OFI Heraklion.

After a year without a club, he returned to Switzerland for Yverdon-Sport.^[5]

Privates

He also holds an Italian passport^[6] and is the brother of Juninho.

References

^ "Inzaghi Milan, c' è un'ipotesi". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 9 July 2000.
^ "Quasi fatta per Doudou al Bari, il Cosenza si assicura Micillo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 1 July 2001.
^ Saporito, Luigi (18 July 2005). "A Crotone Gasperini allena il figlio". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
^ "M: SC Cham – FCL U21 1:4 (1:2)". FC Luzern (in German). 29 November 2008.
^ "Les transferts YS". Yverdon-Sport FC (in French). 7 July 2010. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010.
^ "Napoli è già pazza d' amore Un Diego day per Edmundo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 9 January 2001.

External links

CBF (in Portuguese)
Swiss Football League Profile (in German) ^{[dead link]}
Lega-Calcio Profile^{[permanent dead link]} (in Italian)
Paquito at WorldFootball.net

[1] "Inzaghi Milan, c' è un'ipotesi". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 9 July 2000.

[2] "Quasi fatta per Doudou al Bari, il Cosenza si assicura Micillo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 1 July 2001.

[3] Saporito, Luigi (18 July 2005). "A Crotone Gasperini allena il figlio". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).

[4] "M: SC Cham – FCL U21 1:4 (1:2)". FC Luzern (in German). 29 November 2008.

[5] "Les transferts YS". Yverdon-Sport FC (in French). 7 July 2010. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010.

[6] "Napoli è già pazza d' amore Un Diego day per Edmundo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 9 January 2001.

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