Years Team Height 1.78 m | Playing position Apps (Gls) Current team A.S. Roma | |
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Full name Anderson Rodney de Oliveira Date of birth (1980-12-23) December 23, 1980 (age 36) | ||
Babù real name Anderson Rodney de Oliveira (born 23 December 1980 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian football forward who currently plays for Roma.
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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 on July 2009.
