Ânderson Polga
Personal information
Full name Ânderson Corrêa Polga[1]
Date of birth (1979-02-09) 9 February 1979
Place of birth Santiago, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Grêmio 64 (5)
2003–2012 Sporting CP 221 (0)
2012 Corinthians 3 (0)
Total 288 (5)
International career
2002–2003 Brazil 11 (3)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Winner2002 Korea & Japan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ânderson Corrêa Polga (born 9 February 1979) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

He spent most of his professional career with Sporting in Portugal, appearing in 327 official games (four goals) and winning four major titles. He started playing for Grêmio.

Polga represented the Brazil national team at the 2002 World Cup, winning the competition.

Club career

Groomed at Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Polga was born in Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul, being an important defensive unit from early on and helping the club to two trophies in 2001: the Rio Grande do Sul State Championship and the Brazilian Cup. He moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal in 2003, becoming the first World Cup champion ever to play in the country.

Polga quickly became a defensive stalwart for the Lisbon-based side, helping them to the UEFA Cup final in his third year – after a run-in with coach José Peseiro,[2] he was an unused substitute in the decisive game, a 3–1 defeat against PFC CSKA Moscow[3]– as well as to four consecutive Primeira Liga runner-up finishes.

Not prone to score, Polga netted his first two goals for the Lions in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League, in both group stage matches against FC Dynamo Kyiv.[4][5] He played in 43 games in all competitions during the season and, in 2009–10, as Sporting could only finish fourth, he lost his starting position to Tonel – who previously had lost his to youth graduate Daniel Carriço – but still managed to appear in 25 official matches (1,983 minutes).[6] He left in June 2012 at the age of 33, and returned to Brazil.

On 5 September 2012, Polga signed for Sport Club Corinthians Paulista who had just sold Leandro Castán and loaned Marquinhos, both to A.S. Roma.[7] At the end of the campaign, the club decided against renewing his contract.[8]

International career

Polga made his debut for Brazil in 2002 against Bolivia, being subsequently summoned for that year's FIFA World Cup. He made two complete group stage appearances for the eventual champions.[9]

After 2003, although he displayed good club form in several seasons, Polga was not recalled again.[10]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grêmio 1999 Série A 10–10
2000 Série A 183–183
2001 Série A 170–9[lower-alpha 1]3170
2002 Série A 191–9[lower-alpha 2]0191
2003 Série A 91–6[lower-alpha 2]091
Total 645000024300888
Sporting CP 2003–04[11] Primeira Liga 29010004[lower-alpha 3]000340
2004–05[11] Primeira Liga 260300010[lower-alpha 3]0–390
2005–06[11] Primeira Liga 30050004[lower-alpha 4]0–390
2006–07[11] Primeira Liga 28050006[lower-alpha 5]0–390
2007–08[11] Primeira Liga 250505010[lower-alpha 6]21[lower-alpha 7]0462
2008–09[11] Primeira Liga 28020308[lower-alpha 5]01[lower-alpha 7]0420
2009–10[11] Primeira Liga 15020109[lower-alpha 8]0–270
2010–11[11] Primeira Liga 20060008[lower-alpha 9]1–341
2011–12[11] Primeira Liga 200602013[lower-alpha 9]0–410
Total 2210350110723203413
Corinthians 2012[12] Série A 3000–––30
Career total 28853501109662043211
  1. ↑ Appearances in Copa Mercosur
  2. 1 2 Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two in UEFA Cup
  5. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. ↑ Five appearances, two goals in UEFA Champions League; five Appearances in UEFA Cup
  7. 1 2 Appearance in Portuguese Super Cup
  8. ↑ Four Appearances in UEFA Champions League; five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  9. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Polga goal.
List of international goals scored by Ânderson Polga
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
131 January 2002Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia, Brazil Bolivia6–06–0Friendly
27 March 2002Estádio Governador José Fragelli, Cuiabá, Brazil Iceland1–06–1Friendly
36–0

Honours

Grêmio

Sporting

Corinthians

Brazil

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2012. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Sporting: Anderson Polga pediu a Peseiro para não jogar frente ao Nacional" [Sporting: Anderson Polga asked Peseiro to not play against Nacional]. Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 22 May 2005. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Resilient CSKA sink Sporting". UEFA. 19 May 2005. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Polga strike downs Dynamo; UEFA.com, 3 October 2007
  5. ↑ Sporting bow out with a win; UEFA.com, 13 December 2007
  6. ↑ "Regresso à dupla do passado" [Return to old duo]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 6 March 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Corinthians acerta contratação do zagueiro Anderson Polga (Corinthians agree signing of stopper Anderson Polga); Lance!, 5 September 2012 (in Portuguese)
  8. ↑ À espera de reforços para zaga, Corinthians não renovará com Polga (Waiting to strengthen back sector, Corinthians will not renew Polga); Surgiu, 9 December 2012 (in Portuguese)
  9. ↑ Ânderson Polga – FIFA competition record (archived)
  10. ↑ "Polga lamenta ausência da seleção" [Polga rues absence from national team] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ânderson Polga at ForaDeJogo (archived)
  12. ↑ "Ânderson Polga". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
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