Hernanes (left) and Neymar celebrating in the opening match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anderson Hernanes de Carvalho Viana Lima |
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Date of birth | 29 May 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Recife, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Hebei China Fortune | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
1996–1998 | Santa Cruz | ||
1999–2000 | Unibol | ||
2001–2005 | São Paulo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2010 | São Paulo | 117 | (18) |
2006 | → Santo André (loan) | 23 | (6) |
2010–2014 | Lazio | 118 | (33) |
2014–2015 | Internazionale | 42 | (7) |
2015–2017 | Juventus | 24 | (2) |
2017– | Hebei China Fortune | 6 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2008 | Brazil U23 | 7 | (1) |
2008–2014 | Brazil | 27 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 July 2014 |
Anderson Hernanes de Carvalho Viana Lima (born 29 May 1985), known as Hernanes (Brazilian Portuguese: [eʁˈnɐ̃niʃ]), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Chinese Super League club Hebei China Fortune.
He began his career at São Paulo FC, where he won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2007 and 2008. In August 2010 he joined Italian side Lazio, whom he helped win the Coppa Italia in 2013. He transferred to Internazionale in January 2014 for €20 million, and subsequently moved to Juventus in 2015, where he won the domestic double in his first season with the club.
Hernanes has earned over 25 caps for the Brazil national football team since 2008. He won a bronze medal at that year's Olympics, and was also part of their squads which won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and came fourth at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He is nicknamed Il Profeta (The Prophet).
Born in Recife, Hernanes is a product of the academy at São Paulo FC, where he played for nine years between 2001 and 2010. He was loaned out to Santo André for the 2006 season, while in 2008, as a São Paulo player, Hernanes won the Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão's best player award. In January 2009, Hernanes was listed as the most promising football player in the world by British newspaper The Times.