Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anderson Souza Conceição | ||
Date of birth | 1 February 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Feira de Santana, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder / Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Beşiktaş (on loan from Benfica) |
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Number | 94 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007 | Vasco da Gama | ||
2009–2013 | Bahia | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | Bahia | 30 | (4) |
2014– | Benfica | 52 | (12) |
2016– | → Beşiktaş (loan) | 20 | (10) |
National team‡ | |||
2013 | Brazil U20 | 2 | (0) |
2014– | Brazil U23 | 4 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2015 |
Anderson Souza Conceição (born 1 February 1994), known as Anderson Talisca or simply Talisca, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Beşiktaş, on loan from Portuguese club Benfica. He can play as an attacking midfielder or a forward.
A youth graduate from Bahia, where he arrived in 2009, Talisca made his professional debut against Corinthians on 7 July 2013, and scored his first goal in the next match against São Paulo.
On 5 July 2014, after his debut season, Talisca moved to Portuguese champions Benfica for a €4.75 million fee (agent fee included), the highest paid for a Bahia player. On 18 July 2014, he scored his first goal for Benfica on his debut in their Taça de Honra semi-final win against Estoril. On 12 September, he scored a hat-trick in an away victory against Vitória de Setúbal. On 27 September, he scored two goals in a row against Estoril in an away win (3–2) and became the Primeira Liga's top goalscorer with five goals. On 5 October, he scored his sixth goal in Portuguese league and maintained the top scorer lead. On 31 October, he scored his eighth and fourth consecutive goal in Primeira Liga, in a home win against Rio Ave (1–0), keeping the top scorer lead.
On 4 November 2014, he scored his first goal in the UEFA Champions League, the only goal of the game to defeat Monaco in the group stage. He described scoring the 82nd-minute goal as the "best feeling" in his life. On 26 January 2016, he netted a hat-trick in a 6–1 win at Moreirense in the Taça da Liga.