Babù

Babú
Personal information
Full name	Anderson Rodney de Oliveira
Date of birth	23 December 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Casertana (assistant coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2003	Salernitana
2003–2004	Venezia
2004–2007	Lecce
2007	→ Hellas Verona (loan)
2007–2009	Catania
2008	→ Triestina (loan)
2008–2009	→ Avellino (loan)
2009–2011	Cisco Roma
2011	Latina
2012	Pergocrema
2013	Paganese
2013	Roma
2013–2014	Maccarese
2014	Ilvamaddalena
2014–2015	Puteolana
2015–2016	Sibilla
2016–2017	Palmese
2017–2019	Afro Napoli United
2019–2020	Real Agro Aversa
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 2012

Anderson Rodney de Oliveira (born 23 December 1980), known as Babù, is a Brazilian football coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach at Casertana.

Playing career

Early career

A forward, Babù started his career off in Italy, being noted by Zdeněk Zeman in 2001 during a youth football tournament in Rome;^[1] as Zeman was head coach of Serie B side Salernitana at the time, he had him signed for the club. 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, rejoining Zeman as head coach, 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 in July 2009.^[2]

Coaching career

On 30 December 2022, Babù joined Casertana as an assistant to newly appointed head coach Vincenzo Cangelosi, former long-time assistant of Zdeněk Zeman.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Babù e Botticella, lo staff dello zemaniano Cangelosi si arricchisce con due fedelissimi per rilanciare la Casertana" (in Italian). SerieD24.com. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ "Risoluzione consensuale del contratto con Rodney Anderson de Oliveira 'Babù'" (in Italian). Calcio Catania. 25 July 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
^ "VINCENZO CANGELOSI NUOVO ALLENATORE DELLA CASERTANA" (in Italian). Casertana F.C. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

External links

(in Portuguese) Brazilian FA archive
(in Italian) Profile at Gazzetta.it

[seried24-1] "Babù e Botticella, lo staff dello zemaniano Cangelosi si arricchisce con due fedelissimi per rilanciare la Casertana" (in Italian). SerieD24.com. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

[2] "Risoluzione consensuale del contratto con Rodney Anderson de Oliveira 'Babù'" (in Italian). Calcio Catania. 25 July 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2009.

[3] "VINCENZO CANGELOSI NUOVO ALLENATORE DELLA CASERTANA" (in Italian). Casertana F.C. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

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