Mazinho (footballer, born 1987)

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|name = Mazinho

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|fullname = Anderson Soares da Silva

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|10|16|df=y}}

|birth_place = Barbosa Ferraz, Paraná, Brazil

|height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}

|position = Forward / Winger

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|years1 = 2008–2012

|clubs1 = Oeste

|caps1 = 68

|goals1 = 12

|years2 = 2009

|clubs2 = → Marília (loan)

|caps2 = 8

|goals2 = 1

|years3 = 2009

|clubs3 = → Noroeste (loan)

|caps3 = 0

|goals3 = 0

|years4 = 2010

|clubs4 = →São Caetano (loan)

|caps4 = 8

|goals4 = 1

|years5 = 2011

|clubs5 = → América-RN (loan)

|caps5 = 14

|goals5 = 2

|years6 = 2012–2017

|clubs6 = Palmeiras

|caps6 = 61

|goals6 = 9

|years7 = 2013

|clubs7 = → Vissel Kobe (loan)

|caps7 = 39

|goals7 = 10

|years8 = 2015

|clubs8 = → Coritiba (loan)

|caps8 = 7

|goals8 = 1

|years9 = 2015–2016

|clubs9 = → Oeste (loan)

|caps9 = 67

|goals9 = 12

|years10 = 2016

|clubs10 = → Santa Cruz (loan)

|caps10 = 6

|goals10 = 0

|years11 = 2017

|clubs11 = → Oeste (loan)

|caps11 = 57

|goals11 = 19

|years12 = 2018–2020

|clubs12 = Oeste

|caps12 = 112

|goals12 = 13

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Anderson Soares da Silva, best known as Mazinho (born October 16, 1987 in Barbosa Ferraz) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a winger.

Club career

In 2012, Mazinho signed a loan with Palmeiras.[http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/noticia/2012/04/palmeiras/mazinho-chega-com-personalidade-eu-era-chamado-de-messi-black.html Mazinho chega com personalidade: “Eu era chamado de Messi black”". Gazeta Esportiva.Net, 27-4-2012] {{in lang|pt}} He won the 2012 Copa do Brasil with Palmeiras, and scored twice in the semi-final against Grêmio.{{cite news|publisher=Gazeta Esportiva|title=Artilheiro da Série B, Mazinho sonha com retorno ao Palmeiras|url=https://www.gazetaesportiva.com/campeonatos/brasileiro-serie-b/artilheiro-da-serie-b-mazinho-sonha-com-retorno-ao-palmeiras/|language=pt|date=23 October 2017|access-date=24 September 2020}}

On 28 January 2013, Mazinho signed a loan with Vissel Kobe.[http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/palmeiras/noticia/2013/01/palmeiras-empresta-mazinho-para-o-vissel-kobe-do-japao-ate-2014.html Palmeiras empresta Mazinho para o Vissel Kobe, do Japão, até 2014. Globoesporte.com, 28-1-2013] {{in lang|pt}}

Mazinho joined Oeste, where he became the leading goal-scorer of the 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.