Talisca

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Souza and the second or paternal family name is Conceição.
Talisca
Personal information
Full name Anderson Souza Conceição
Date of birth (1994-02-01) 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
 Benfica
Number 30
Youth career
2007 Vasco da Gama
2009–2013 Bahia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2013–2014 Bahia 30 (4)
2014– Benfica 51 (11)
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 April 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ 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 Portuguese club Benfica and the Brazil Olympic team. He can play as an attacking midfielder or a forward.

Club career

Bahia

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.[1][2]

Benfica

On 5 July 2014, after his debut season, Talisca moved to Portuguese champions Benfica for a €4 million fee, the highest paid for a Bahia player.[3][4] On 18 July 2014, he scored his first goal for Benfica on his debut in their Taça de Honra semi-final win against Estoril.[5] On 12 September, he scored a hat-trick in an away victory against Vitória de Setúbal.[6] 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.[7] On 5 October, he scored his sixth goal in Portuguese league and maintained the top scorer lead.[8] 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.[9] On 26 January 2016, he netted a hat-trick in a 6–1 win at Moreirense in the Taça da Liga.[10]

In the 2015–16 season, Talisca scored Benfica's winning goal in a 2–1 away victory against Zenit Saint Petersburg in the second leg of UEFA Champions League's round of 16, to make the aggregate score 3–1.[11][12]

International career

On 11 November 2014, Talisca was called up by Dunga to the Brazilian national team to replace Lucas Moura in the international fixtures against Turkey and Austria.[13]

Style of play

He has been nicknamed "Yaya Talisca" in reference to Ivorian midfielder Yaya Touré, but bases his game on that of his compatriot Neymar.[14] He is also compared to fellow Brazilian Rivaldo.[15]

Career statistics

As of 9 April 2016[16]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bahia 2013 Brasileirão 21210—30131383
2014 Brasileirão 9240——176308
Total 30450——303076811
Benfica 2014–15 Primeira Liga 3292031611[lower-alpha 1]04411
2015–16 Primeira Liga 1923034521[lower-alpha 2]0318
Total 51115065113207519
Career total 81151006514332715330
  1. ↑ Appearance in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  2. ↑ Appearance in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Honours

Club

Bahia
Benfica

Country

Brazil U20

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Anderson Talisca estreia na Série A contra o Corinthians". Bahia Alerta. 5 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Bahia vence no Morumbi e aumenta pressão sobre o São Paulo". globoesporte.com.br. 10 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Até Breve". Esporte Clube Bahia official website. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Talisca leads Benfica arrivals". UEFA. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Benfica 1–0 Estoril Praia". Zerozero. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "V. Setúbal-Benfica, 0–5 (crónica)" [Vitória Setubal- Benfica, 0–5 (chronicle)]. Maisfutebol.iol.pt (in Portuguese). 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Benfica venceu em casa do Estoril por 3–2" [Benfica won at Estoril's home by 3–2] (in Portuguese). LPFP. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  8. ↑ Benfica – Arouca (Jornada 7 Primeira Liga 2014–2015) – Liga Portugal
  9. ↑ Crossan, David (5 November 2014). "Benfica's Talisca basks in 'best feeling'". UEFA. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  10. ↑ Dias, Francisco (26 January 2016). "Moreirense x Benfica: samba de Talisca e tango de Gaitán acertam o passo para as meias-finais" [Moreirense x Benfica: Talisca's samba and Gaitán's tango take Benfica to the semi-finals] (in Portuguese). VAVEL. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Zenit St Petersburg 1-2 Benfica (1-3 agg)". BBC Sport. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  12. ↑ van Poortvliet, Richard (9 March 2016). "Benfica's Zenit late show wins quarter-final spot". UEFA. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  13. ↑ Talisca called up to the Brazilian national team
  14. ↑ Correia, Thiago (17 October 2014). "'Yaya Talisca' fala sobre o seu apelido e revela que Neymar é a sua referência" ['Yaya Talisca' speaks about his nickname and reveals that Neymar is his point of reference]. Lance! (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  15. ↑ "'Talisca more like Rivaldo than Yaya Toure'". Goal.com. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  16. ↑ "Talisca". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  17. ↑ Cunha, Pedro Jorge (17 May 2015). "Benfica bicampeão: 28 com as faixas e dois à espera" [Benfica back-to-back champion: 28 with the sashes and two await] (in Portuguese). Maisfutebol. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  18. ↑ Talisca é o melhor de Agosto e Setembro na I Liga

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