Man Utd icon unrecognisable 15 years after Champions League win over Chelsea
Manchester United icon Anderson appears to be like unrecognisable 15 years on from beating Chelsea within the Champions League closing.
United followers at the moment would give virtually something to return to the glory days below Sir Alex Ferguson. Certainly one in every of their best ever nights got here on May 21, 2008, the place a 1-1 draw in opposition to the Blues after extra-time led to penalties.
The Red Devils ended up successful 6-5 due to a John Terry slip, which sparked wild celebrations in Moscow as they sealed their third European Cup. And one teenager that left a mark was midfielder Anderson, who tucked away his penalty along with his very first kick of the match.
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It was an enormous second for the Brazilian on the finish of his first season, saying his arrival after becoming a member of from Porto the earlier 12 months for £20million. The Golden Boy winner went on to play for United for a complete of eight years, sporting his trademark lengthy braided locks, whereas bringing aptitude to the midfield.
Yet followers could be forgiven for failing to recognise Anderson, now 35-year-old, at the moment. Long gone is the well-known coiffure, with current photos exhibiting him with brief receding hair and carrying a couple of extra kilos in comparison with his enjoying days.
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The final time nearly all of Red Devils followers would have seen Anderson is in January 2015, when he left United. He’d racked up 4 Premier League winners’ medals, a League Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and Community Shield to go alongside the Champions League victory.
But his time in England will nonetheless go down as an enormous ‘what-if’ given his fixed dangerous luck with accidents. In eight seasons, he made simply 105 Premier League appearances and 181 throughout all competitions, scoring 9 targets.
His 2015 transfer noticed him return to Brazil to play for Internacional, the place he remained for 3 seasons whereas that includes way more repeatedly. Anderson then opted to make a comeback to Europe, ending his profession with Turkish aspect Adana Demirspor in 2019 on the age of simply 31.