| Anderson Ceará | |
| Fullname: | Francisco Anderson de Jesus dos Santos |
| Birth Date: | 21 May 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Tianguá, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.73 m |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Csíkszereda |
| Clubnumber: | 11 |
| Youthyears1: | 2012–2018 |
| Youthclubs1: | Santos |
| Years1: | 2018–2023 |
| Caps1: | 4 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs2: | → CRB (loan) |
| Caps2: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2022 |
| Clubs3: | → Maringá (loan) |
| Caps3: | 9 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs4: | → Santa Cruz (loan) |
| Caps4: | 18 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2024– |
| Caps5: | 8 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 13 April 2024 |
Francisco Anderson de Jesus dos Santos (born 21 May 1999), known as Anderson Ceará (pronounced as /pt-BR/), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Romanian Liga II club Csíkszereda.
Born in Tianguá, Ceará, Anderson Ceará joined Santos' youth setup in October 2012, aged 13.[1] On 27 July 2018, he signed his first professional contract, agreeing to a deal until June 2021.[2]
Anderson Ceará made his senior debut with the B-team on 8 August 2018, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 5–2 away win against Bragantino, for the year's Copa Paulista.[3] He made his first team – and Série A – debut on 21 November, replacing goalscorer Rodrygo in a 1–1 home draw against Botafogo.[4]
On 29 November 2018, Anderson Ceará suffered a knee injury, being sidelined for eight months.[5] He returned to action in May 2019,[6] but spent the remainder of that year with the youth setup.
In June 2020, Anderson Ceará was promoted to the main squad by manager Jesualdo Ferreira,[7] and renewed until 2023 on 18 July.[8] On 19 November, after receiving little playing time, he moved to CRB on loan until the end of the season.[9]
On 13 December 2021, after again featuring very rarely, Anderson Ceará was loaned to Maringá until the end of the 2022 Campeonato Paranaense.[10] The following 8 June, he was presented at Série D side Santa Cruz, also on loan.[11]
On 22 October 2022, Anderson Ceará's loan with Santa was extended until the end of the 2023 Campeonato Pernambucano.[12]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Santos | 2018 | Série A | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 5[13] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| CRB (loan) | 2020 | Série B | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Maringá (loan) | 2022 | Paranaense | — | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Santa Cruz (loan) | 2022 | Série D | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6[14] | 1 | 18 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | 25 | 2 | ||||
| Csíkszereda | 2023–24 | Liga II | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 20 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 57 | 2 | |||