Talisca

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Souza and the second or paternal family name is Conceição.
Talisca
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Talisca with Fenerbahçe in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-02-01) 1 February 1994 (age 32)
Place of birth Feira de Santana, Brazil
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Fenerbahçe
Number 94
Youth career
2007 Vasco da Gama
2009–2013 Bahia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Bahia 60 (11)
2014–2018 Benfica 53 (12)
2016–2018 → Beşiktaş (loan) 55 (27)
2018 → Guangzhou Evergrande (loan) 18 (16)
2018–2021 Guangzhou Evergrande 35 (17)
2021–2025 Al-Nassr 78 (62)
2025– Fenerbahçe 33 (18)
International career
2013 Brazil U20 2 (0)
2014–2015 Brazil U23 4 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 December 2025

Anderson Souza Conceição (born 1 February 1994), known as Anderson Talisca or simply Talisca, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and forward for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe.

Club career

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Bahia

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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

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On 5 July 2014, after his debut season, Talisca moved to Portuguese champion Benfica for a €4.75 million fee (agent fee included), the highest paid for a Bahia player.[3][4][5] On 18 July 2014, he scored his first goal for Benfica on his debut in their Taça de Honra semi-final win against Estoril.[citation needed] 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] On 8 May, he sealed the 2–0 away win at Marítimo in the league with a direct free kick.[13]

Beşiktaş (loan)

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On 24 August 2016, Talisca joined Turkish club Beşiktaş on a 2-year loan deal[14][15][16] for a €2 million fee for the first season. Talisca signed a contract worth €1.5 million in the first season plus bonuses.[14] On 13 September, on his return to the Estádio da Luz in a Champions League group game, he scored an added-time free kick to ensure a 1–1 draw.[17]

Guangzhou

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On 8 June 2018, Talisca was loaned out to Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao for a half year, for a loan fee of €5.8 million.[18][19] He made his debut for Guangzhou Evergrande as a starter and scored a hat-trick, including a direct free kick, to help his team win 4–0 over Guizhou Hengfeng in the league on 18 July.[20] On 29 July 2018, he scored two goals in his second appearance for Guangzhou in a 5–0 home win over Chongqing Dangdai Lifan.[21]

On 26 October 2018, Benfica announced that Talisca had moved permanently to the Chinese club for a transfer fee of €19.2 million.[18]

Al-Nassr

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On 17 May 2021, Talisca joined Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr for a reported transfer fee of $9.5 million.[22] On 16 December 2022, he scored a hat-trick for the club, helping his side to a 4–1 away league victory against Al-Raed.[23]

On 7 April 2023, Talisca signed a new three-year contract to keep him at Al-Nassr until 2026.[24]

On 7 November 2023, he scored a hat-trick for his club against Al-Duhail[25] and won in a group match of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League,[26] Becoming the first player to score a hat-trick for the club in the Champions League.

He is nicknamed Abu-Souza by the club fans.[27]

Fenerbahçe

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On 27 January 2025, Fenerbahçe announced they had reached an agreement with Al-Nassr for the transfer of Talisca.[28] On 2 February 2025, he made his Süper Lig debut for the club in a 3–2 home win against Çaykur Rizespor.

On 5 February 2025, he scored his first goal for the team in a 5–0 Turkish Cup victory over Erzurumspor.[29] Four days later on 9 February 2025, he scored his first Süper Lig goal for the club against Alanyaspor in a 0–2 away win.[30] On 6 April 2025, Talisca came off the bench and scored his first hat-trick in the Süper Lig in a 4–1 home win over Trabzonspor.[31]

On 12 August 2025, he scored his first continental goal for the team against Feyenoord into the second match of UEFA Champions League qualifying.[32]

On 27 October 2025, he made double in 4-0 away win Süper Lig match against Gaziantep FK as a 78th min substitute.[33] On 11 December 2025, he made a perfect hat-trick, scored one right-footed goal, one left-footed goal and one headed goal in a UEFA Europa League 0-4 away victory against Brann.[34]

International career

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On 11 November 2014, Talisca was called up by Dunga to the Brazil national team to replace Lucas Moura in the international fixtures against Turkey and Austria.[35]

He was called again by coach Tite in March 2018 to take part in the away friendly fixtures against Russia and Germany,[36] but he did not play in either match.[37][38]

Style of play

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He has been nicknamed "Yaya Talisca" in reference to Ivorian midfielder Yaya Touré, but bases his game on that of his compatriot Neymar.[39] He has also been compared to fellow Brazilian Rivaldo.[40] In addition to his usual role as a number ten or as a second striker on occasion throughout his career.

Career statistics

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As of match played 20 December 2025[41][42]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bahia 2013 Série A 21 2 1 0 — 3[c] 0 13[d] 1 38 3
2014 Série A 9 2 4 0 — — 17[d] 6 30 8
Total 30 4 5 0 — 3 0 30 7 68 11
Benfica 2014–15 Primeira Liga 32 9 2 0 3 1 6[e] 1 1[f] 0 44 11
2015–16 Primeira Liga 21 3 1 0 5 4 5[e] 2 1[f] 0 33 9
Total 53 12 3 0 8 5 11 3 2 0 77 20
Beşiktaş (loan) 2016–17 Süper Lig 22 13 2 1 — 9[g] 3 0 0 33 17
2017–18 Süper Lig 33 14 6 2 — 8[e] 4 0 0 47 20
Total 55 27 8 3 — 16 7 0 0 80 37
Guangzhou Evergrande (loan) 2018 Chinese Super League 18 16 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 18 16
Guangzhou Evergrande 2019 Chinese Super League 18 11 1 0 — 8[h] 5 — 27 16
2020 Chinese Super League 17 6 0 0 — 3[h] 1 — 20 7
Total 53 33 1 0 — 11 6 — 65 39
Al-Nassr 2021–22 Saudi Pro League 28 20 2 1 — 3[h] 1 — 33 22
2022–23 Saudi Pro League 23 20 3 0 — — 1[i] 1 27 21
2023–24 Saudi Pro League 17 16 2 1 — 6[h] 8 6[j] 1 31 26
2024–25 Saudi Pro League 10 6 2 0 — 5[h] 2 2[i] 0 19 8
Total 78 62 9 2 — 14 11 9 2 110 77
Fenerbahçe 2024–25 Süper Lig 16 9 3 3 — 4[k] 0 — 23 12
2025–26 Süper Lig 17 9 0 0 — 8[l] 5 0 0 25 14
Total 33 18 3 3 — 12 5 0 0 48 26
Career total 302 156 29 8 8 5 66 32 41 9 448 210
  1. ^ Includes Copa do Brasil, Taça de Portugal, Turkish Cup, Chinese FA Cup, King's Cup
  2. ^ Includes Taça da Liga
  3. ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Campeonato Baiano
  5. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  6. ^ a b Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  7. ^ Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  8. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  9. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Saudi Super Cup
  10. ^ Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup
  11. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  12. ^ Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and four goal in UEFA Europa League

Honours

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Bahia[41]

Benfica[41][43]

Beşiktaş

Guangzhou Evergrande

Al-Nassr

Brazil U20[41]

Individual

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