Hernanes

Anderson Hernanes de Carvalho Viana Lima (born 29 May 1985), known as Hernanes, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a central or attacking midfielder.

Born in Recife, Hernanes is a product of the academy at São Paulo, where he played for nine years between 2001 and 2010.

He was loaned out to Santo André for the 2006 season, while in 2008, as a São Paulo player, Hernanes won the Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão's best player award.

Hernanes began his career with São Paulo, where he won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2007 and 2008.

Hernanes has earned 27 caps for the Brazil national team since 2008, scoring two goals.

In March 2008, Hernanes was called up to the Brazil senior side, and earned his first cap that year, in a 1–0 friendly win over Sweden, held in London, on 26 March.

Later that year, he was a member of the Brazil under-23 side that won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

During the tournament, he scored the only goal in Brazil's opening win against Belgium on 7 August; Brazil were eliminated by eventual champions Argentina in the semi-finals on 19 August, following a 3–0 defeat, but went on to capture the bronze medal after defeating Belgium once again three days later, by a score of 3–0.

In January 2009, Hernanes was listed as the most promising football player in the world by British newspaper The Times.

In August 2010, he joined Italian side Lazio, whom he helped win the Coppa Italia in 2013.

On 6 August 2010, São Paulo agreed to sell Hernanes to Italian side Lazio.

Hernanes signed a five-year contract.

Lazio paid an €11.1 million transfer fee to São Paulo and third-party owner Traffic Group.

Hernanes scored on his debut, converting a penalty in a friendly against Deportivo de La Coruña, having previously been brought down in the penalty area.

He also assisted Sergio Floccari for Lazio's third goal.

His first Serie A goal was also on a penalty, against Bologna in another 3–1 victory.

On 3 December 2010, he scored the third goal in a 3–1 win over Internazionale with a free-kick.

He concluded the season with 11 goals, equal to Lazio's best goal-scoring return from midfield in one season, alongside Pavel Nedvěd.

He returned to the senior team two years later, appearing in a 2–0 friendly away victory over United States on 10 August 2010.

On 9 February 2011, Hernanes was sent off in the first half of a 1–0 friendly defeat against France in Paris, for kicking Karim Benzema in the chest.

He won a bronze medal at that year's Olympics and was also part of the senior squads which won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and came in fourth at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

He is nicknamed "Il Profeta" ("The Prophet") in Italy.

Hernanes later helped the club win the 2013 Coppa Italia Final against rivals Roma.

He transferred to Internazionale in January 2014 for €20 million, then moved to Juventus in 2015, where he won the domestic double in his first season with the club.

On 31 January 2014, Hernanes joined Internazionale, completing a permanent switch from Lazio by signing a four-and-a-half-year contract expiring 30 June 2018.

His move was rumoured to be due to money motivation, a motive that was denied by Hernanes.

Lazio club president Claudio Lotito claimed he sold Hernanes after Inter had triggered the buy-out clause of €20 million in Hernanes' contract, opting to sell him rather than let him later leave on a free transfer.

As a result, Lazio fans were unhappy over Hernanes' sale and protested Lotito's action.

Hernanes made his Inter debut on 9 February in a 1–0 win over Sassuolo, assisting a goal scored by Walter Samuel.

On 10 May, he scored a long-distance strike against former club Lazio to seal a 4–1 victory which also meant that Inter would play in the UEFA Europa League in the following season.

On 31 August 2015, Hernanes joined Juventus in a €11 million transfer deal.

He made his debut for the club on 12 September in a 1–1 Serie A home draw against Chievo.

On 1 May 2016, he scored his first goal for the club, opening the scoring of a 2–0 home win over Carpi.

He moved to Hebei China Fortune in 2017, before returning to São Paulo.

On 9 February 2017, Hernanes was sold to Hebei China Fortune for €8 million, with a possible €2 million in variables from Juventus.

On 19 July 2017, Hernanes re-signed for São Paulo on a loan deal.

Hernanes came backed under a great shape to the club, and has helped Tricolor in their fight against relegation: in his first five games he scored five goals, being a fundamental part of the team.

On 29 December 2018, Hernanes signed for São Paulo on a three-year deal.

After terminating with São Paulo, he was officially announced by Sport Club do Recife on 3 August 2021.

On 2 May 2022, he announced his retirement from professional football.