Michael Anderson Pereira da Silva (born February 16, 1983) better known as simply Michael , is a Brazilian former professional football player.
57-1324: Michael Anderson may refer to: Sport [ edit ] Michael Anderson Pereira da Silva (born 1983), Brazilian footballer better known simply as Michael Michael Anderson (basketball) (born 1966), American basketball player Michael Anderson (cricketer, born 1960) , cricketer for Northumberland Michael Anderson (cricketer, born 1916) (1916–1940), first-class cricketer Michael Anderson (swimmer) (born 1987), Australian Paralympian Mikey Anderson (born 1999), American ice hockey player Music [ edit ] Michael Anderson (Building 429 drummer) , Christian rock band drummer Michael Anderson (Altered Images drummer) , Scottish New Wave/post-punk band drummer Other [ edit ] Ghillar Michael Anderson (born 1951), Australian Aboriginal elder, namesake of asteroid 10040 Ghillar Michael Anderson Jr. (born 1943), British actor, son of Michael Anderson (director) Michael T. Anderson (born 1950), American mathematician Michael Anderson (director) (1920–2018), British film director Michael J. Anderson (born 1953), American actor, small person Michael John Anderson (born 1988), convicted of murder in 2009 Michael P. Anderson (1959–2003), African-American astronaut killed in
114-474: A 3-year deal with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv . Michael debuted for Dynamo on 22 July against Arsenal Kyiv and managed to score a double in his debut. UPL Round 2 Silva made his UEFA Champions League debut in a group stage game against Italian team Roma . Most of the autumn and winter 2007 Michael was injured and was undergoing treatment in Brazil , however he has recovered and returned since. On 13 May 2009
171-418: A blue shirt with a central horizontal stripe was used. In 1943 Cruzeiro played its first game under its current name. The shirt used then was an all blue shirt with a large white v-neck (scapular) design. The shorts and stockings were white. In 1950, due to bad stadium lighting, Cruzeiro began to use an all-white shirt during night games. The shirt, which featured blue details and blue shorts and white stockings,
228-494: A crown, symbolic of the Triple Crown on top of the two trophies. Since 2007 the club has used the "loose stars" design on home shirts. None of these designs actually became the official club crest. The club's anthem, Hino ao Campeão , was written by Jadir Ambrósio in 1966, in homage to the team of his heart. He never meant for it to become the official anthem, but when fans started hearing it they liked it enough to adapt it as
285-451: A decree of the federal government forbade the use of terms from enemy nations in entities, institutions, establishments, etc. With this, the Italian name was removed and the club could no longer call themselves Palestra Italia. The name was changed to Sociedade Esportiva Palestra Mineiro. Around six months later, the president Ennes Cyro Poni called a general assembly for 7 October and suggested
342-487: A fox." In the 2000s, Cruzeiro has made the Raposão (Big Fox) its biggest mascot, appearing at all home games and cheering with the crowd while wearing the club's colors. In 2010, Raposão won Rede Globo's Competição de Mascotes (Mascot Competition), held in their Sunday sports show Esporte Espetacular. The program united 20 mascots from the biggest Brazilian teams and had them competing in series of challenges. Raposão won all of
399-710: A friendly as part of the Glasgow club's centenary celebrations. In the 1990s a new era began, and a 15-year sequence of at least one title per year was initiated. This included six of the club's seven international championships and a Campeonato Brasileiro (2003). In December 2010 the CBF (the governing body of Brazilian football) also recognized Cruzeiro as Brazilian champion of 1966, for having beaten Santos of Pelé: 6–2 in Belo Horizonte and 2–3 in São Paulo. The club's biggest exploit in
456-613: A number of different sports, Cruzeiro is mostly known for its association football team. It plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A , the top tier of the Brazilian football league system , as well as in the Campeonato Mineiro , the state of Minas Gerais 's premier state league . The club was founded on 2 January 1921, by sportsmen from the Italian colony of Belo Horizonte as Società Sportiva Palestra Itália . As
513-567: A record that would belong to Bolivia national football team vice-captain and striker Marcelo Moreno with 48 goals or Spanish 1930's striker Fernando Carazo, with 44 goals, had they not become Brazilian nationals. Trebles – Domestic Triple Crown Doubles – Domestic Double – Continental Double Cruzeiro's first stadium was the Estádio do Prado Mineiro, which belonged to the Federação Mineira de Futebol (FMF). The club's first game at
570-686: A result of the Second World War , the Brazilian federal government banned the use of any symbols referring to the Axis powers in 1942. On October 7, 1942, club board members rebaptized the club with the name of a leading national symbol: the Cruzeiro do Sul 's constellation. Cruzeiro play their home games at the Mineirão stadium, which currently holds up to 62,547 spectators. Cruzeiro's regular kit colors are blue shirts and white shorts with white socks. Cruzeiro
627-411: A right to vote for the next club officials. This bylaw lasted from the club's foundation in 1921 until late 2021, when Wagner Pires de Sá's run as club president led to the club to declare bankruptcy. Wagner Pires de Sá's run as club president was filled with corruption. This led Cruzeiro to stop paying its players, leading to the club's first relegation in 2019. Over the next two years, Cruzeiro played
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#1732891484987684-403: Is 1971's Bola de Ouro Winner, "The Prince" Dirceu Lopes , while the fourth place belongs to former Brazilian international and 1970 FIFA World Cup champion Wilson Piazza . The fifth overall player, and second goalkeeper with the most appearances for Cruzeiro is the notorious Raul Plassman , who played a total of 557 games with the team. The non-Brazilian with the most appearances for the club
741-612: Is one of Brazil's most successful clubs. It won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A for the first time in 1966 , after defeating Santos ' Os Santásticos in the final series. Cruzeiro has won the Brasileirão again in 2003 , 2013 and 2014 , obtaining the best campaign in the present format of the competition. Cruzeiro has also won record six Copa do Brasil titles and the Campeonato Mineiro 38 times. Cruzeiro won
798-481: Is the Argentine Roberto Perfumo who made 138 appearances for the club between 1971 and 1974. Brazilian hall-of-famer and 1970 FIFA World Cup winner Tostão has scored the most goals for Cruzeiro, 249 between 1963 and 1972, having appeared on 378 matches for Cruzeiro (12th overall). He beats Dirceu Lopes by 25 goals on that list, which also has old-timer Niginho (207 goals) closing the top 3, being
855-547: Is traced back to the Italian community living in Belo Horizonte, a city where already some Italian immigrants lived and their desire to set up a football club. Similar to the Italians of São Paulo (who founded Palestra Itália , now known as Palmeiras ) the people of Belo Horizonte wanted the Italian colonies in Minas Gerais to have its own club as well. In the sporting goods and footwear Augustine Ranieri's factory, located on
912-483: The 1974 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Cruzeiro were runner-up for the first time, after losing to Vasco in the finals. Later in 1975, Cruzeiro were runner-up in the Campeonato Brasileiro again, this time losing to Internacional . In 1976, Cruzeiro won its first Copa Libertadores de América , over River Plate of Argentina . Cruzeiro went on to be runners-up of the same competition in 1977, being defeated in
969-506: The Arena do Jacaré and Ipatingão stadiums, both outside the city of Belo Horizonte. Independência stadium is also being renovated and Cruzeiro will start playing homes games there in 2011 until the Mineirão is ready in 2012. The club has private ownership of other facilities though, including two training facilities (Toca da Raposa I, which serves the youth division and Toca da Raposa II for
1026-466: The 21st century happened when it won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A . With 100 points earned during the season, and just over 100 goals scored in 46 matches, it was one of the most successful campaigns ever by a club in a Brazilian championship. In 2003, besides winning the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Cruzeiro also won the Copa do Brasil and the Campeonato Mineiro , to become the only Brazilian team to win
1083-608: The 26-year-old attacking midfield player, changes on loan until 31 December 2009 from Dynamo Kyiv to Botafogo . Michael moved from Kyiv to Portuguesa on 23 May 2011. according to combined sources on the Flamengo official website and Flaestatística. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube Cruzeiro Esporte Clube ( Brazilian Portuguese: [kɾuˈzejɾu esˈpoʁtʃi ˈklubi] ) is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Belo Horizonte , Minas Gerais . Although competing in
1140-461: The Southern Cross on its shirt. This was done until 2000, when the actual crest was again used. In 2002 and in part of 2003 the loose stars were used. Part way through 2003 a new shirt that contained the actual crest was introduced, but instead of just using the regular crest the shirt featured two Copa Libertadores trophies on top of the crest. In 2004 a similar design was used, but now featured
1197-498: The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 Michael Anderson (historian) (born 1942), economic historian See also [ edit ] Michael Andersen (born 1974), Danish basketball player Michael Andersson (disambiguation) Mikael Andersson (disambiguation) Mike Anderson (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
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#17328914849871254-481: The center shell. Another decision was that only members of the Italian colony could wear the shirt. Aurelio Noce was elected the first President. The Palestra Italia emerged as the representative of the Italian colony. And is characterized as a team of Italian descent, Palestra also stood out by having elements of the Belo Horizonte working class, unlike Atlético and América, who had their consisting squad of college students coming from influential and wealthy families of
1311-472: The championship ended, playing an offensive and intense game that led many, including press and runners-up, to attribute the title many rounds before the mathematical confirmation. Cruzeiro's 2014 season was even more successful. It started with Cruzeiro winning the Campeonato Mineiro without losing a single match in the whole competition. In the Copa Libertadores da America, Cruzeiro was knocked out, in
1368-436: The city. The idea of the club being created took a big step when Yale , a sports team from the city, went through an administrative crisis. When some players left Yale over a dispute (Yale, which itself had connections to the Italian community), some went on to found the all Italian, Sociedade Esportiva Palestra Itália of Belo Horizonte. Until 1925 the club would only allow Italian men to participate, despite other teams in
1425-509: The club kept playing as "Palestra Mineiro" until 1943, when the local Federation approved the new statutes. The approved colors were blue and white, chosen as a compromise to appease the Italian factions within the club management, as it was both representative of the Brazilian flag and the Italian football national team (blue is the color of House of Savoy, who ruled Italy from 1861 to 1946). With
1482-429: The crest was identical to the first crest in 1921. Just one year later the crest became a little different: the top half was green and the bottom half was red, similar to the crests from 1921 and 1929–1939, but instead of green letters in its center, it now had the letters S, P and I in yellow. The crest introduced in 1940 would be the last for Palestra, because the club would soon become Cruzeiro. Cruzeiro's first crest
1539-572: The defunct state competitions Taça Minas Gerais five times, the Copa dos Campeões Mineiros twice, Copa Sul Minas twice, the Torneio Início 8 times and the Supercampeonato Mineiro once. A Raposa also obtained many international laurels such as two Copa Libertadores , two Supercopa Libertadores , one Recopa Sudamericana , one Copa de Oro and one Copa Master de Supercopa . Cruzeiro is one of
1596-752: The events and was crowned as Brazil's Best Mascot. In 2010, Cruzeiro introduced a "junior mascot", named "Raposinho" (Little Fox), a smaller version of "Raposão". Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Roberto Perfumo , with 138 matches,
1653-401: The exception of a couple of Campeonato Mineiro wins, the club won no other championships in the 1980s, and had its worst performances in the Campeonato Brasileiro, 33rd in 1984 and 29th in 1985. The 1980s was the only decade Cruzeiro did not participate once in the Copa Libertadores since the tournament's creation in 1960. The club were invited to Europe in 1988 by Scottish side Celtic to play
1710-577: The final of the Copa do Brasil , but lost both matches to rival Atlético Mineiro . When Cruzeiro was still known as Palestra Italia, the home shirt colour was green. The first home kit was an improvised dark green shirt, with white shorts and green stockings. Cruzeiro used this kit in their first professional game on 3 April 1921, in the Prado Mineiro Stadium, with a 2–0 win over the Villa Nova/Palmeiras combined team, of Nova Lima. In 1928
1767-531: The finals by Boca Juniors , also of Argentina. After winning the 1976 Copa Libertadores, they participated in the 1976 Intercontinental Cup , now renamed the FIFA Club World Championship , for the first time and tied Bayern Munich 0–0 at the Mineirão, but lost 2–0 to Bayern in the Olympiastadion . After tasting success in the 1960s and 1970s, Cruzeiro entered a dark period in the 1980s. With
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1824-485: The inauguration of the Mineirão in 1965, Cruzeiro entered one of the most successful periods in its history, in which the club won five Campeonato Mineiro titles in a row, and went on to win its first national title, the 1966 Taça Brasil (the highest honor in Brazilian football at that time) beating Santos of Pelé in the final. Cruzeiro won the first leg 6–2 at the Mineirão , and the second leg 3–2 in São Paulo . In
1881-402: The longest-used crest by Cruzeiro. In the same year, Cruzeiro removed BELO HORIZONTE from the crest; this format was used until 2005. In 2006 to honor its successful 2003 season, a crown was added on top of the crest, to symbolize the triple crown. Cruzeiro has not always used its official crest on its shirt. In 1959, instead of using its crest, the club opted to simply put the five stars from
1938-418: The name Ypiranga. Between 3 and 7 October, the local media published the new name thinking it would be approved. In assembly, the counselors and associates kept professional system and approved changing club's name and colors. Yale and Ypiranga were suggested, but Cruzeiro Esporte Clube was chosen to honor the biggest symbol of Brazil, the constellation of Crux . The idea was from Oswaldo Pinto Coelho. However,
1995-485: The nation accepting people of all skin colors and ethnicities. Palestra debuted in the Prado Mineiro Stadium with a 2–0 win in a friendly on 3 April 1921, against a combination from Nova Lima . The Nova Lima team united players from two teams from the city: Villa Nova , and Palmeiras, another team form Nova Lima. However, the first official match of Palestra was in a 3–0 win over future archrivals Clube Atlético Mineiro . In January 1942, Brazil entered World War II and
2052-399: The new anthem. Cartoonist Fernando Pieruccetti, more popularly known as "Mangabeira", created the club's mascot , a raposa (Portuguese for fox ) in the 1940s, as he did for other football clubs from Minas Gerais state league. Mangabeira took inspiration from the club's ex-president, Mario Grosso. "He was a director who let no one trick him. He was sly, agile, intelligent and skillful like
2109-456: The only ones with over 200 goals for Cruzeiro. Ninão holds the record for goals scored in a single match: 10 in Cruzeiro's 14–0 win over Alves Nogueira during Campeonato da Cidade on 17 June 1928. Nelinho holds the record for most goals scored from penalties: 38; and the record for goals scored from fouls: 42. Walter Montillo 's 39 goals make him the non-Brazilian with the most goals for Cruzeiro,
2166-476: The quarter finals, by future champion San Lorenzo de Almagro , being the last remaining Brazilian team in the competition. This loss did not prevent Cruzeiro to lead the Campeonato Brasileiro for almost the whole competition, being crowned champion for the fourth time and becoming the second team not from Rio de Janeiro nor Sao Paulo to win the Campeonato Brasileiro twice in a row. Cruzeiro also got to
2223-802: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Anderson&oldid=1215143180 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Michael Anderson Pereira da Silva Michael started his professional career in Santo André , and soon moved to Cruzeiro , however after 1 season he moved to São Paulo playing for Palmeiras . After two seasons with Palmeiras in July 2007, Michael signed
2280-427: The second place and qualified for the Copa Libertadores da America for 2011. Cruzeiro's biggest success in recent years was reaching the finals of the 2009 Copa Libertadores , but they lost to Estudiantes de La Plata 2–1. After a disastrous 2011 season, escaping relegation only in the last round after a triumphant 6–1 against arch-rival Atlético, Gilvan Tavares became president for the 2012-2013-2014 triennium. 2012
2337-487: The senior squad), an administrative headquarters and two social club facilities. Cruzeiro has often been praised for having one of the leading infrastructure systems in Brazil. Cruzeiro used to be a nonprofit organization , where the real owner are sócios (literally, "partners") or members (who pay an annual fee), in return, sócios receive benefits from the club, such as access to club's properties and tickets, as well as
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2394-404: The shirt became a lighter tone of green, with a white neck design and red cuffs. The shorts continued to be white, but the green stockings now had red and white details, similar to that of the Italian flag . This particular uniform was used up until 1940. The light green color of the shirt would later give the team the nickname "periquito", Portuguese for parakeet. In 1940 there was a big change to
2451-482: The shirt. The shirt began to feature horizontal stripes, with the club crest in the center. This was the shirt used to win the 1940 Campeonato da Cidade – now known as the Campeonto Mineiro ;– after the club had been unable to win the tournament for ten years. The club also began to be called "tricolor" instead of "periquito". In 1942 Cruzeiro played one game under the name Ypiranga, and for this game
2508-417: The shirt. The shirt made its debut in the Estádio dos Tecelões, in a friendly match against Renascença, on 19 September. In 1984 Cruzeiro had the first ever company logo on its shirt; it was the shirt manufacturer's logo, which was Topper . In the same year Cruzeiro had its first shirt sponsor, Medradao. Medradao was only used on the away shirts The first Palestra Itália crest was a rhombus whose top half
2565-427: The stadium until 1965, when the Mineirão was opened. In 1983, the stadium was torn down and one of the club's social clubs ( Sede Campestre ) was built there. Since 1965, Cruzeiro play their home games at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, often referred to as just Mineirão in Belo Horizonte, MG. Cruzeiro shares the stadium with rivals Atlético Mineiro . The stadium does not belong to Cruzeiro, rather it belongs to
2622-520: The stadium was 2–0 win over a Villa Nova/Palmeiras combine team from Nova Lima on 3 April 1921. Cruzeiro would use the stadium until 1923 when the club built its own stadium, Estádio do Barro Preto. On 23 July 1923, Cruzeiro debuted at the stadium in a 2–2 tie with Flamengo. In 1945, the stadium went through renovations and would become at that time the largest stadium in the state with a capacity of 15,000 and later on would become known as Estádio Juscelino Kubitscheck (or Estádio JK). Cruzeiro would use
2679-455: The stadium. The period after the stadium's inauguration is often called Era Mineirão ("Mineirão Era"), which saw Cruzeiro gain national and international prominence. Cruzeiro also holds the attendance record at the stadium, when 132,834 spectators watched Cruzeiro beat Villa Nova in the 1997 Campeonato Mineiro final. Cruzeiro have had plans to build a new stadium, especially under president Alvimar de Oliveira Costa 's tenure. However,
2736-523: The state of Minas Gerais (through a land grant from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais ) and is administrated by Minas Arena, a private company, on lease from the state since 2013. The stadium, which was built in 1963, had an original capacity of about 130,000, but over the years that capacity has been reduced, and currently it seats 64,800. Named after former Minas Gerais governor José de Magalhães Pinto , it took over 4,000 workers to build
2793-410: The state of Minas asked Cruzeiro to stay at the stadium, and after president Zezé Perrella came to the presidency in 2009, plans for a new stadium virtually disappeared. The Mineirão was selected as a host stadium for the 2014 FIFA World Cup , with renovations beginning on 25 June 2010, and projected to be completed by December 2012. After the stadiums closing, Cruzeiro began playing home games at
2850-476: The street of Caetés, it was decided the foundation of the club should tackle the three major capital: Atlético Mineiro, America-MG and Yale. Was born at that moment, the Società Sportiva Palestra Italia , established on 2 January 1921. The meeting was attended by 95 founders present the shield and uniform that made reference to the Italian colors, and whose SSPI description would be recorded in
2907-505: The triple crown. From 2003 to 2012 Cruzeiro have only won one major tournament (four times): the Campeonato Mineiro (2004, 2006, 2008, 2009). However, the club finished in the top five of the Campeonato Brasileiro in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, guaranteeing a spot in the Copa Libertadores for four consecutive years (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011). In 2010, after a great campaign in the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, Cruzeiro took
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#17328914849872964-739: The two Brazilian clubs to complete the Domestic Treble , a feat accomplished in 2003 after winning the Campeonato Mineiro, the 2003 Copa do Brasil and the 2003 Brasileirão . Cruzeiro hold a long-standing rivalry against Atlético Mineiro . It has contributed many key and famous players towards Brazil 's FIFA World Cup squads such as Piazza , Tostão , Nelinho , Ronaldo , Luisão , Alex , Maicon , Cris , Dida , Jairzinho , Rivaldo , and Edílson among so many others, as well as towards other countries' FIFA World Cup squads, including Roberto Perfumo and Juan Pablo Sorin from Argentina, and Giorgian de Arrascaeta from Uruguay. Cruzeiro's history
3021-472: Was introduced in 1950 and was very simple: a blue circle, with a white border, inside of which were five white stars, positioned to look like the Southern Cross . This first crest was used for over nine years, until 1959. In 1959 the crest changed, now with a white border around the crest with the words " -CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE-BELO HORIZONTE " in blue. This version of the crest was used until 1996, making it
3078-425: Was red and bottom half was green (both colors of the Italian flag). In the center of the crest was a white circle with the letters P and I inside it. The following year, 1922, the club's crest maintained its rhombus shape, but was now completely white, with the letter P, S and I, inscribed within it in green. In 1923, the crest lost its rhombus shape and instead just had the green letters S, P and I. From 1928 to 1939
3135-426: Was slightly better than 2011, but still Cruzeiro won no titles. In 2013 Cruzeiro lost Campeonato Mineiro again, despite displaying a good game against smaller clubs. Copa do Brasil started promising but Cruzeiro was knocked out by future champion Flamengo in the quarterfinals. After the elimination Cruzeiro went all in to Campeonato Brasileiro and was crowned champion for the third time, this time four rounds before
3192-426: Was the non-Brazilian with the most appearances for the club, this was recently changed however as Ariel Cabral was awarded this record with 200 appearances for the club. The player with the most appearances for Cruzeiro is Fábio with a stunning record of 800 appearances, having been with the team since 2005, beating former midfielder Zé Carlos, with 619 appearances, between 1965 and 1977. In third place on that list
3249-401: Was used for nine years. In 1956, Cruzeiro used, for a short while, a new shirt that was made up of white and blue horizontal stripes. The uniform was not used in many games. There was a change to the shirt in 1959; the shirt became all blue, a design that would influence later shirts. In the 1959 shirt, instead of using its normal crest Cruzeiro simply used the five stars, in the crest, loose on
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