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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 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.[33]
He was called again by coach Tite in March 2018 to take part in the away friendly fixtures against Russia and Germany,[34] but he did not play in either match.[35][36]
He has been nicknamed "Yaya Talisca" in reference to Ivorian midfielder Yaya Touré, but bases his game on that of his compatriot Neymar.[37] He has also been compared to fellow Brazilian Rivaldo.[38] In addition to his usual role as a number ten or as a second striker on occasion throughout his career.
| 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 | 8 | 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[e] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Total | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | — | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 14 | |||
| Career total | 288 | 148 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 62 | 30 | 40 | 9 | 429 | 198 | ||
Bahia[39]
Beşiktaş
Guangzhou Evergrande
Al-Nassr
Brazil U20[39]
Individual
