Overview

• União Rondonópolis confirmed the death of Anderson ‘Neneca’ Soares da Silva on Monday at age 45.
• He fell ill while watching a União versus Academia under-17 game and was first treated at a UPA before transfer to Santa Casa’s ICU in Rondonópolis.
• Diário do Nordeste reported that exams identified an aortic aneurysm requiring open-chest surgery, after which he did not survive.
• He retired in 2022 and was working as União Rondonópolis’s football supervisor at the time of his death.
• América-MG mourned the former goalkeeper, calling him an idol and noting his 96 appearances from 2011 to 2013, as tributes also came from regional football authorities.