Overview

• União de Rondonópolis confirmed that Anderson ‘Neneca’ Soares da Silva died on September 22 at age 45 after being hospitalized since Friday.
• He fell ill while watching a Sub-17 game on September 19, received initial care at a UPA and was transferred to the Santa Casa de Rondonópolis ICU.
• The funeral took place on September 23 in Rondonópolis, with a cortejo and burial at the Vila Aurora cemetery.
• Neneca was a title‑winning goalkeeper with União Barbarense (Série C 2004) and Botafogo-SP (Série D 2015), and he also played for Santo André, Guarani, América-MG and Figueirense, where he won the 2014 Catarinense.
• Retired in 2022, he was serving as a football supervisor at União de Rondonópolis, leaves a wife and two children, and was honored in condolence notes from clubs and football bodies.