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Nenê (footballer, born 1981)

Nenê, Brazilian footballer

Born
July 19, 1981
Age in 2026
45
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1981

About Nenê (footballer, born 1981)

Anderson Luiz de Carvalho (born 19 July 1981), known as Nenê, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série C club Botafogo-PB. As of 2025, he is the oldest player to score in a Série A match, having set this record on 21 August 2025 at 44 years and 32 days old. He is also one of a few players in football with most official appearances ever. Nenê spent most of his professional career in Spain, representing four clubs and amassing 140 games and 23 goals over the course of four La Liga seasons, and France, where he made 142 Ligue 1 appearances in four and a half campaigns and scored 55 goals for Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain. He won the 2012–13 Ligue 1 title with PSG and also became the league's best foreign player in 2010 while with Monaco. Nenê had brief tenures in Qatar (Al-Gharafa) and England (West Ham United) before returning to Brazil. With the Basque side he put up two extraordinary individual seasons, with 21 goals in the league alone, playing his first year in the second division and achieving promotion.

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The world when Nenê (footballer, born 1981) was born

Nenê (footballer, born 1981) was born in 1981. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1981

  • #1 song"Bette Davis Eyes" – Kim Carnes
  • Top movieChariots of Fire
  • Top TV showDallas
  • Best-selling bookThe Hotel New Hampshire – John Irving

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentSugar Ray Leonard defeats Thomas Hearns
  • Top headlineMTV launches
  • Technology milestoneIBM launches the PC
  • Defining fadPac-Man fever
  • Notable inventionIBM PC (personal computer)
  • World population4.53 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRonald Reagan
  • Sports championLos Angeles Dodgers (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population229.5M

1981 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Nenê (footballer, born 1981)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19812026
Gas$1.31$3.45/gal
Average home$68,900$435,000
Average income$22,388$67,500
Minimum wage$3.35$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$2.78$11.95
Postage stamp$0.18$0.73
Population229.5M341 million

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