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Anderson França Varejão (Portuguese pronunciation: [vaɾeˈʒɐ̃w̃]; born September 28, 1982, in Colatina) is a Brazilian professional basketball player, who currently plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He won the gold medal with Brazil at the 2003 Pan American Games.
He played for Franca Basquetebol Clube in the city of Franca, São Paulo State. Franca is most known as the "Brazilian Basketball's capital", one of the most traditional Brazilian basketball teams. His skills improved, and he was signed by FC Barcelona, Spain.
Varejão appeared in two regular season Liga ACB games for FC Barcelona Bàsquet and scored four total points.
Varejão also played in nine Euroleague games for FC Barcelona. In three regular season games Varejão averaged 2.3 points and 2.3 rebounds. In six "Top 16" playoff games, he averaged 5.8 points and 4.8 rebounds, including a season high 10 points against Benetton Treviso.
Varejão appeared in four regular season Liga ACB games for FC Barcelona. He averaged 8.3 points and 11.5 rebounds per game. While Varejão did not play in the Liga ACB playoffs that year, FC Barcelona, led by Juan Carlos Navarro, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, and Dejan Bodiroga, won the Liga ACB championship.