Marcos Senna
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Marcos Senna | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Marcos Antonio Senna da Silva | |
Date of birth | July 17, 1976 (age 30) | |
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |
Nickname | el tanque or The Tank | |
Playing position | Midfielder | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Villarreal | |
Number | 19 | |
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1997–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002 2002– |
Rio Branco América (SP) Corinthians Juventude Sao Caetano Villarreal CF |
NK NK 16 (0) 12 (1) NK 108 (7) |
National team2 | ||
2006– | Spain | 7 (0) |
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Marcos Antonio Senna da Silva (born 17 July 1976 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian-Spanish football player for Villarreal who plays in midfield.
Senna plays for Villarreal CF, and since moving to the club from Sao Caetano in 2002 has helped them as far as the Champions League semi-finals. He has recently been granted Spanish citizenship, and was part of the Spanish squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup despite being Brazilian by birth.
Senna's cousin is Brazil's former midfielder Marcos Assunção.
Some sources stated that Senna was born in Rio de Janeiro, but actually he was born in São Paulo and played youth football in São Paulo's football club with Assunção.
[edit] External links
- Soccernet profile
- Eurosport profile
- UEFA.com short bios.
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Spain squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup | ||
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1 Casillas | 2 Salgado | 3 Pernía | 4 Marchena | 5 Puyol | 6 Albelda | 7 Raúl | 8 Xavi | 9 Torres | 10 Reyes | 11 García | 12 López | 13 Iniesta | 14 Alonso | 15 Ramos | 16 Senna | 17 Joaquín | 18 Fàbregas | 19 Cañizares | 20 Juanito | 21 Villa | 22 Pablo | 23 Reina | Coach: Aragonés |
Villarreal CF - Current Squad |
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1 Viera | 2 Gonzalo | 3 Arruabarrena | 4 José Enrique | 5 Forlán | 6 Josico | 7 Pirès | 8 Riquelme | 9 Franco | 10 Cani | 11 Tomasson | 12 Cygan | 14 Tacchinardi | 15 Nihat | 16 Quique Álvarez | 17 Javi Venta | 18 Somoza | 19 Senna | 20 Fuentes | 21 Mati | 22 Peña | 23 José Mari | 24 Josemi | 25 Barbosa | 27 Marcos | 28 Bruno | 33 Jonathan | Manager: Pellegrini |
Categories: Spanish football biography stubs | Living people | 1976 births | Spanish footballers | Spain international footballers | Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players | Villarreal CF footballers | La Liga footballers | Football (soccer) midfielders | Brazilian Spaniards | FIFA World Cup 2006 players | Natives of São Paulo (city)