Marcos Senna

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Marcos Senna
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 counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:00, 30 July 2006 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 15 November 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (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.

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	Spain squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
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
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