Tony Menezes

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Tony Menezes
Personal information
Full name	Antony Santos Menezes
Date of birth	November 24, 1974 (1974-11-24) (age 33)
Place of birth	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	unattached
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998 1999 2000-2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2006-2007	América Rio de Janeiro Bangu Rio de Janeiro Botafogo Gansu Nongken Gansu Tianma Zhejiang Lucheng Toronto Lynx Mahindra United	- (-) - (-) 5 (0) 19 (0) - (-) 22 (4) 6 (0) 0 (0)
National team2
1998-2003	Canada	27 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 7 December 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Antony Santos Menezes (born November 24, 1974 in Mississauga, Ontario) is a Canadian professional soccer player. He is a former Canadian international player who has earned 27 caps for Canada and was a member of the Gold Cup champion squad in 2000.

A 6'1, 180 lb (82 kg) defender, Menezes immigrated to Brazil with his family at age 10. He played for Botafogo in Rio de Janeiro until 2001, then signed with Chinese team Gansu Tianma. On April 19, 2006 he signed for the Toronto Lynx, and played only one season.

In November of 2006, he signed for defending champions Mahindra United of the Indian National Football League.

[edit] External links

• CanadaSoccer.com with a national team profile page for Menezes

Persondata
NAME	Menezes, Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tony
SHORT DESCRIPTION	soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH	November 24, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH