Márcio Roberto dos Santos

Márcio Santos
Personal information
Full nameMárcio Roberto dos Santos
Date of birthSeptember 15, 1969
Place of birthSão Paulo, Brazil
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1987–1990Novorizontino53(3)
1990–1991Internacional23(2)
1992Botafogo22(0)
1992–1994Bordeaux56(4)
1994–1995Fiorentina32(2)
1995–1997Ajax25(1)
1997Atlético Mineiro?(?)
1997–1999São Paulo37(1)
2000Santos?(?)
2001Gama?(?)
2001Shandong Luneng10(0)
2002Etti Jundiaí?(?)
2003Bolívar2(0)
2003Joinville?(?)
2004–2006Portuguesa Santista?(?)
Total?(?)
National team
1990–1997Brazil43(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Márcio Roberto dos Santos, best known as Márcio Santos (born September 15, 1969) is a former association footballer, who played as a defender for such teams as Internacional, Fiorentina and Ajax.[1] He was born in São Paulo.[1] He was a member of the Brazilian national football team that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup, in which he scored one goal[2] in the group stages, against Cameroon.[3] He did however miss his penalty in the shootout in the final against Italy, but Brazil went on to win regardless.[4] He played 43 games for the Brazilian national team between 1990 and 1997, scoring five goals.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 2. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 296. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
  2. ↑ "Top goals". FIFA. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Brazil – Cameroon". FIFA. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Brazil – Italy". FIFA. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  5. ↑ Napoleão, Antônio Carlos; Assaf, Roberto (2006). Seleção Brasileira 1914–2006. São Paulo: Mauad X. p. 275. ISBN 85-7478-186-X.