Newton Santos de Oliveira

Newton
Personal information
Full nameNewton Santos de Oliveira
Date of birth24 July 1976
Place of birthRio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil
Playing positionStriker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000Al-Ansar
Portuguesa-RJ
2003Al-Wahda
2004CFZ do Rio
2004–2006Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli
2006Portuguesa-RJ
2006–2007Penang FA
2007Portuguesa-RJ
National team
2000–2001Lebanon5(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Newton Santos de Oliveira (born July 24, 1976 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), also simply as Newton, is a former naturalized Lebanese football striker.

Biography

Newton was born in Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil.

According to the annual reports of international transfers and returns to Brazil made by the Brazilian Football Confederation, he was transferred from Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ) to the Saudi Arabian side Al-Wahda on December 26, 2002;[1] from CFZ do Rio to Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli on Octobre 25, 2004;[2] from Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli to Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ) on March 20, 2006;[3] from Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ) to the Malaysian team Penang FA on April 10, 2006[4] and from Penang FA to Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ) on March 28, 2007.[5]

International career

Newton formerly represented the Lebanon national football team at the 2000 AFC Asian Cup.

References

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