Freddy dos Santos
 |
|||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Freddy dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 2 October 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left Back, Left Midfield | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Skeid | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | Skeid | 50 | (3) |
| 1998–2000 | Molde | 64 | (0) |
| 2001–2011 | Vålerenga | 246 | (38) |
| National team | |||
| 1993 | Norway G16 | 2 | (0) |
| 1994 | Norway G17 | 6 | (1) |
| 1995 | Norway G18 | 9 | (2) |
| 1996–1997 | Norway U21 | 8 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:54, 6 May 2009 (UTC). |
|||
Freddy dos Santos (born 2 October 1976 in Oslo) is a former Norwegian footballer who was playing most of his career for Vålerenga in the Norwegian Premier League.
Dos Santos have played as a defender, midfield and attack. His former clubs are Skeid and Molde.
He started his career at Skeid. During the last two seasons with them he played in the Norwegian top division.
In 1998 season moved to Molde, after Skeid got relegated from the top-flight. In his first two seasons he helped them getting a back-to-back silver medal in the league, also playing in the group stages of the 1999–2000 Champions League.
He moved back to Oslo in 2001 and joined Vålerenga, who had just been relegated from the Norwegian Premier League. He helped them secure direct promotion. He started both finals in which Vålerenga won the Norwegian Football Cup, in 2002 and 2008. In 2005, he won the Norwegian Premier League.
He has played over 300 games for Vålerenga, more than any player in the history of the club.
He has played several games at various youth levels for Norway, but never played in the senior side. He could potentially feature for Cape Verde as his father is born there.
Cape Verde is the country of origin of his father.
In July 2006, dos Santos launched a single, This Is For Real, together with four other professional Norwegian footballers – Morten Gamst Pedersen, Raymond Kvisvik, Kristofer Hæstad and Øyvind Svenning. They call their band The Players.
...
Wikipedia