Marcos Senna
Senna warming up with Villarreal in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcos Antônio Senna da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 17 July 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rio Branco | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997 | Rio Branco | ||
| 1998 | América-SP | 4 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Corinthians | 16 | (0) |
| 2001 | Juventude | 12 | (1) |
| 2002 | São Caetano | 14 | (1) |
| 2002–2013 | Villarreal | 292 | (25) |
| 2013–2015 | New York Cosmos | 55 | (13) |
| Total | 393 | (40) | |
| National team | |||
| 2006–2010 | Spain | 28 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Marcos Antônio Senna da Silva (born 17 July 1976), known as Senna, is a retired footballer who played as a central midfielder.
He is known for his passing range and long shooting and is also a penalty specialist, and spent most of his professional career in Spain with Villarreal, appearing in 363 official games of the course of 11 seasons, ten in La Liga (33 goals scored). He ended his career at the New York Cosmos, where he twice won the Soccer Bowl.
Born in Brazil, Senna represented the Spain national team during four years, appearing at the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008 and winning the latter tournament as starter.
Born in São Paulo, Senna began his career with Rio Branco Esporte Clube. After playing for a number of Brazilian clubs early in his career he moved to Spanish side Villarreal CF in 2002, from Associação Desportiva São Caetano. After a slow start (only 25 La Liga appearances in his first two seasons combined) he became an undisputed starter, helping the club reach as far as the UEFA Champions League semi-finals in 2005–06; eventually, he also gained the club captaincy.
In the summer of 2006, Senna almost joined Manchester United: he had one year left on his contract, and Villarreal were prepared to sell him for a fee of around £4 million. However, the deal was put on hold while United pursued Owen Hargreaves, but FC Bayern Munich refused to sell their player and, when United returned with a bid for Senna on transfer deadline day, Villarreal rejected their advances; he had become frustrated with the delays to his proposed move and decided to stay at Villarreal, signing a three-year extension shortly after the transfer window closed.
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