Cícero Santos

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Cícero
Personal information
Full name Cícero Santos
Date of birth (1984-08-26) 26 August 1984
Place of birth Castelo, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Centre midfielder
Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Fluminense
Number 11
Youth career
Bahia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2004–2005 Bahia 7 (1)
2006–2014 Tombense 0 (0)
2006 → Figueirense (loan) 33 (13)
2007–2008 → Fluminense (loan) 80 (20)
2008–2010 → Hertha BSC (loan) 63 (10)
2010–2011 → VfL Wolfsburg (loan) 13 (1)
2011–2012 → São Paulo (loan) 57 (9)
2013–2014 → Santos (loan) 40 (16)
2014– Fluminense 38 (9)
2015 → Al-Gharafa (loan) 9 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:44, 5 December 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Cícero Santos (born 26 August 1984), simply known as Cícero, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a Midfielder.[1]

Career

Early career

During his time at Fluminense, Cícero proved himself to be a versatile player. He featured as an attacking midfielder, a defensive midfielder, a wide player and a striker. Cícero featured heavily in Fluminense's Copa Libertadores Campaign of 2008, scoring vital goals in the group stages, including a beautiful free kick in the 6–0 demolition of Arsenal de Sarandí at the Maracaña in Rio de Janeiro. Cícero was the only Flu player to convert his penalty kick during the shoot out in the final defeat against LDU Quito of Ecuador.

Hertha BSC

Cicero made his Bundesliga debut for Hertha on 17 August 2008 against Eintracht Frankfurt. He established himself as a regular, playing all but one game in the 2008–09 season.

São Paulo

After one and half year playing for São Paulo, on 1 January 2013, Brazilian press confirmed that Cícero will break his contract with the club for 2013 season.[2]

Santos

On 8 January 2013 Cícero signed a two-year deal with Santos.[3] Cícero finished the 2013 Campeonato Paulista as the club's second topscorer, only behind Neymar.

Fluminense

In July 2014, Cícero re-joined Fluminense for his third spell at the club.

Career statistics

(Correct as of April 27, 2014)
Club Season National League Cup[lower-roman 1] Continental[lower-roman 2] Other[lower-roman 3] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Figueirense 2006 3413———3413
Fluminense 2007 276———276
2008 40—143—173
Subtotal 316—143—459
Hertha BSC 2008–09 337—81—418
2009–10 3032070—393
Subtotal 631020151—8011
VfL Wolfsburg 2010–11 21131——242
São Paulo 2011 276—41—317
2012 3039120205619
Subtotal 57991612059216
Santos 2013 371570—2296624
2014 2000—169189
Subtotal 391570—38188433
Total 22554212355582335984
  1. ↑ Including DFB-Pokal and Copa do Brasil.
  2. ↑ Including Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana and UEFA Europa League.
  3. ↑ Including State Leagues.

Honours

Figueirense
Fluminense
São Paulo

References

  1. ↑ "Cicero" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Lozetti, Alexandre (1 January 2013). "Cícero vai rescindir contrato e deve trocar o São Paulo pelo Santos" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  3. ↑ Cícero assina contrato de empréstimo por dois anos e realiza primeiro treino no Santos; UOL Esporte, 8 January 2013 (Portuguese)

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