Manuel dos Santos Fernandes

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Santos and the second or paternal family name is Fernandes.
Manuel dos Santos
Personal information
Full name Manuel dos Santos Fernandes
Date of birth (1974-03-28) 28 March 1974
Place of birth Praia, Cape Verde
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Left back
Youth career
1984–1994 Monaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1994–1997 Monaco 22 (0)
1997–2000 Montpellier 94 (0)
2000–2004 Marseille 98 (1)
2004–2005 Benfica 24 (0)
2006–2007 Monaco 40 (1)
2007–2008 Strasbourg 37 (0)
2009–2010 Rapid Menton
Total 315 (2)
National team
1996–1997 France U21

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Manuel dos Santos Fernandes (born 28 March 1974), known as Dos Santos, is a retired professional footballer who played as a left back.

Football career

Born in Praia, Cape Verde one year before the nation gained independence from Portugal, dos Santos migrated to France at a very young age, and started his professional career at AS Monaco FC. He then played for Montpellier HSC and Olympique de Marseille, spending four Ligue 1 seasons with the latter: with L'OM, he appeared in nine complete matches in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup,[1] including the 0–2 final loss against Valencia CF[2] which would be his last match for the club.

In the summer of 2004, Portuguese League giants S.L. Benfica bought dos Santos for an undisclosed fee, and he signed a three-year contract.[3] The first-choice during his debut campaign, as the Lisbon-based side ended an 11-year drought in the league, he appeared rarely in the following season, and left in the January 2006 transfer window.

Dos Santos then returned to former club Monaco, where he replaced Manchester United-bound Patrice Evra after signing a 1½-year link.[4] After 46 competitive games during this stint a new deal was not agreed, and he was released.

In July 2007, dos Santos moved to RC Strasbourg, where he spent one year before announcing his retirement from the game in February 2009, aged 35. Shortly after, however, he signed with amateurs Rapid de Menton, close to where he had fixed his residence in Monaco.

Dos Santos returned to Monaco in 2010, going on to be in charge of its youth teams for several years.[5]

Honours

Monaco
Marseille
Benfica

References

  1. ↑ "Dos Santos en rémission" [Dos Santos in remission] (in French). UEFA.com. 5 May 2004. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Valencia 2–0 Marseille". BBC Sport. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Benfica choisit Dos Santos" [Benfica chooses Dos Santos] (in French). UEFA.com. 17 July 2004. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dos Santos seals Monaco return". UEFA.com. 16 January 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Manuel Dos Santos entraîneur des U19" [Manuel Dos Santos U19 manager] (in French). ASM Foot. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

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