Alessandro Santos
Alessandro Santos (三都主 アレサンドロ, Santos Alessandro, born July 20, 1977) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.
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| Full name | Alessandro Santos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | July 20, 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Maringá, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Meitoku Gijuku High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2003 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 198 | (56) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2009 | Urawa Reds | 100 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | →Red Bull Salzburg (loan) | 20 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Nagoya Grampus | 55 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Tochigi SC | 25 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | FC Gifu | 18 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Maringá | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Grêmio Maringá | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | PSTC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 416 | (72) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2002–2006 | Japan | 82 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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Biography
Santos was born in Maringá, Brazil on July 20, 1977. He moved to Japan in 1994. After graduating from Meitoku Gijuku High School, he joined J1 League club Shimizu S-Pulse in 1997. He played as many matches as left side midfielder from first season. In 1999, the club won the 2nd place and he received the "J.League MVP". In Asia, the club won the champions 1999–00 Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the 3rd place 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. In 2004, he joined Urawa Reds. After won the 2nd place at J1 League for 2 years in a row (2004, 2005), the club won the champions in 2006 J1 League. In January 2007, he was loaned out to Red Bull Salzburg. He went back to Urawa in January 2008. He received a serious injury in a test match and had only one appearance in this season. In July 2009, he agreed to move to Nagoya Grampus. He made 55 appearances for the club, before joining J2 League side Tochigi SC for the 2013 season. He made 25 appearances there, scoring twice. In January 2014, he joined fellow J2 League team FC Gifu.
In November 2001, Santos obtained Japanese citizenship. He made his first appearance for Japan national team on March 21, 2002 against Ukraine, and he was part of Philippe Troussier's selection for the 2002 World Cup. He was the second foreign-born person to play for Japan in the World Cup after Wagner Lopes, who played in the 1998 World Cup and also the fifth naturalized citizen to play for Japan after Daishiro Yoshimura, George Yonashiro, Ruy Ramos, and Lopes.
Since Zico took over as the national team manager, Santos was a constant on the left side of the Japanese lineup, as a side back in 4-4-2 formation or midfielder in 3-5-2 formation. At 2004 Asian Cup, he played full time in all 6 matches and Japan won the champions. He was selected to Japan's 2006 World Cup squad in May 2006, providing an assist for Keiji Tamada in a group stage match against his former country Brazil. He played 82 games and scored 7 goals for Japan until 2006.
Statistics
| Club statistics | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||
| 1997 | Shimizu S-Pulse | J1 League | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | 32 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | - | 36 | 12 | |||
| 1999 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 35 | 11 | |||
| 2000 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | - | 40 | 8 | |||
| 2001 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 37 | 14 | |||
| 2002 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | ||
| 2003 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 8 | ||
| 2004 | Urawa Reds | J1 League | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 30 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 42 | 4 | |||
| 2006 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 35 | 5 | |||
| Austria | League | Austrian Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2006/07 | Red Bull Salzburg | Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | - | - | - | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2007/08 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||
| 2008 | Urawa Reds | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2009 | Nagoya Grampus | J1 League | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 2010 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 29 | 1 | |||
| 2011 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | Tochigi SC | J2 League | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2014 | FC Gifu | J2 League | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 18 | 2 | ||
| Country | Japan | 396 | 71 | 51 | 10 | 36 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 496 | 88 | |
| Austria | 20 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 416 | 72 | 51 | 10 | 36 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 517 | 89 | ||
| Japan national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2002 | 9 | 1 |
| 2003 | 15 | 1 |
| 2004 | 22 | 2 |
| 2005 | 17 | 1 |
| 2006 | 19 | 2 |
| Total | 82 | 7 |
References
- Alessandro Santos at National-Football-Teams.com
- Alessandro Santos at J.League (in Japanese)
- Japan National Football Team Database
Other websites
- Alessandro Santos at FIFA
- Alessandro Santos at J.League (player) (in Japanese)
- Alessandro Santos at National Football Teams.com
- Alessandro Santos at Soccerway.com
- Alessandro Santos at FootballDatabase.eu
- Alessandro Santos at WorldFootball.net
- Alessandro Santos at Transfermarkt (player)
- Alessandro Santos at TheFinalBall.com
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