Toninho dos Santos (footballer, born 1965)

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In this Portuguese name, the second or paternal family name is dos Santos. "Filho" is a generational suffix meaning "son", which is used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.
Toninho dos Santos
Personal information
Full name Antônio Teodoro dos Santos Filho[1]
Date of birth (1965-05-29) 29 May 1965 (age 58)
Place of birth Ivaiporã, Paraná, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Athletico Paranaense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1989 Luis Ángel Firpo
1989 Herediano
1990 Luis Ángel Firpo
1990–1992 América 59 (21)
1992–1993 Deportivo Cali
1994 Colo-Colo
1995 Puebla 16 (7)
1995 Tolima
1996 Junior
1996 Deportivo Cali
1996–1997 Bucaramanga
1997 Fluminense 7 (0)
1997–1998 Al-Ittihad
1998–1999 Al-Jazira
1999–2000 Al-Ansar (14)
2000–2001 Al-Gharafa
2002–2003 Águila
2004 Blooming
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antônio Teodoro dos Santos Filho (born 29 May 1965), commonly known as Toninho dos Santos or simply Toninho, is a former footballer who played as a forward. He was nicknamed El Bíblico ("The Biblical").

Early life[edit]

Toninho was born on 29 May 1965 in Ivaiporã, Paraná, Brazil, to Antonio and Marcilia; he has five siblings.[2] Aged 14, he began his youth career at Athletico Paranaense.[3] Toninho played for various other local clubs, before joining Luis Ángel Firpo in El Salvador.[3]

Club career[edit]

Nicknamed El Bíblico ("The Biblical"),[1] Toninho began his senior career at Salvadoran Luis Ángel Firpo, playing there between 1988 and 1989.[1] In 1989 he moved to Costa Rican club Herediano,[1] before moving back to Luis Ángel Firpo in 1990.[1] Between 1990 and 1992 Toninho played for Mexican club América;[1] he helped them lift the 1991 Copa Interamericana against Olimpia from Paraguay.[2]

Between 1992 and 1993 he played for Deportivo Cali in Colombia, then for Colo-Colo in Chile in 1994, scoring 28 goals in 50 games in all competitions and helping the team win the 1994 Copa Chile.[2] Toninho played for Puebla in Mexico and Tolima in Colombia in 1995, then for Colombian teams Junior, Deportivo Cali, and Bucaramanga 1996.[2] In 1997 Toninho moved to his native Brazil, playing for Fluminense.[2]

In 1997 Toninho moved from South America to the Middle East, playing for Saudi club Al-Ittihad 1997–98, Emirati club Al-Jazira in 1998–99, Lebanese club Al-Ansar in 1999–2000, and Qatari club Al-Gharafa in 2000–01.[2] He returned to South America in 2002, playing for Águila in El Salvador until 2003, before playing for Blooming in Bolivia in 2004, where he retired.[2]

Personal life[edit]

Toninho has two children: Bruno, born in Mexico, and Janahyna.[2] Following his retirement as a player in 2004, he opened his shoe business named "Tomate Azul".[3]

As of 2020, Toninho was in the process of acquiring Salvadoran nationality.[2]

Honours[edit]

América

Colo-Colo

Ansar

Individual

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Tied with Sahib Abbas

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g ""El fútbol ha cambiado mucho en El Salvador"". La Prensa Gráfica (in European Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Toninho: "Dios me ha puesto dos proyectos para El Salvador"". La Prensa Gráfica (in European Spanish). 3 June 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "El Cenit - Toninho Dos Santos, ex futbolista que estuvo en más de 10 países". elcenit.com.sv. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Lebanon - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

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