Toninho dos Santos (footballer, born 1965)

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").

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is dos Santos and the second or paternal family name is Filho.
Toninho dos Santos
Personal information
Full name Antônio Teodoro dos Santos Filho[1]
Date of birth (1965-05-29) 29 May 1965
Place of birth Ivaiporã, Paraná, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early life

Toninho was born on 29 May 1965 in Ivaiporã, Paraná, Brazil, to Antonio and Marcilia; he has five siblings.[2]

Club career

Nicknamed El Bíblico ("The Biblical"),[1] Toninho began his senior career at Luis Ángel Firpo in El Salvador, 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

Toninho has two children: Bruno, born in Mexico, and Janahyna.[2] As of 2020, Toninho is in the process of acquiring Salvadoran nationality.[2]

Honours

América

Colo-Colo

Ansar

Individual

Notes
  1. Tied with Sahib Abbas

References
  1. ""El fútbol ha cambiado mucho en El Salvador"". La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. "Toninho: "Dios me ha puesto dos proyectos para El Salvador"". La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). 3 June 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. "Lebanon - List of Topscorers". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.


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