Georges Santos

Football player infobox
playername = Georges Santos


fullname = Georges Santos
height = height|ft=6|in=3
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|8|15
cityofbirth = Marseille
countryofbirth = France
currentclub = Fleetwood Town
clubnumber = 38
position = Defender, Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = ?
1998–2000
2000
2000–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007
2007
2007
2007–2008
2008
2008–
clubs = Toulon
Tranmere Rovers
West Bromwich Albion
Sheffield United
Grimsby Town
Ipswich Town
Queens Park Rangers
Brighton & Hove Albion
→ Oxford United (loan)
Chesterfield
Alfreton Town
Farsley Celtic
Fleetwood Town
caps(goals) = 0? (?)
47 (2)
08 (0)
61 (6)
26 (1)
34 (1)
74 (6)
11 (0)
03 (0)
00 (0)
0? (?)
017 (0)
0 1 (0)
nationalyears = 2002–
nationalteam = Cape Verde Islands
nationalcaps(goals) = ? (?)
pcupdate = 19:33, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

Georges Santos (born 15 August, 1970 in Marseille) is a French-born Cape Verde professional footballer, currently playing in England for Fleetwood Town.

Club career

Santos turned professional with Toulon, before moving to England to join Tranmere Rovers in 1998. On transfer-deadline day in 1999–2000 he moved to West Bromwich Albion, where he helped the club preserve their Division One status. Refusing to commit to a long-term deal at Albion, he signed for Sheffield United the following summer.cite news
date=2000-06-30
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/813141.stm
title= Santos joins Blades
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-04-28] He was one of three Sheffield United players sent off in the notorious Battle of Bramall Lane, a match against his former club West Brom that was abandoned with United down to six players.

Santos joined Grimsby Town in December 2002, signing a deal until the end of the season.cite news
date=2002-12-02
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/grimsby_town/2523781.stm
title= Santos signs for Mariners
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-04-28] He was primarily used as a centre back at Blundell Park and went on to win the Player Of The Season award. He notably scored his only goal for Grimsby in a 2-0 victory over local rivals and fellow relegation strugglers Sheffield Wednesday, powering in a header from a Stuart Campbell corner. Despite this he was unable to help save the Mariners from relegation from the First Division. In the summer of 2003 he parted company with Grimsby and joined Ipswich Town on a three-month contract.Queens Park Rangers (QPR) in summer 2004.cite news
date=2004-08-01
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/q/qpr/3930151.stm
title= Santos seals QPR switch
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-04-28]

Santos joined Brighton & Hove Albion in August 2006.cite news
date=2006-08-18
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/brighton/4793907.stm
title= Brighton snap up defender Santos
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-04-28] On 5 January, 2007 he joined Oxford United on loan until the end of the 2006-07 season.cite news
date=2007-01-05
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/6234277.stm
title=Oxford sign Brighton star Santos
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-04-28] He was released by Brighton in May 2007.

On 31 August, 2007 he joined Chesterfield for a month on non-contract terms.cite news
date=2007-08-31
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chesterfield/6972107.stm
title= Chesterfield sign Rooney & Santos
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-08-31] On 1 November, 2007 he left Chesterfield. On 7 November he went on trial at Rotherham United.cite news
date=2007-11-07
url=http://www.rotherhamunited-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=361837
title=Santos Arrives on Trial
publisher=Millersmad
accessdate=2007-11-07] He later joined Conference North club Alfreton Town. And in January 2008 he moved to Farsley Celtic.cite news
date=2008-01-23
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/farsley_celtic/7204377.stm
title=Farsley recruit Santos & Gardner
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2008-01-23] On 29 September, 2008 he joined Fleetwood Town.cite news
title = Santos comes to Town
publisher = Fleetwood Town F.C.
date = 2008-09-29
url = http://s252742243.websitehome.co.uk/News/Archive/September2008/019.php
accessdate = 2008-09-29]

International career

Santos although born in France, qualifies to play for Cape Verde through his parents, who are both originally from the islands. He made his international début for Cape Verde on 6 September, 2002 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Mauritania.cite news
date=2002-09-06
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/cup_of_nations/2240785.stm
title= Cape Verde's Bramall battler
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-05-24]

References

External links

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