Freddy dos Santos (born 2 October 1976 in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...

) is a Norwegian former

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who played most of his career for

Vålerenga Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for it ...

in the

Norwegian Premier League Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...

. Dos Santos has played as a defender,

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and forward. His former clubs are Skeid and Molde.

Club career

Skeid

He started his career at Skeid. During the last two seasons with them he played in the

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Molde

In 1998 season, he moved to Molde after Skeid got relegated from the top flight. In his first two seasons he helped them in achieving a back-to-back silver medal in the league, also playing in the group stages of the 1999–2000 Champions League.

Vålerenga

He moved back to

in 2001 and joined

, who had just been relegated from the

. He helped them secure direct promotion. He started in both finals in which Vålerenga won the

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, in 2002 and 2008. In 2005, he won the Norwegian Premier League with Vålerenga. He has played over 300 games for Vålerenga, more than any other player in the history of the club.

International career

He has played several games at various youth levels for

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, but never played in the senior side. He could potentially feature for Cape Verde as his father is born there.

Personal life

Cape Verde is his father's country of origin. In July 2006, dos Santos launched a single, ''This Is For Real'', together with four other professional Norwegian footballers –

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, Kristofer Hæstad and Øyvind Svenning. They called their band '' The Players''. In 2012, dos Santos was announced as the host of the Norwegian version of ''

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''.

Club statistics

''Correct as of match played 31 October 2010'' * 2003: 2 relegation games (0 goals) included in league games * 2009: 1

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(0 goals) added to Cup games

Honours

Vålerenga *

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: 2005 *

: 2002,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Santos, Freddy Dos 1976 births Living people Footballers from Oslo Norwegian footballers Norway under-21 international footballers Norway youth international footballers Association football defenders Association football midfielders Skeid Fotball players Molde FK players Vålerenga Fotball players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Norwegian people of Cape Verdean descent