Gabriel dos Santos Nascimento (born 5 March 1983), known as Gabriel Santos, is a Brazilian former

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who played as a

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. He began his career with Ponte Preta. He played for

Palmeiras Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around ...

, who loaned him first to

Fluminense Fluminense Football Club (), known as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, ...

and then to

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. His time in

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was cut short after seven games when Palmeiras sold him to

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...

. After a period in Hapoel Tel Aviv which ended in January 2008,השחרור של טלקיסקי הגיע,דוס סנטוס הוקפא
(Hebrew) he came back to

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Honours

Club

;Sport *

Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil ( en, Brazil Cup) is a knockout football competition played by 92 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. It is the Brazilian domestic cup and the Brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça de ...

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International

;Brazil U20 *

FIFA U-20 World Cup The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 whe ...

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* * 1983 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazil men's under-20 international footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players SE Palmeiras players Fluminense FC players Sport Club do Recife players América Futebol Clube (MG) players Ceará Sporting Club players Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural Icasa players Villa Nova Atlético Clube players Tupi Football Club players Esporte Clube São Bento players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Nacional Atlético Clube (SP) players Men's association football central defenders Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Footballers at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Footballers from Porto Alegre {{Brazil-footy-defender-1980s-stub