Itaro Santos (born 28 July 1985) is a

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-born Brazilian former professional

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player. Itaro is based at the Legends Snooker Academy in

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Career

Since 2004 Santos has also competed for

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, as his native Brazil was not then a member of the IBSF. He is a two-time

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and together with

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and Sascha Lippe competed as part of Team Germany at the

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of 2007. Through a wildcard Santos has also competed in the finals of the World Series of Snooker 2008/09. However he only managed to finish third in his group and failed to qualify for the next round. Santos won the 2015 Pan American Championship to earn a two-year card for the snooker tour beginning with the 2015–16 season. He only played four matches in the 2015/2016 season, losing all of them. Santos also lost all 12 of his matches in the 2016–17 season, though he was 3–1 ahead of world number six

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at the

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, but was beaten 6–3. He has now dropped off the tour.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament wins

Amateur

References

External links

Itaro Santos
at ''CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Santos, Itaro 1985 births Living people Brazilian snooker players German snooker players Sportspeople from Recife