Madson Henrique Nascimento Santos (born 9 May 1991), commonly known as Madson, is a Brazilian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
central midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Club career
Madson started his career in his home country, where he played for
Paulista FC
Paulista Futebol Clube, or Paulista as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Jundiaí, in São Paulo, founded on 17 May 1909. They currently play in the Paulistão Segunda Divisão, the fourth tier of the São Paulo state ...
and
Atlético Goianiense
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*Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy
*Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...
. In 2013, he was transferred in Europe, to the Romanian squad
FC Vaslui
CS Sporting Juniorul Vaslui (), commonly known as Sporting Vaslui, Juniorul Vaslui or simply as Vaslui, is a Romanian professional football club based in Vaslui, Vaslui County, founded in 2002 and re-founded in 2014. The club is currently playin ...
.
Atromitos
On 8 July 2017 he moved to the
Greek Superleague joining
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* Atromitos F.C., a football team based in Peristeri, Athens, Greece
* Atromitos Piraeus, a football team based in Piraeus, Athens, Greece
* Atromitos Yeroskipou, a football team curr ...
on a two-year contract. On 14 October 2017 he scored his first goal with a stunning long shot in a 1-0 home win against
Asteras Tripoli
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. As a result of his great performances and the attraction of interest from other teams the administration of the Greek club extended his contract until the summer of 2020. The deal also includes a buy-out clause of €1,000,000. On 28 November 2017 he scored in an emphatic 4-0 away win against
Sparti for the
Greek Cup, securing his team's position to the round of 16.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Brazilian footballers
Footballers from São Paulo
Association football midfielders
Paulista Futebol Clube players
Atlético Clube Goianiense players
FC Vaslui players
CS Universitatea Craiova players
Atromitos F.C. players
Liga I players
Super League Greece players
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Romania
Expatriate footballers in Greece