Phan Văn Santos (born Fábio dos Santos on 30 September 1977) is a retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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and currently an amateur coach and a football instructor for children in Ho Chi Minh City. Born in Brazil, he represented Vietnam internationally. Santos is the highest-scoring goalkeeper in Asia with 22 goals. While playing for Đồng Tâm Long An at the

2006 AFC Champions League The 2006 AFC Champions League was the 25th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 4th edition under the current AFC Champions League title. Al-Ittihad qualified automatically to the quarter-finals as Cup holders. Jeonbuk ...

, he scored a free kick against

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, becoming the first goalkeeper to score in the history of the competition. He played for

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

in the match against Brazil's Olympic team in August 2008.

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1977 births Men's association football goalkeepers Boavista Sport Club players Brazilian emigrants to Vietnam Naturalized citizens of Vietnam Campo Grande Atlético Clube players CR Vasco da Gama players Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Vietnamese men's footballers Brazilian men's footballers Vietnam men's international footballers Vietnamese expatriate men's footballers Navibank Sài Gòn FC players Becamex Binh Duong FC players V.League 1 players Naturalised association football players {{Vietnam-footy-bio-stub

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