Sandro is an Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, Georgian and Croatian given name, often a diminutive of Alessandro or Alexander. It is also a surname. Sandro may refer to:

Given name or nickname

Sports

Sandro (footballer, born 1973) Sandro Chaves de Assis Rosa, (born May 19, 1973 in Brazil) is a Brazilian football player. He has spent most of his football career in Japan since he moved to Japan to complete his high school studies. He played for FC Tokyo and Oita Trinita ...

, Brazilian footballer Sandro Chaves de Assis Rosa * Sandro (footballer, born 1974), Brazilian footballer Carlos Alejandro Sierra Fumero *

Sandro (footballer, born 1980) Sandro Cardoso dos Santos (born March 22, 1980), simply known as Sandro is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a role of forward. He was a member of U-19 Brazil national football team and a top scorer of 2001 season K-league. He scored the dec ...

, Brazilian footballer Sandro Cardoso dos Santos *

Sandro (footballer, born 1981) Alexsandro Oliveira Duarte (born 10 January 1981 in Janduís), or simply Sandro, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left-sided attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Associação Atlética Anapolina. Honours *Minas Gerais Stat ...

, Brazilian footballer Alexsandro Oliveira Duarte * Sandro (footballer, born March 1983), Brazilian footballer Sandro Luiz da Silva *

Sandro (footballer, born October 1983) Sandro da Silva Mendonça (born 1 October 1983 in Brazil), or simply Sandro is a Brazilian football player who plays as an attacking midfielder. Club career Kedah On 9 April 2015 Sandro signed a contract with Malaysian side club Kedah. He made ...

, Brazilian footballer Sandro da Silva Mendonça *

Sandro (footballer, born 1986) Sandro José Ferreira da Silva also known as Sandro (born 19 March 1986) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Austria Klagenfurt. His former clubs include SK Austria Kärnten, SV Ried, and České Budějovice České Budějovice (; german ...

, Brazilian footballer Sandro José Ferreira da Silva *

Sandro (footballer, born February 1987) Sandro Costa da Silva (born February 13, 1987 in São Paulo), or simply Sandro, is a Brazilian Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Figueirense Futebol Clube, Figueirense. Contract *14 May 2007 to 31 Dec ...

, Brazilian footballer Sandro Costa da Silva *

Sandro (footballer, born March 1987) Alessandro Ferreira Leonardo (born 10 March 1987), commonly known as Sandro (), is a Brazilian-born Hong Kong professional football player who is currently a free agent. Club career Citizen Sandro was sent off after a second bookable offenc ...

, Brazilian footballer Alessandro Ferreira Leonardo *

Sandro (footballer, born 1988) Sandro Silva de Souza or simply Sandro (born May 17, 1988 in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the s ...

, Brazilian footballer Sandro Silva de Souza *

Sandro (footballer, born 1989) Sandro Raniere Guimarães Cordeiro (born 15 March 1989), or simply Sandro, is a Brazilian footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese Primeira Liga club Belenenses. Club career Early career Sandro is a product of Internacional's yo ...

, Brazilian footballer Sandro Raniere Guimarães Cordeiro *

Sandro Alfaro Sandro Alfaro Gamboa (born 1 January 1971 in San Carlos) is a retired Costa Rican professional footballer. He played for several clubs in Costa Rica. Club career Alfaro played for Puntarenas from 1990, Asociación Deportiva San Carlos, Cl ...

(born 1971), Costa Rican former footballer * Sandro Bellucci (born 1955), Italian retired race walker *

Sandro Burki Sandro Burki (born 16 September 1985) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the sporting director of FC Aarau. Club career Burki began his career with FC Zürich. Burki caught the attention of numerous club ...

(born 1985), Swiss footballer *

Sandro Casamonica Sandro Casamonica (born December 3, 1969, in Rome) is a professional boxer from Italy, who won the bronze medal in the featherweight division at the 1989 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Athens, Greece. Nicknamed ''Zorba'', he mad ...

(born 1969), Italian boxer * Sandro Ceppolino (born 1974), Argentine-born Italian rugby union coach and former player *

Sandro Cois Sandro Cois (; born 9 June 1972) is an Italian former professional Association football, footballer. He enjoyed a lengthy career, playing primarily as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for Italian clubs Torino F.C., Torino, ...

(born 1972), Italian retired footballer *

Sandro Continenza Sandro Continenza (13 July 1920 – 21 November 1996) was an Italian screenwriter. He wrote for 142 films between 1949 and 1982. He was born in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Toto Looks for a Wife'' (1950) * '' Appointment for Murd ...

(1920–1996), Italian screenwriter * Sandro Cortese (born 1990), German motorcycle racer * Sandro Dias (born 1975), Brazilian skateboarder * Sandro Djurić (born 1994), Austrian footballer * Sandro Ehrat (born 1991), Swiss tennis player * Sandro Floris (born 1965), Italian retired sprinter * Sandro Forner (born 1970), Brazilian football coach and former player *

Sandro Gamba Alessandro "Sandro" Gamba (born 3 June 1932) is an Italian former professional basketball player and coach. Gamba was a finalist for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005, and was elected as a member in 2006. He ...

(born 1932), Italian former basketball player and coach * Sandro Gaúcho (born 1974), Brazilian former footballer * Sandro Goiano (born 1973), Brazilian footballer * Sandro Gotal (born 1991), Austrian footballer * Sandro Hiroshi (born 1979), Japanese-Brazilian footballer *

Sandro Iashvili Sandro Iashvili ( ka, სანდრო იაშვილი; born 3 January 1985) is a retired Georgian football striker Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football Association football, more ...

(born 1985), Georgian footballer *

Sandro Lombardi Sandro Lombardi (born 12 July 1986) is a retired Swiss footballer. Biography Lombardi started his career at Grasshopper Club Zürich, and played for its reserve team at regional league. In 2009, he joined Italian '' Lega Pro Seconda Divisione'' ...

(born 1986), Swiss footballer * Sandro Lopopolo (1939–2014), Italian boxer * Sandro Mamukelashvili (born 1999), American-born Georgian basketball player *

Sandro Manoel Sandro Manoel dos Santos or simply Sandro Manoel (born 23 July 1988) is a Brazilian footballer plays as a defensive midfielder. He made his professional debut for Cruzeiro. The result was a 0–1 home defeat to Rio Branco-MG. This took place o ...

(born 1988), Brazilian footballer *

Alessandro Melli Alessandro is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Alexander. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Alessandro * Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter * Alessandro Baricco ...

(born 1969), Italian retired footballer * Sandro Mendes (born 1977), retired footballer from Cape Verde *

Sandro Munari Sandro Munari (born 27 March 1940), also nicknamed 'Il Drago' (The Dragon) is a former motor racing and rally driver from Italy. Career Sandro Munari was born in Cavarzere, in the Veneto region. He began rallying in 1965 and won the Italian Ral ...

(born 1940), Italian former motor racing and rally driver * Alessandro Nannini (born 1959), Italian retired racing driver * Sandro Nicević (born 1976), Croatian basketball player *

Sandro Puppo Sandro Puppo (; 28 January 1918 – 16 October 1986) was an Italian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Club career During his playing days, Puppo played for Italian clubs Piacenza, Ambrosiana, Venezia and A.S. Roma in ...

(1918–1986), Italian football player and manager * Sandro Ramírez (born 1995), Spanish footballer * Sandro Salvioni (born 1953), Italian football manager and former player * Sandro Schwarz (born 1978), German football manager and former player * Sandro Silva (born 1984), Brazilian footballer *

Sandro Sirigu Sandro Sirigu (, ; born 7 October 1988) is an Italian-German professional footballer who plays as a right-back, most recently for Sonnenhof Großaspach in the Regionalliga Südwest. Career On 1 December 2019, Sirigu joined 3. Liga The 3. L ...

(born 1988), Italian-German footballer *

Sandro Stielicke Sandro Stielicke (born 30 November 1986 in Rostock) is a German skeleton racer who has competed since 2005. His best World Cup finish was third at Altenberg, Germany in December 2008. Stelicke qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics )'' , ...

(born 1986), German skeleton racer * Sandro Sukno (born 1990), Croatian water polo player *

Alexander Todua Sandro Todua (born 2 November 1987 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Georgian rugby union player. He plays at wing (and occasionally centre) for the Rugby Pro D2 side SC Albi Sporting Club Albigeois is a professional France, French rugby union club p ...

(born 1987), Georgian rugby union player *

Sandro Tomaš Sandro Šanta Tomaš (born October 9, 1972 in Zagreb) is a former philosopher medley swimmer from Croatia, who competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he ended up in 42nd place in the men's 400 ...

(born 1972), Croatian medley swimmer * Sandro Tonali (born 2000), Italian footballer *

Sandro Trolliet Sandro Trolliet (born 3 August 1988) is a Swiss curler. Trolliet has been a long time team mate of Michel's. Trolliet and Michel played on the Swiss junior team at the 2006 World Junior Curling Championships that was skipped by Christian von ...

(born 1988), Swiss curler * Sandro Viana (born 1977), Brazilian sprinter * Sandro Viletta (born 1986), Swiss alpine skier and 2014 Olympic gold medalist *

Sandro Wagner Sandro Wagner (; born 29 November 1987) is a German football manager and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the head coach of Regionalliga Bayern side SpVgg Unterhaching. He began his career at Bayern Munich but mad ...

(born 1987), German footballer

Arts and entertainment

* Sandro Angiolini (1920–1985), Italian comics creator *

Sandro Bocola Sandro Bocola (16 March 1931 – 6 October 2022) was an Italian-Swiss writer and artist. Life and career Sandro Bocola was born in Trieste, Italy on 16 March 1931. He grew up in Italy, Libya and Switzerland ). Swiss law does not design ...

(born 1931), Italian writer and artist * Sandro Bolchi (1924–2005), Italian director, actor and journalist * Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445–1510), Italian painter *

Sandro Caldini Sandro is an Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, Georgian and Croatian given name, often a diminutive of Alessandro or Alexander. It is also a surname. Sandro may refer to: Given name or nickname Sports * Sandro (footballer, born 1973), Brazi ...

, Italian oboe player *

Sandro Corsaro Sandro Mario Corsaro is an American producer, animator, and author. He is the global head of Wayfair and the former SVP and CCO of Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. He is primarily known for creating the Disney XD animated series '' Kick Buttowski: ...

, American animator and author * Sandro Ghenzi, Italian film producer in the 1940s and '50s *

Sandro Key-Åberg Sandro Key-Åberg (1922–1991) was a Swedish poet and novelist. He made his literary debut in 1950 with the poetry collection . Other collections were from 1960, ''O'' from 1965, and from 1981. His first novel was from 1975. He was awarde ...

(1922–1991), Swedish poet and novelist

Other

Sandro Bondi Sandro Bondi (born 14 May 1959) is an Italian politician. He served as minister of culture from 2008 to 2011, in the Berlusconi IV Cabinet. Biography Bondi was born in Fivizzano, province of Massa-Carrara, Italy. He first attended school at L ...

(born 1959), Italian politician *

Sandro Mareco Sandro Fabio Mareco (born 13 May 1987) is an Argentine chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2010. Mareco competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2011 (losing to Ferenc Berkes in the first round), 2013 (losing to David Na ...

(born 1987), Argentine chess grandmaster *

Sandro Mariátegui Chiappe Sandro Mariátegui Chiappe (December 9, 1921 – September 28, 2013) was a Peruvian politician. He was Minister of Economy and Finance from 1965 to 1967. He served as the President of the Senate from July 1982 to July 1983. Mariátegui was the pr ...

(1921–2013), Prime Minister of Peru in 1984 * Sandro Pertini (1896–1990), Italian journalist and socialist politician, seventh President of the Italian Republic * Sandro Pignatti (born 1930), Italian botanist *

Sandro Rosa do Nascimento Sandro Barbosa do Nascimento (7 July 1978 – 12 June 2000) was the perpetrator of the Bus 174 hostage crisis in Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nascimento boarded a public bus, intending to rob the passengers. However, the incident ...

(1978–2000), perpetrator of the Bus 174 hostage crisis *

Sandro Ruotolo Alessandro Ruotolo (born 9 July 1955) is an Italian journalist and politician. He was elected to the Italian Senate in a by-election in 2020 as an Independent politician of the centre-left coalition. Political career In November 2019, Five S ...

(born 1955), Italian journalist and politician * Sandro Veronesi (writer) (born 1959), Italian writer * Alessandro Faedo (1913–2001), Italian mathematician and politician

Stage name

* Sandro de América, Argentine singer and actor Roberto Sánchez-Ocampo (1945–2010)

Fictional characters

*Sandro, chief antagonist in the video game '' Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death''

Surname

* Alex Sandro (born 1991), Brazilian footballer *

Corsi Sandro Corsi Sandro from the CESI SpA, Castellanza, Varese, Italy was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for el ...

, Italian engineer * Marlon Sandro (born 1977), Brazilian mixed martial artist