Francileudo Silva dos Santos Lima ( ar, فرانسيلودو سيلفا دوس سانتوس ليما; born 20 March 1979) is a retired professional footballer who played as a

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. In club football, he had his greatest successes at Sochaux, helping them win

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in 2001 as top scorer and player of the season; they later won the

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in 2004. He also represented

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, and while on loan at

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, he won the

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in 2007. Born in Brazil, he became a naturalised Tunisian before their hosting of the

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, and was joint top scorer as they won it. He also played at two more such tournaments, and the

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Club career

Born in Zé Doca,

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, Brazil, Santos began his professional career with Standard Liège in Belgium, before spending two years with Étoile Sportive du Sahel in Tunisia. He then moved to

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in France in 2000, and was top scorer with 21 goals and player of the season as they won

in his first season. He played as they won the

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; in the last 32 he scored in a 3–2 extra-time home win over ASOA Valence. In February 2004, he was removed from the squad to avoid a doping ban due to his corticoid use, as the club awaited a facsimile of his prescription from Tunisia. After nine goals in his final

season, Santos turned down a new two-year contract to sign for fellow league team

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on a three-year deal in May 2005. Having played only four times under manager

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in his second season, he was loaned to

of the

in February 2007 for the rest of the season. In May, he opened a 2–0 win against city rivals

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to take the title. On 1 July 2008, Santos returned to Sochaux on a one-year deal. He then had a season at

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before going back to Étoile Sportive. Santos returned to

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in September 2013, to sign for

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of the fourth-tier CFA. In June 2015, he signed for a year at Swiss amateurs

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International career

Santos was naturalised as a Tunisian citizen in December 2003, days before the country was due to host the

. He debuted for the ''Carthage Eagles'' on 17 January in a 2–1 friendly win over

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in Sfax, in which he scored after eight minutes. In the first two group games, he scored a goal in a 2–1 win against

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and two in a 3–0 victory against

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. He opened the scoring after five minutes in

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, a 2–1 win over rivals

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at the

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. With four goals, he was one of five joint top scorers. In June 2004, Santos apologised for having draped himself in the

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when celebrating Sochaux's Coupe de la Ligue win. He was Tunisia's top scorer with five goals in qualification for the

; this included four on 26 March 2005 as they beat Malawi 7–0 at home. He was also part of the squad that were eliminated from the group stage at the

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in Germany, where he scored both goals of a win over

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in their last game. At the

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in Egypt, Tunisia reached the quarter-finals. Santos scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 win over

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in the first game and another in a 2–0 victory against

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in the next. Manager Roger Lemerre called him up for the

, where he only played the last ten minutes of a group stage elimination by Ukraine at the Berlin Olympiastadion, as a substitute for

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. Santos also went to the

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in Ghana, another quarter-final finish. He scored twice in a 3–1 win over South Africa in the second group game.

Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each santos goal''.

Honours

Sochaux *

: 2000–01 *

: 2003–04 FC Zürich *

: 2006–07 Tunisia *

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Individual *

top scorer: 2000–01 *

player of the year: 2000–01 *

top scorer:

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Santos, Francileudo 1979 births Living people Footballers from Maranhão Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian emigrants to Tunisia Naturalized citizens of Tunisia Tunisian people of Brazilian descent Tunisian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Tunisia men's international footballers 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players 2004 African Cup of Nations players 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Swiss Super League players Belgian Pro League players Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Standard Liège players Étoile Sportive du Sahel players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Toulouse FC players FC Zürich players FC Istres players ASM Belfort players Tunisian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland