Márcio Roberto dos Santos (born 15 September 1969), commonly known as Márcio Santos, is a former

association footballer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

, who played as a defender.

Club career

Santos was born in

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, and played for several clubs throughout his career, such as Internacional,

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and

as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

. He won the 1991

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho (English: Gaúcho Championship), officially named as Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Série A and commonly known as the Gauchão or the Gauchão Ipiranga (company), Ipiranga for sponsorship reasons, is the top-flight profess ...

with Internacional, the

1995–96 Eredivisie The 1995–96 Eredivisieseason was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship. From this season onwards a match win was rewarded with 3 points instead of 2. League standings Results Relegation play-offs In the promotion/relegation com ...

with Ajax, and Paulista Championship with São Paulo.

International career

At international level, he was a member of the

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that won the

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, in which he scored one goal in the group stages, against

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. He missed his penalty in the shootout in the

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against

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, but Brazil went on to win regardless. He was named to the team of the tournament for his performances. He played 43 games for Brazil between 1990 and 1997, scoring five goals. He also took part at two

Copa América The CONMEBOL Copa América (; known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship), often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial association football, football tournament contested among list of men's national ass ...

tournaments, reaching the final in

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

, and winning the tournament in

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Honours

Club

;Internacional *

: 1991 ;Ajax *

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: 1995–96 ;São Paulo * Paulista Championship: 1998

International

;Brazil *

; Runner-up

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1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

Umbro Cup The Umbro Cup was a Friendly matches, friendly international Association football, football competition that took place in England in June 1995. The trophy was sponsored by the sports equipment brand Umbro, the manufacturers of the England national ...

: 1995 *

Tournoi de France The ''Tournoi de France'' ( French, 'Tournament of France') was a friendly international football tournament organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) that was held in France. There have been two tournaments: the first in February 1988 and ...

: Runner-up

Individual

* Bola de Prata: 1991 *''

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'' Team of the Year: 1991 * 1994 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament * FIFA XI (Reserve): 2001FIFA XI's Matches - Full Info
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References

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