Sidney Santos de Brito (born 16 October 1979 in
Recife
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), known as Sidney, is a Brazilian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
defender.
He spent one season in the
Bundesliga
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with
FC Energie Cottbus
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.
References
Living people
1979 births
Men's association football defenders
Brazilian men's footballers
Ceará Sporting Club players
VfL Osnabrück players
Rot-Weiss Essen players
FC Energie Cottbus players
Kickers Offenbach players
Sportfreunde Lotte players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Regionalliga players
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Footballers from Recife
20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
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