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This article is about footballer from Brazil. For the footballer from Portugal, see Francisco Santos (footballer).
Francisco Dos Santos
Personal information
Full name Francisco Dos Santos
Date of birth (1974-04-09) 9 April 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998 FC Kreuzlingen
1999-2001 Toronto Lynx 56 (22)
2001 Brampton Hitmen 1 (1)
2000-2001 Toronto ThunderHawks (indoor) 2 (0)
2002 Toronto Supra 4 (0)
2003-2004 North York Astros 11 (7)
2005 Toronto Supra 6 (1)
2006 North York Astros 4 (3)
2007 Toronto Supra 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 December 2014

Francisco Dos Santos (born 9 April 1974 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian footballer who played the majority of career with Canadian clubs in the Canadian Soccer League, and the Toronto Lynx of the USL A-League.

Playing career

Dos Santos (As known in Brazi Batata) began his career on the basis of category of Club de Regatas Botafogo , arrived professional in 1993 , was Brazilian champion for the club in 1995 , having little chance , having been loaned out to other teams to be released by the club ,he went to Switzerland hired FC Kreuzlingen in 1997, staying at the club until 1998. In 1999, he went abroad to Canada to play in the USL A-League with the Toronto Lynx. In his first season with the club he led his team in scoring with 13 goals and was awarded the club's offensive player of the year award. The following year he repeated his success with Toronto by once again leading the team in scoring with 9 goals and being awarded the club's offensive player of the year award for the second consecutive year in a row. He assisted the club by reaching the postseason the second time in the clubs history. He contributed in the playoffs by scoring an equalizing goal in a 1-1 tie against the Rochester Rhinos. On May 8, 2001 the Toronto Lynx announced the re-signing of Dos Santos for the 2001 season. Unfortunately he had a disappointing season with the Lynx appearing only in 10 matches and having a scoring drought. It was reported in a press release on July 13, 2001 after having not scored a single goal in 10 matches, Dos Santos was released from his contract.

After his release from Toronto he signed a contract with the Brampton Hitmen, making his debut on July 15, 2001 in a match against the North York Astros where he recorded a goal in a 2-1 defeat.After only appearing in single match for Barmpton, Dos Santos and along with Hitmen's head coach Paul Kitson (American soccer) were released from their contracts. Dos Santos signed with the Toronto Supra of the Canadian Professional Soccer League for the 2002 season. He made his debut for the club in a Open Canada Cup match against the Toronto Croatia. In 2003, Dos Santos was transferred to the North York Astros; he made his debut for the club on July 21, 2003 in a match against the Mississauga Olympians and scored two goals in 3-1 victory. He had a tremendous season with the Astros scoring seven goals for the club. He would return to the Supra in 2005, and had stints with North York in 2006, and another stint with the Supra in 2007.

Dos Santos also had a stint in the National Professional Soccer League with the short lived expansion franchise the Toronto ThunderHawks during the 2000-2001 winter indoor season. He helped the ThunderHawks reach the postseason by finishing second in the National Conference, and reached the Conference finals where they were defeated by the Milwaukee Wave.

References

  1. A-League game of Friday September 22nd, 2000.
  2. The "Magic" Returns to the Lynx
  3. Molinaro, John F. (July 13, 2001). "Molinaro (SLAM! Sports): Lynx snap winless streak". Rocket Robin's Home Page. SLAM! Sports.
  4. Glover, Robin (July 15, 2001). "CPSL game of Sunday July 15th, 2001 between North York Astros and Brampton Hitmen played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 7:00pm. This was considered a League game". Rocket Robin's Home Page.
  5. Glover, Robin (July 25, 2001). "Result of the CPSL game of Wednesday July 25th, 2001 between Brampton Hitmen vs Glen Shields Sun Devils played at Victoria Stadium in Brampton at 8:30pm. This was considered a Cup game". Rocket Robin's Home Page.
  6. Result of the CPSL game of Friday July 12th between Toronto Croatia and Toronto Supra played at Memorial Stadium in Streetsville at 8:00pm
  7. Result of the CPSL game of Monday July 21, 2003 between North York Astros and Mississauga Olympians
  8. "Francisco Dossantos | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2015-06-19.

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