Freddy dos Santos

Freddy dos Santos (born 2 October 1976 in Oslo) is a Norwegian former footballer who played most of his career for Vålerenga in the Norwegian Premier League.[1]

Freddy dos Santos
Personal information
Full name Freddy dos Santos
Date of birth (1976-10-02) 2 October 1976
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back, Left midfield
Youth career
Skeid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 Skeid[2] 50 (3)
1998–2000 Molde[2] 64 (0)
2001–2011 Vålerenga[2] 246 (38)
National team
1993 Norway G16[3] 2 (0)
1994 Norway G17[3] 6 (1)
1995 Norway G18[3] 9 (2)
1996–1997 Norway U21[3] 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:54, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Dos Santos has played as a defender, midfield and forward. His former clubs are Skeid and Molde.[2]

Club career

Skeid

He started his career at Skeid. During the last two seasons with them he played in the Norwegian top division.

Molde

In 1998 season, he moved to Molde after Skeid got relegated from the top flight. In his first two seasons he helped them in achieving a back-to-back silver medal in the league, also playing in the group stages of the 1999–2000 Champions League.

Vålerenga

He moved back to Oslo in 2001 and joined Vålerenga, who had just been relegated from the Norwegian Premier League. He helped them secure direct promotion. He started in both finals in which Vålerenga won the Norwegian Football Cup, in 2002 and 2008. In 2005, he won the Norwegian Premier League with Vålerenga.

He has played over 300 games for Vålerenga, more than any other player in the history of the club.

International career

He has played several games at various youth levels for Norway, but never played in the senior side. He could potentially feature for Cape Verde as his father is born there.

Personal life

Cape Verde is his father's country of origin.[4]

In July 2006, dos Santos launched a single, This Is For Real, together with four other professional Norwegian footballers – Morten Gamst Pedersen, Raymond Kvisvik, Kristofer Hæstad and Øyvind Svenning. They called their band The Players.[5]

In 2012, dos Santos was announced as the host of the Norwegian version of The Amazing Race.

Club statistics

Correct as of match played 31 October 2010

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Norway League Norwegian Cup Europe Total
1994Skeid1. divisjon????00??
1995????00??
1996Tippeligaen????00??
1997????00??
1998Molde2202020260
19992003090320
20002102020250
2001Vålerenga1. divisjon2271000237
2002Tippeligaen2136300276
2003271020603510
200426833002911
20052015141293
20062643420318
20072503142323
20082317100302
2009912000111
20102421100253
20112310000231
Total Norway ????293??
  • 2003: 2 relegation games (0 goals) included in league games
  • 2009: 1 Super Final (0 goals) added to Cup games

Honours

Vålerenga

References
  1. "Freddy dos Santos". Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  2. "Freddy dos Santos" (in Norwegian). Fotball.aftenposten.no. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  3. "Freddy dos Santos" (in Norwegian). Norges Fotballforbund. Archived from the original on 17 July 2004. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  4. Aftenposten 27 November 2011 p.48
  5. Helle Skjervold (9 July 2006). "Nervøse fotballboys" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
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