Marcos Senna
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Marcos Antônio Senna Silva | |
| Date of birth | July 17, 1976 | |
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Villarreal | |
| Number | 19 | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997 1998 1999–2000 2001 2002 2002– |
Rio Branco América-SP Corinthians Juventude São Caetano Villarreal |
0 (0) 0 (0) 12 (0) 14 (1) 0 (0) 178 (13) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2006– | Spain | 27 (1) |
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Marcos Antônio Senna da Silva (born 17 July 1976 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian-born Spanish footballer who plays for Villarreal CF and the Spanish national team, as a central midfielder.
He is known for his passing range and long shooting, and is also a penalty specialist.
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[edit] Club career
Senna began his career with Rio Branco Esporte Clube. After playing for a number of different Brazilian clubs early in his career, he moved to Spanish club Villarreal CF in 2002, from Associação Desportiva São Caetano. After a slow start (only 25 league appearances in his first two seasons combined), he became an undisputed starter, helping the club to as far as the UEFA Champions League semi-finals, in 2005-06; eventually, he also gained club captaincy.
On 27 April 2008, Senna scored a goal from inside the centre circle against Real Betis that he deemed, "the best goal of my life".[1]That season, as the player netted a further three times, in a total of 33 matches, Villarreal finished a club-best second, to champions Real Madrid.
[edit] International career
Senna was granted Spanish citizenship in early 2006 and was part of the Spanish squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008. His debut came on March 1, in a friendly match in Valladolid, with Ivory Coast.
In Euro 2008, Senna scored the third of Spain's four converted penalties, which resulted in the nation progressing to the semifinals at the expense of Italy, winning 4-2 in the shootout. He played the full duration of the final - a 1–0 win over Germany - and was named in UEFA's squad for the competition.[2] Some pundits and journalists also named Senna as their player of the tournament.[3][4][5]
His first international goal came against Armenia on 10 September 2008, a 4–0 win in the 2010 World Cup qualifying match.[6]
[edit] International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 10 September 2008 | Estadio Carlos Belmonte, Albacete, Spain |  Armenia |
4–0 | Win | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying |
[edit] Honours and awards
[edit] Club
[edit] International
[edit] Individual
- UEFA European Football Championship: 2008 Team of the tournament
- Don Balón Award - Best Spanish Player of the Year: 2008
[edit] Personal
Marcos Assunção, of A.S. Roma and Betis fame, is Senna's cousin.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ "Senna: The goal of my life". Setanta Sports. 2008-04-29. http://sports.setanta.com/en/Sport/News/Football/2008/04/29/Liga-Senna-on-Real-Betis-goal/. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ "Spain dominate Team of the Tournament". euro200.uefa.com. 2008-06-30. http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=729372.html#spain+dominate+team+tournament. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "Steven Beacom: Best and worst of Euro 2008". The Belfast Telegraph. 2008-06-30. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/euro2008/article3846938.ece. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
- ^ Jeremy Wilson (2008-06-30). "Euro 2008: Highs, lows, hits and misses". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/06/30/nosplit/ufnwilson130.xml. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
- ^ Martin O'Neill (2008-06-30). "BBC pundits on Euro 2008 final". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/7480516.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
- ^ "Villa double helps Spain to easy victory". CNN. 2008-09-10. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/09/10/spain.win/. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
- ^ Marcos Senna, estrella de Champions (Marcos Senna, Champions star) (Spanish)
[edit] External links
- BDFutbol profile
- National team data (Spanish)
- Marcos Senna FIFA competition record
- Marcos Senna CBF Database (Portuguese)
- Marcos Senna at National-Football-Teams.com
- Marcos Senna playing stats at ESPNsoccernet
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