Marcos Senna

Marcos Senna

Personal information
Full name	Marcos Antonio Senna da Silva
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Villarreal
Number	19
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:00, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Marcos Antonio Senna da Silva (born 17 July 1976 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian-Spanish football player for Villarreal who plays in midfield.

Senna plays for Villarreal CF, and since moving to the club from Sao Caetano in 2002 has helped them as far as the Champions League semi-finals. He has recently been granted Spanish citizenship, and was part of the Spanish squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup despite being Brazilian by birth.

Senna's cousin is Brazil's former midfielder Marcos Assunção.

Some sources stated that Senna was born in Rio de Janeiro, but actually he was born in São Paulo and played youth football in São Paulo's football club with Assunção.

External links

• Soccernet profile
• Eurosport profile
• UEFA.com short bios.
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