Tony Menezes
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Santos Menezes | ||
| Date of birth | November 24, 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996 | Madureira | ||
| 1997–1998 | America | ||
| 1999 | Bangu | ||
| 1999 | CRB | ||
| 2000–2001 | Botafogo | ||
| 2001 | Botafogo/SP | ||
| 2002 | Gansu Nongken | 19 | (0) |
| 2003 | Nanjing Yoyo | 17 | (3) |
| 2004 | Zhejiang Lucheng | 22 | (4) |
| 2006 | Toronto Lynx | 6 | (0) |
| 2006 | SC Ulbra (RS) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Mahindra United | ||
| 2008–2010 | Porto Alegre FC | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1998–2003 | Canada | 27 | (0) |
| 2005 | Canada Beach Soccer | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2009 | |||
Anthony Santos Menezes (born November 24, 1974) is a retired Canadian-Brazilian professional soccer player.
Club career
A 6'1, 180 lb (82 kg) defender, Menezes has a Brazilian mother and Portuguese father, when he was 10, he and his family immigrated to Brazil from Canada, where Tony was born.[citation needed] He played for Botafogo in Rio de Janeiro until 2001, then signed with Chinese team Nanjing Yoyo.[1] On April 19, 2006 he signed for the Toronto Lynx[2][3] and played only one season.
In November 2006, he signed for defending champions Mahindra United of the Indian National Football League, after two years in India joined back to his homeland Brazil and signed in January 2008 with Porto Alegre FC.[4]
International career
He made his debut for Canada in a May 1998 friendly match against Macedonia and earned a total of 27 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented Canada in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[5] and was a member of the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup title-winning squad. He also played with Canada at 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup in Japan.[6] He has also played for the Beach Soccer national team from Canada.
His final international was a January 2003 friendly match against the United States.[citation needed]
Honours
Canada
- 2000
References
- ^ All Washed Up?
- ^ Lynx add former Canadian international Menezes Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ TONY MENEZES SIGNS WITH LYNX
- ^ Canadian Arena Team Announces Players for Montreal
- ^ Tony Menezes – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2000 - Full Details - RSSSF
External links
- Player profile - CanadaSoccer
- Tony Menezes at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from Mississauga
- Canadian people of Brazilian descent
- Canadian people of Portuguese descent
- Brazilian people of Canadian descent
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Canadian expatriates in Brazil
- Expatriate footballers in Brazil
- Canadian soccer players
- Canada men's international soccer players
- Canadian beach soccer players
- Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players
- 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- America Football Club (RJ) players
- Bangu Atlético Clube players
- Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players
- Canadian expatriates in China
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Nanjing Yoyo players
- Zhejiang Greentown F.C. players
- China League One players
- Toronto Lynx players
- Canadian expatriates in India
- Expatriate footballers in India
- National Football League (India) players
- Association football defenders