In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Santos and the second or paternal family name is Fernandes.
For the Brazilian footballer with real name Manuel Francisco dos Santos, see Garrincha.
Manuel dos Santos Fernandes (born 28 March 1974), known as Dos Santos, is a former professional footballer who played as a left back. Born in Cape Verde, Dos Santos represented France internationally.
Born in Praia, Cape Verde one year before the nation gained independence from Portugal, Dos Santos migrated to France at a very young age, and started his professional career at AS Monaco FC. He then played for Montpellier HSC and Olympique de Marseille, spending four Ligue 1 seasons with the latter: with L'OM, he appeared in nine complete matches in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup,[1] including the 0–2 final loss against Valencia CF[2] which would be his last match for the club.
Dos Santos then returned to former club Monaco, where he replaced Manchester United-bound Patrice Evra after signing a 1+1⁄2-year link.[4] After 46 competitive games during this stint, a new deal was not agreed and he was released.
In July 2007, Dos Santos moved to RC Strasbourg, where he spent one year before announcing his retirement from the game in February 2009, aged 35. Shortly after, however, he signed with amateurs Rapid de Menton, close to where he had fixed his residence in Monaco.
Dos Santos returned to Monaco in 2010, going on to be in charge of its youth teams for several years.[5]
^"Dos Santos en rémission" [Dos Santos in remission] (in French). UEFA.com. 5 May 2004. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^"Valencia 2–0 Marseille". BBC Sport. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^"Benfica choisit Dos Santos" [Benfica choose Dos Santos] (in French). UEFA.com. 17 July 2004. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^"Dos Santos seals Monaco return". UEFA.com. 16 January 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
^ [Manuel Dos Santos U19 manager] (in French). ASM Foot. 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^. uefa.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
External linksedit
Manuel dos Santos at L'Équipe Football (in French)
– French league stats at LFP – also available (archived)
at ForaDeJogo (archived)
January 01, 1970
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