Francileudo Santos
Brazilian footballer (born 1979) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Francileudo Silva dos Santos Lima (Arabic: فرانسيلودو سيلفا دوس سانتوس ليما; born 20 March 1979) is a retired professional footballer who played as a forward.
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Full name | Francileudo Silva dos Santos Lima[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1979-03-20) 20 March 1979 (age 45) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Zé Doca, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Sampaio Corrêa | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1996–1998 | Standard Liège | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1998–2000 | Étoile du Sahel | 60 | (41) | ||||||||||||||
2000–2005 | Sochaux | 144 | (53) | ||||||||||||||
2005–2008 | Toulouse | 34 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2007 | → Zürich (loan) | 12 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Sochaux | 16 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Istres | 16 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | Étoile du Sahel | 31 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | ASM Belfort | 48 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | FC Porrentruy | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 377 | (124) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2004–2008 | Tunisia | 41 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
In club football, he had his greatest successes at Sochaux, helping them win Ligue 2 in 2001 as top scorer and player of the season; they later won the Coupe de la Ligue in 2004. He also represented Toulouse in Ligue 1, and while on loan at FC Zürich, he won the Swiss Super League in 2007.
Born in Brazil, he became a naturalised Tunisian before their hosting of the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations, and was joint top scorer as they won it. He also played at two more such tournaments, and the 2006 FIFA World Cup.