Playing position Role Football player Name Newton de | 2000 Al-Ansar Years Team Position Forward | |
Full name Newton Santos de Oliveira Date of birth (1976-07-24) 24 July 1976 (age 39) Place of birth Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil | ||
Newton Santos de Oliveira (born July 24, 1976 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), also simply as Newton, is a former naturalized Lebanese football striker.
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Biography
Newton was born in Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil.
According to the annual reports of international transfers and returns to Brazil made by the Brazilian Football Confederation, he was transferred from Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ) to the Saudi Arabian side Al-Wahda on December 26, 2002; from CFZ do Rio to Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli on October 25, 2004; from Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli to Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ) on March 20, 2006; from Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ) to the Malaysian team Penang FA on April 10, 2006 and from Penang FA to Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ) on March 28, 2007.
International career
Newton formerly represented the Lebanon national football team at the 2000 AFC Asian Cup.