Role Footballer Height 1.78 m Name Stenio Santos | Number 8 Weight 72 kg Years Team | |
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Full name Stenio Nivaldo Matos dos Santos Date of birth (1988-05-06) 6 May 1988 (age 27) Current teams Cape Verde national football team (Midfielder), C.D. Feirense (#6 / Midfielder) | ||
Place of birth Mindelo, Cape Verde Playing position | ||
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Sténio Nivaldo Matos dos Santos (born 6 May 1988), commonly known as Sténio, is a Cape Verde international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Romanian Liga I club Politehnica Iași.
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CARLINHOS - Offensive Midfield (2018/19 season)
Career
Born in Mindelo, Sténio started his career at hometown club Académica do Mindelo. In 2009 he joined the other club in the town CS Mindelense.
On 1 July 2014, Sténio joined Cherno More Varna in Bulgaria on a two-year contract. On 30 May 2015, Sténio was sent off with a second yellow card after 38 minutes in the 2015 Bulgarian Cup Final against Levski Sofia, but his team managed to prevail after extra time despite its numerical disadvantage.
In July 2016, he signed a one-year contract with Botev Plovdiv. He was released in December.
International career
Sténio received his first call-up to the Cape Verde squad in May 2012, for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone on 2 June. He made his debut in the match, playing from the start in central midfield.
In January 2013, Sténio was named in Cape Verde's squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, but did not feature in any of the four games Cape Verde played.
Club
As of 29 December 2016