Full name Anthony Santos Menezes Name Tony Menezes Years Team Role Soccer player | Height 1.85 m | |
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Date of birth (1974-11-24) November 24, 1974 (age 41) Current team Porto Alegre Futebol Clube | ||
Tony menezes reminisces about winning the 2000 concacaf gold cup
Anthony Santos Menezes (born November 24, 1974) is a retired Canadian-Brazilian professional soccer player.
Contents
- Tony menezes reminisces about winning the 2000 concacaf gold cup
- Club career
- International career
- Canada
- References
Club career
A 6'1, 180 lb (82 kg) defender, Menezes has a Brazilian mother and Canadian father, when he was 10, he and his family immigrated to Brazil. He played for Botafogo in Rio de Janeiro until 2001, then signed with Chinese team Nanjing Yoyo. On April 19, 2006 he signed for the Toronto Lynx 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.
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 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. 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.