Maicon Santos

Maicon Santos

Personal information
Full name	Maicon dos Santos Corrêa
Date of birth	April 18, 1984 (1984-04-18) (age 27)
Place of birth	Paracambi, Brazil
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	FC Dallas
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2006	Madureira
2006	→ Remo (loan)	4	(3)
2006–2008	Étoile du Sahel
2007	→ Al-Nasr (Benghazi) (loan)
2008	Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shomna	1	(0)
2008	Bnei Sakhnin	10	(0)
2008–2010	Bonsucesso
2009–2010	→ Chivas USA (loan)	19	(2)
2010–2011	Toronto FC	32	(10)
2011–	FC Dallas	11	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 1, 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Maicon dos Santos Corrêa (born 18 April 1984 in Paracambi) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for FC Dallas in Major League Soccer.

Career

Maicon started his career at Madureira, where he was awarded a contract until the end of 2005. He signed a contract extension until April 2008 in early 2006, but left for Étoile du Sahel on August 9, 2006. During his career in North Africa he also played on loan to Al-Nasr (Benghazi).

In 2008 he played for Israeli clubs Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shomna and Bnei Sakhnin. While with Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shomna Maicon appeared in 2 UEFA Cup matches and 3 Toto Cup matches in which he scored 1 goal. After a brief stay with Hapoel he moved to Bnei Sakhnin and appeared in 10 league matches, he also appeared in 2 Toto Cup matches for Bnei Sakhnin in which he scored 3 goals.

He than returned to Brazil with Bonsucesso. Following that, he signed a loan deal with the Major League Soccer club Chivas USA in 2009.^[1] While with Chivas Maicon appeared in 19 league matches and scored 2 goals, he also appeared in 2 MLS playoffs matches scoring 1 goal.

On July 9, 2010 it was announced that Maicon had signed with Major League Soccer club Toronto FC.^[2] He made his debut for Toronto as a sub following halftime on July 10, 2010 vs. Colorado Rapids. He scored his first goal in a friendly against Bolton Wanderers at BMO Field on July 21, 2010. Three days later on July 24, 2010 Maicon scored his first league goal for Toronto in a 1-1 home draw to FC Dallas. Maicon also helped the club by scoring in a CONCACAF Champions League game vs. Real Salt Lake on September 16, 2010 following a pass from teammate O'Brian White.

Maicon scored his first goal of the 2011 season on March 19, 2011 in a 4-2 loss to the expansion Vancouver Whitecaps in the first game of the year.^[3] Following the departure of Toronto captain Dwayne De Rosario on April 1 Maicon was given the captain's arm band the following day against his former team Chivas USA. After the 1-1 home draw against Chivas Coach Aron Winter announced that Maicon would be come the permanent captain of The Reds, thus becoming the first non-Canadian to be given the honour on a full time basis.

On August 2, 2011, Toronto FC traded Maicon to FC Dallas for Eric Avila.^[4] On August 13th, 2011, Maicon scored his first goal on his debut in a match against the Philadelphia Union.

Maicon Santos was featured in miss of the year 2011, when he missed an open net vs Chivas USA.

Honours

Étoile du Sahel

• Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2006/07
• CAF Confederation Cup: 2006

Toronto FC

• Canadian Championship (1): 2011

Individual

• Canadian Championship Golden Boot: 2011

See also

• List of current MLS players

References

1. ^ Chivas USA Acquire Brazilian Striker Maicon Santos On Loan
2. ^ Reds Ink Maicon Santos
3. ^ "Toronto Falls Short in Vancouver". Toronto FC. 19 March 2011. http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2011/03/toronto-falls-short-vancouver. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
4. ^ http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2011/08/toronto-trades-eric-avila

External links

• MLS player profile
• (Portuguese) Brazilian FA Database
• (French) Profile at Étoile
• (English) Profile at footmercato.net

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Name	Santos, Maicon
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Date of birth	April 18, 1984
Place of birth	Paracambi, Brazil
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