Freddy dos Santos
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Freddy dos Santos is a Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 footballer playing for Vålerenga in the Norwegian Premier League
Norwegian Premier League
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

.

Dos Santos plays as a defender, midfield
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 and attack. His former clubs are Skeid
Skeid Fotball
Skeid Fotball is a Norwegian football club and is located in the capital Oslo. Its current home field is Bislett. In past decades it has gained a reputation as a talent factory for the larger clubs in Norwegian football, and it has produced several players for the national team such as Daniel...

 and Molde.

In July 2006, dos Santos launched a single, This Is For Real, together with four other professional Norwegian footballers - Morten Gamst Pedersen
Morten Gamst Pedersen
Morten Gamst Pedersen is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers and the Norway national football team.-Tromsø IL:...

, Raymond Kvisvik
Raymond Kvisvik
Raymond Kvisvik is a Norwegian football player. With background from teams in hometown Sarpsborg, he currently plays for Kvik-Halden, as a midfielder. He moved there from Fredrikstad. He has also played in Austria for Austria Wien. Kvisvik is notorious for his precise shots, assists and long balls...

, Kristofer Hæstad
Kristofer Hæstad
Kristofer "Doffen" Krüger Hæstad is a Norwegian footballer. He is a central midfielder for Vålerenga.-Early career:Hæstad played for the youth teams of Randesund and Vigør.-Start:...

 and Øyvind Svenning
Øyvind Svenning
Øyvind Svenning is a Norwegian football defender who currently plays for the Norwegian team Randaberg. His previous clubs include Rosenborg, Byåsen, Moss, GIF Sundsvall and Viking....

. They call their band The Players
The Players (boyband)
The Players is a Norwegian boy band consisting of five professional footballers: Freddy dos Santos, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Raymond Kvisvik, Kristofer Hæstad and Øyvind Svenning....

.

Skeid

He started his career at Skeid
Skeid Fotball
Skeid Fotball is a Norwegian football club and is located in the capital Oslo. Its current home field is Bislett. In past decades it has gained a reputation as a talent factory for the larger clubs in Norwegian football, and it has produced several players for the national team such as Daniel...

. During the last two seasons with them he played in the Norwegian top division
Norwegian Premier League
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

.

Molde

In 1998 season moved to Molde, after Skeid got relegated from the top-flight. In his first two seasons he helped them getting a back-to-back silver medal in the league, also playing in the group stages of the 1999-2000 Champions League.

Vålerenga

He moved back to Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 in 2001 and joined Vålerenga, who had just been relegated from the Norwegian premier league
Norwegian Premier League
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

. He helped them secure direct promotion. He started both finals in which Vålerenga won the Norwegian Football Cup
Norwegian football cup
The Norwegian Football Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament is commonly known as Cupen or NM, an acronym formed...

, in 2002 and 2008. In 2005, he won the Norwegian Premier League.

He has played over 300 games for Vålerenga, more than any player in the history of the club.

International career

He has played several games at various youth levels for Norway
Norway national football team
The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...

, but never played in the senior side. He could potentially feature for Cape Verde
Cape Verde national football team
The Cape Verde national football team, nicknamed either the Tubarões Azuis or Crioulos , is the national team of Cape Verde and is controlled by the Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol.-Overview:...

 as his father is born there.

Club statistics

Correct as of match played 31 October 2010
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|1994||rowspan="4"|Skeid
Skeid Fotball
Skeid Fotball is a Norwegian football club and is located in the capital Oslo. Its current home field is Bislett. In past decades it has gained a reputation as a talent factory for the larger clubs in Norwegian football, and it has produced several players for the national team such as Daniel...

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Adeccoligaen
The Norwegian First Division is the second highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2005, the official name of the league has been Adeccoligaen....

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|1995||?||?||?||?||0||0||?||?
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|1996||rowspan="5"|Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

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|1997||?||?||?||?||0||0||?||?
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|1998||rowspan="3"|Molde||22||0||?||?||0||0||?||?
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|1999||20||0||3||0||9||0||32||0
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|2000||21||0||2||0||2||0||25||0
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|2001||rowspan="11"|Vålerenga||rowspan="1"|1. divisjon
Adeccoligaen
The Norwegian First Division is the second highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2005, the official name of the league has been Adeccoligaen....

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|2002||rowspan="10"|Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

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|2003||27||10||2||0||6||0||35||10
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|2004||26||8||3||3||0||0||29||11
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|2005||20||1||5||1||4||1||29||3
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|2006||26||4||3||4||2||0||31||8
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|2007||25||0||3||1||4||2||32||3
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|2008||23||1||7||1||0||0||30||2
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|2009||9||1||2||0||0||0||11||1
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|2010||24||2||1||1||0||0||25||3
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|2011||23||1||0||0||0||0||23||1
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  • 2003: 2 relegation games (0 goals) included in league games
  • 2009: 1 Super Final
    2009 Superfinalen
    The 2009 Superfinalen was the first edition of Superfinalen, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Tippeligaen and Norwegian Cup competitions. It was played on 8 March 2009, at Telenor Arena in Bærum, between Stabæk and Vålerenga, winners of the 2008 Norwegian...

     (0 goals) added to Cup games

Honours

Vålerenga Fotball
  • Norwegian Premier League Championship
    Norwegian Premier League
    Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

    : 2005
    Norwegian Premier League 2005
    The 2005 season of the Norwegian Premier League began on April 10, 2005, and was concluded with the last of 26 rounds played on October 29. 3 points were given for wins and 1 for draws....


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